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Posted by: Phoenix-MN Aug 2 2014, 11:18 AM

Should have gotten this years ago, no more laying on my back

Posted by: Phoenix914 Aug 2 2014, 12:51 PM

Where is the jealous smiley?

Your garage is now complete.

Posted by: bandjoey Aug 2 2014, 12:54 PM

Is this the portable lift? Full report please. Are you scheduling lift times for all your Wo rld friends?

Posted by: Phoenix-MN Aug 2 2014, 12:57 PM

Yes, sort-of portable. Just unbolts from the floor and you can move it around and out of the way

Posted by: Garold Shaffer Aug 2 2014, 02:27 PM

Nice.

Posted by: Porschef Aug 2 2014, 02:38 PM

Sweet. 8' to the joists?

Posted by: GeorgeRud Aug 2 2014, 02:41 PM

Did you have to reinforce/ rep our the garage floor to a deeper than standard floor slab to mount the lifts?. It looks like there is a different pour by the stands. How high can you get the car off the ground?

I only have a 9 foot ceiling in my garage, but I'd love to get a lift like this.

Posted by: Phoenix-MN Aug 2 2014, 02:55 PM

Yep, I cut out a 4' x 4' pad and dug it out to 10" deep and pinned it to the existing slab, poured 4000 psi concrete. About 48" lift



About 9' to the joists

Posted by: stepuptotheMike Aug 2 2014, 03:40 PM

jealous doesn't even begin to describe... glad to see somebody making it work with low clearance.

Posted by: Vysoc Aug 2 2014, 03:45 PM

Nice set-up Paul, love the concrete work!!!

Enjoy the benefits of a lift!

Vysoc

Posted by: Harpo Aug 3 2014, 07:21 AM

Very nice. I need one of those. What is the make & model?

David

Posted by: rhodyguy Aug 3 2014, 07:26 AM

Dannmar maxjax. $2299.99+shp and handling. that's a costco price.

Posted by: rick 918-S Aug 3 2014, 07:48 AM

Nice Lift! Hey how's the back? I hope you weren't swinging that pick axe!

Posted by: Phoenix-MN Aug 3 2014, 08:40 AM

No swinging the pick axe for me. All the cement work was done last May before I had my back surgery and I hired a contractor to do the cement pour. I waited about a month after the surgery before I did anything so I wouldn't mess the back up. Still not lifting anything more than about 20 lbs.

This lift is "Cat's Ass" I can sit in a low office chair and roll around under the car and have clear access to everything. Now I just need to do some actual work.

Posted by: Phoenix-MN Aug 3 2014, 08:53 AM

I got it on sale for $2100.00 with free shipping. I picked it up at the local freight company and they put it in the back of my truck. I used a chain hoist back at home to lift it off the truck bed.

Posted by: JawjaPorsche Aug 3 2014, 02:19 PM

Very nice, I am very jealous! I guess I will still have to crawl on my back like a upside down turtle!

Posted by: Bartlett 914 Aug 3 2014, 03:22 PM

The 2 post lift is great. I have one here and I could never go without one. Mine has cables that connect the 2 posts. I have the one where you have to drive over a ramp that protects them. The other option was to have them overhead. I see your hydraulic hose going to the ceiling and over but no steel cables. I wish I had chosen the overhead cable option. I never saw the style you have.

Posted by: 02loftsmoor Aug 3 2014, 06:41 PM

I hate you

Posted by: worn Aug 3 2014, 08:45 PM

except it is hard to blame for what I want for myself.

Posted by: Andyrew Aug 5 2014, 12:10 AM

Grab some used rolling office chairs, Take the backs off and get the one's that can go up and down. Great for working under the car.

Posted by: JStroud Aug 5 2014, 08:28 AM

You don't really need a slab thicker than most garage floors for a small lift like this, my 2 post 6000lb lift only listed a 4" slab with no rebar as the minimum requirement, of course thicker or with rebar is better.

Those are nice lifts, very well built, almost bought one before I found mine used.
It will change how you think about working on your car, underneath work....no problem.

Enjoy,
Jeff

Posted by: patssle Aug 7 2014, 08:35 PM

If you're on the fence about a lift and want to see how freaking easy it makes the car life...here's my evidence: http://imgur.com/a/meh8Z Worth every penny I paid for it.