Bicycle Mechanics - Recommend me a work stand

I work (on a high school team) with Solar Bikes. They are normal road bikes with hub motors/solar panels/batteries. We need to get a work stand that can handle these. I have not been able to find any useful weight limits for work stands available.
Our bikes weigh around 70-80lbs with everything in, and the weight can be dramatically reduced by removing the batteries. (not sure how much)
Even without the batteries, there is the hub motor and solar panels
(just to give you an idea, we're using various iterations of the Cannondale Caad series, with our newest bike being a Caad 8)

So if there are any stands you know can take a lot of weight, we would be glad to know about them.
Thanks!

I work (on a high school team) with Solar Bikes. They are normal road bikes with hub motors/solar panels/batteries. We need to get a work stand that can handle these. I have not been able to find any useful weight limits for work stands available.
Our bikes weigh around 70-80lbs with everything in, and the weight can be dramatically reduced by removing the batteries. (not sure how much)
Even without the batteries, there is the hub motor and solar panels
(just to give you an idea, we're using various iterations of the Cannondale Caad series, with our newest bike being a Caad 8)

So if there are any stands you know can take a lot of weight, we would be glad to know about them.
Thanks!

Although it's expensive, the Park PRS-3 (http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=23&item=PRS-3+OSLB) would probably be your best bet for that kind of weight. I don't think the PRS-4 (the folding home use stand) would hold that much weight up easily without falling over. Perhaps if you added sandbags over the legs which you might need with the PRS-3 anyway.

For my bikes I use a Park Stand for cleaning.
For building and spinning I use a Cateye Cyclosimulator cs1000 which can hold the bike(15lb) +me (140lb)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/ccdisce/Bike%20Stuff/cs1000.jpg
Has been MD but should be able to find a used one.

Although it's expensive, the Park PRS-3 (http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=23&item=PRS-3+OSLB) would probably be your best bet for that kind of weight. I don't think the PRS-4 (the folding home use stand) would hold that much weight up easily without falling over. Perhaps if you added sandbags over the legs which you might need with the PRS-3 anyway.

I agree. You need a professional stand for the load you're describing. Park stands are the standard of the industry. I hope your school can throw a bake-sale or something. We're talking a couple hundred dollars - but who knows? You might be able to talk a shop into selling you one for less if you play the "Good Cause" card.

I have a home owners level of Parks Work Stand (PCS-1), it would not handle the weight. I recently picked up a Spin Doctor Pro (off Craigs List). This is the stand that Performance has put on sale many times for around $150. This stand is much stronger, and more stable than the Parks stand.

I pretty much am always working on a couple of bikes, so I use both stands, but I much prefer the Spin Doctor Pro.

If you can swing the cost, the pro Parks stands are all great, but they are expensive.

Sounds like a higher-end Park Tool would do the job.
We have lots n lots of money (well not really) but we can spare a couple hundred. We go to Missouri every year for a race and we go to Japan every few years (thats what we spend most of our money on).

Would anyone recommend getting one of the wall-mount clamps and then building a base for it? Seems like it could be made to handle more weight.

I personally have a PCS-1, and I think it would probably tip over/not be stable even with sandbags.

The cyclosimulator is a great idea, I hadn't thought of that. We actually have one in our back room.

Sounds like a higher-end Park Tool would do the job.
We have lots n lots of money (well not really) but we can spare a couple hundred. We go to Missouri every year for a race and we go to Japan every few years (thats what we spend most of our money on).

Would anyone recommend getting one of the wall-mount clamps and then building a base for it? Seems like it could be made to handle more weight.

I personally have a PCS-1, and I think it would probably tip over/not be stable even with sandbags.

The cyclosimulator is a great idea, I hadn't thought of that. We actually have one in our back room.

If I was you, i'd find a place where I could put something like this:

http://media.rei.com/media/1025587.jpg

Supposing that I didn't actually need the stand to be portable. Mount that on a bench and you have an extremely sturdy clamp/stand.

Sounds like a higher-end Park Tool would do the job.
We have lots n lots of money (well not really) but we can spare a couple hundred. We go to Missouri every year for a race and we go to Japan every few years (thats what we spend most of our money on).

Would anyone recommend getting one of the wall-mount clamps and then building a base for it? Seems like it could be made to handle more weight.

I personally have a PCS-1, and I think it would probably tip over/not be stable even with sandbags.

The cyclosimulator is a great idea, I hadn't thought of that. We actually have one in our back room.

The other stand I was suggesting was the PCS-4 which is similar to your PCS-1 but it's a bit more rugged. I don't think that a PCS-1 clamp would be up to the kind of weight and weird torque your solar panels and batteries would put on the stand.

The PRS-4 is the bench mount and could be made into a good permanently mounted stand. Do a google and you'll find some PRS-4 for around $200

You could get the PCS-4 and cut the top off, weld it to something else and make a very rugged stand. But that would cost you about as much as just buying the PRS-3...around $300

Or you could just sandbag the legs of a PCS-4 so that it would take the weight without tipping over.

I'd go with the clamp and have someone weld up a frame or bolt it to a bench. I think the home versions of the stand will work IF you weight the feet with sand bags. The stands themselves will not break, just fall over.