For last season we were “Green Cart Racing”
This actually worked REALLY well but was also a hassle at the same time and luckily I have family members who helped me acquire an electric lift stand that should hopefully come soon. End of an Era.
I would echo this. I have seen these and for a manual stand they are nice. They are pricy but well designed. You still have to lift your kart but you lift up the front and pivot on the rear bumper, so it actually easier than a team lift on a non tilting stand.
yes the Stone stands are really well made. They ride over the bumpy pit/paddock area well too.
But ideally I would like something where I won’t need to lift the front of the kart. Because if I have any energy left to lift a kart after a session then I feel like I wasn’t trying hard enough during the session 
Well if you are that gasses then you probably need an electric stand.
Can’t go wrong with an electric Streeter or Kartlift.
I have the Kartlift, and its cool, but its alot more flimsy than the Streeter. Tubing is aluminum and prone to warping. Streeter appears to be metal.
I have multiple karts, so I went with the double stack version below.
I’m fairly positive that it is not made of aluminum. KartLifts have always been steel tubing. The flimsiness could be from the stacker part being bolted together now instead of welded to allow it to be shipped.
KartLift makes great powered stands and used to make the excellent “manual” kart stand as well:
If you could find one of those used it might be a great deal. Otherwise one of their WinchLifts would be great for heavier karts. Obviously I got quite a bit of use out of all of them, and with any of the stands, hiking up a really heavy kart is pretty easy.
Maybe back when they were, but the upper portion for the second kart is metal, but the lift arms (painted silver) and base metal on the one I have is either aluminum or really thin walled metal. All I know is its prone to warping. Not just mine, but there was another guy at Bushnell that was having the same issue as mine. The front lift tubing warps and it gets caught up. So you have to kick it to get it unhinge itself and go down.
I’ll see if I can get a vid of mine when it does it, cause I don’t know if I’m explaining correctly what is going on with it.
Hindsight 20/20, I’ve never seen a Streeter with the same issue, so I kinda wish I had gone that route instead- but you live and you learn. But for me the double stack option was really what I needed, that an electric lift in itself. That’s why I went with the Kartlift.
So I planned to get a lift/stacker combo. Except I realized the point of the lift is being solo. So I still need a kartlift stand. Sealed the deal for me to just buy a lift and I built a couple stackers
Maybe they changed to a thinner walled steel. When my dad owned the company I don’t recall there warping issues, but maybe the new owners made changes to the construction.
My suggestions below. They are all simple and you can go DIY route, if you have time patience and equipment…
Standard stand: RLV Heavy Duty
Electric lift: Dalmi Bigfoot
Stacker: Streeter Double/triple
Vertical storage: Streeter vertical
I used to have one of these Stone Kart stands. They work well for a single person to use as long as you are on COMPLETELY flat and level pavement.
If the pavement is uneven then in can become difficult to hold the front of your kart up with one hand, while trying to align the stand and roll it under the kart with your other hand. It can also be difficult to do this if you are tired and worn out after a long day of driving.
When I bought the Stone Kart stand I was tight on cash and didn’t want to shell out all the money for one of the electric stands. When I get a new single person kart stand next time I will get an electric one for sure.
The Stone Kart stand is a good value. It is lightweight and well built. As long as you are on level pavement it works fairly well. However if you’re not on level pavement, or if you’re tired, then it can be tough to use on your own.
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I have a Dalmi bigfoot & really like it. Chassis sits flat, engages the frame tubes instead of bumper (no hooks), under tool tray, aluminum construction makes it fairly light weight. Caveat is that the electric stands have all nearly doubled in price now. But if you have the means, it’s a nice - really nice - stand that makes karting life easier.
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I may have missed it while scrolling through the posts… do any of the electric/manual one person lifts allow the kart to stay on the stand for transport in the trailer? My strong back that races with me (aka my son) may be taking a job that will have him flying as a sensor operator for three weeks at a time and I’ll be solo at some races. I’d like to have my kart on the stand in the trailer but in a lowered position for stability. Seems like it would make loading easier at the end of the day.
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I don’t think so. I could be wrong though. There might be a stand I’m not aware of that allows the kart to stay on it while the stand is lowered or folded.
About how heavy is it? One of the things I never understood about some of the electric stands is this: “Sure now I can lift my kart by myself. Except the stand weighs 100 pounds so now I can’t lift the stand by myself.” I have never understood that 
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66#. Not too bad. The batteries reside in a removable tray. Just unplug & lift the tray out before packing it. Removes some weight.
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You can transport the karts on electric stands, but make sure you have some kind of piece of wood or something to put under the front of the stand so it can’t bob up and down on the road and over-extend the winch or the cables.
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