I've got the heavy duty 1,000 lb Harbor Freight table lift. I use it several ways. I use from the side and drop the pin from the standing/moving position down onto the table. Lift and attach legs. Do the reverse when moving the machine out.

I use it from the front as I turned the handle around and it then can be lowered front ways for bringing the lift table between the front legs to move a machine.

I use from the back with the handle up to also move a machine.

Primary I use it to set up machines and take them down. No heavy lifting.

It is nice that the handle can be reversed so instead of folding over the collapsed table, it folds backwards. No extra hardware required.

First remove the handle frame from the mounts.

Reverse mounts.

Install handle frame.

Cable does not need to be modified.

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If you remove the handle from the mounts you don't have to flip the handle. There are two pins, on each side that when removed will release the handle frame from the mounts.

Then just reverse the mounts and re-install the handle. The handle remains with the same orientation
as was original so no cable change is needed.

Don't tighten down the mounts until you have re-installed the handle.

There is a pin as pictured below on each side of the handle frame to hold the handle in the mounts and to provide a pivot point when lowering the handle.

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The 1K lift table is too heavy to carry anywhere. It's weight makes it difficult to maneuver in tight places.

It will not fit under a pin with the handle folded backwards. Handle sticks out about 12".

It will fit under a pin with the handle folded over the lift table.

It will lift from the side wide bodied and regular width pins with stability permitting adding legs and removing legs for transport with limited lifting.

It can lift and move a pin from the rear with the handle up with the pin's head up or down.

It has a high lift 34" to place lift table almost level with kitchen counters to easily slide engines onto counter top. ( and pickup tailgates)

It is really heavy.