Easylift make 2,000 lb and 4,000 lb lifting capacity exhaust filled air bags. The commercial quality ones are £145 and £255 respectively, and the military quality ones are £275 and £455.
The Holmatro low pressure Lifting Air Bags (LABs) come as a pair of units with combined lifting capacities of 4 tons, 6 tons, and then it starts getting ridiculous from our point of view. The UK prices for these two models are £1,686 and £1,879 respectively.
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The drawback of the exhaust filled bags is that you can only use them once per trip. This is because you need to be travelling with a mug who has to hold the nozzle in place over the end of the exhaust pipe. Whilst concentrating on not getting his hands burned by the hot exhaust pipe and/or breathing noxious fumes, the mug gets his hands and face liberally covered in soot. As well as the vehicle, one’s travelling companions’ spirits are greatly lifted by this event (“It’s the Black & White Minstrel Show”, “Hello Sooty, where’s Sweep?”, etc they all cry), but they also make a mental note not to let Chris Scott con them into helping with his air bag next time he gets it out.
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