What lift do you have in you garage?

[b00stedgt]

Looking to buy a lift and wanted to see what you guys are using in your garages

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

LOL!!!!! I think me and you are gonna be tied for the most useless threads!!

hahaha!!!

Walmart special for me.

 

[skwerl]

Harbor Freight 1.5 ton racing floor jack, on sale for $79.

 

[b00stedgt]

LOL!!!!! I think me and you are gonna be tied for the most useless threads!!

hahaha!!!

Walmart special for me.

This is true. But we all know that a lift in the garage is like man cave gold

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

Max Jax, someone on here has this system. Looked pretty nice.

Found it,

http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68842&highlight=garage+lift

 

[burkem]

Im looking to get one in the next few months. I need one that can work with a lowered car though.

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

This is true. But we all know that a lift in the garage is like man cave gold

So true!

 

[cwhit23]

 

[b00stedgt]

Max Jax, someone on here has this system. Looked pretty nice.

Found it,

http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68842&highlight=garage+lift

That lift is exactly what I am looking for. Does anyone know if someone makes a portable two post lift with locks that drop in as it goes up? I like the idea of the lift being locked if something happens as it goes up as apposed to just locking it at the top

 

[gil_t2]

I have a 10,000 lb Rotary Asymmetrical two post, single cyc, w/ cable, also got extra 2 ft ext, height is 12 ft,

View attachment 29914

 

[908ssp]

7500lb two post symmetrical lift. http://aresco.org/ They don't list mine at the moment. I did have to mod the arms as they were too high to fit under the car. The 9000lb version has thinner arms so they probably fit. Even with my 8 foot ceiling the lift is way easier to work with than jacks. i made a special low lean back chair for rolling around under neath the car.
You can see a bit of the lift in this picture. I never took pictures of the lift. I also made the aluminum rocker adapters.

 

[doogie]

Max Jax, someone on here has this system. Looked pretty nice.

Found it,

http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68842&highlight=garage+lift

Now this would be the perfect addition to one of my garages. Time to stop buying car mods for a while and make this investment. I need to give my concrete guy a call and confirm how thick he poured my garage floors.

 

[RichardSATX]

That is exactly what I've been looking for too!

 

[b00stedgt]

I think I might pull the trigger on this lift. The only thing I dont like is the fact that some people have had issues with one side going up slower then the other

 

[Norm Peterson]

Now this would be the perfect addition to one of my garages. Time to stop buying car mods for a while and make this investment. I need to give my concrete guy a call and confirm how thick he poured my garage floors.

While you're at it, find out what strength concrete it was that he poured. At least some lifts have a minimum spec for this, too (they all should, even if it isn't published in the advertising).

You also can't have the anchor bolts located too close to cracks or other edges, as you won't develop the necessary strength. Concrete failures don't give much warning.


I have done a little baseplate/anchor bolt analysis in my day job.


Maybe this topic isn't "car tech", but to legally get an evaluation of this kind of home improvement done professionally, you'd need to find a professional engineer registered to practice in your state. Seems pretty "technical" to me . . .


Norm

 

[r.barn]

http://www.ezcarlift.com/

 

[bigwilly43729]

OMG, where was this thing when I had my car!?!?! ^^^

 

[doogie]

http://www.ezcarlift.com/

Do you have one of these? If so, any feedback?

Here's another portable lift I found in my searches and the price is great ($1099 plus shipping).

http://www.americanautomotiveequipment.com/Motorcycle-ATV-Lifts-p/pmr6xt.htm

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

I would never get a lift like that scissor lift jack unless it was to change tires only. Looks too dangerous to crawl under.

 

[r.barn]

Do you have one of these? If so, any feedback?

Yes, that is my garage.

The lift works great. Rolls under lowered cars with easy. Leans against the wall and takes up as much space as card table. Hvy Duty electric drill lifts the car nice and smooth and vertically with no lateral movement. (great for tight garages). Picks up off the entire pinch rails or you can put in some small blocks of wood in the right place and lift on the subframes, which is what I do.

I would like to see some locking straight legs you could put under it after its up in the air just for added safety, but it seems very stable and solid. It uses a screw jack system so only way it could collapse is for the threads to shear. Same concept as your factory scissor jack, just scaled up.

Those other "portable" scissor lifts are not very portable and really only good for doing tire changes and brake jobs.

some other shots of the ezcarlift

About 2/3' max lift
As you can see compared to a standard jack stand the lift is built very solid.

Once in the air one of the cross beams can be unbolted so you can easily drop transmissions and driveshafts out of the car.