Modular lifting device and method of using same

A lift for lifting a vehicle above a ground surface, the lift comprising:

• an elongated front module insertable under the vehicle and a rear module extending longitudinally from the front module;
• the front module defining longitudinally opposed front module front and rear ends, the front module including a truck supporting four support arms usable for supporting the vehicle, the front module also including a pair of front wheels assemblies mounted to the truck laterally spaced apart from each other and provided adjacent the front module front end;
• the rear module including a head frame, an actuator assembly mounted to the head frame and a rear wheels assembly;
• wherein the front and rear wheel assemblies include respectively front and rear wheels;
• and
• wherein the actuator assembly is operatively coupled to the front and rear wheel assemblies to selectively move the front and rear wheel assemblies between a lowered configuration and a raised configuration, wherein the front and rear wheels are moved away from the head frame and truck when the front and rear wheels assemblies are moved from the lowered to the raised configuration so that head frame and truck are supported further above the ground by the front and rear wheels in the raised configuration than in the lowered configuration.