BendPak 4 post lift, Good Lift? Options

[Cairo94507]

Well I am going to be buying a lift for my garage. Mostly because I want to be able to put the six up high and park my daily driver under it and be able to leave one stall open all of the time just for ease of walking around. I have a 3 car garage and my wife has the middle stall for her daily driver.

In looking at these lifts, BendPak seems to emerge as a good quality unit. I did a search and came across several threads on lifts but nothing that specifically addresses the quality of the lifts.

I am perfectly willing to bolt one to the garage floor if necessary.

I know I want one that allows for the ramps to be moved wider if needed for an engine drop.

I am hoping to be able to speak with BendPak on Monday to see what the recommend. I don't want overkill; I want a lift to be able to store the six and work on it. Not planning to put a 10K pound SUV on it.

Thoughts or recommendations anyone?

Thanks in advance.
Michael

[Cairo94507]

Well I bought a BendPak HD 9 ST. I got it with the aluminum extended ramps (for lowered cars) that are 18 pounds compared to the 40 pound steel ramps. Additionally, they are easy to put on and take off where the standard steel ramps are held on by what I would describe as a large door hinge pin with clips on the ends. For what I want the aluminum ramps will work well and be easy to put on and take off and store when I do not need them. I also got their drip pans (it's and old Porsche...) and BendPak will deliver, install and I will be good to go. Turns out BendPak installers were $130 cheaper than the independent contractors they refer work to. The OTD, installed total came to $3,643.91

More than I wanted to spend by about a grand but I also wanted a lift that would fit well in the garage and meet my needs.

Of course that's not the end of the story....now I am getting bids to change my garage door tracks to the high lift style which will add a 1'6" additional clearance above the car, with a garage door opener that mounts on the garage door wall next to the track so that I have nothing on the ceiling above the car to interfere with anything and allow me maximum lift height. The first estimate was $1,580 for that little project but I am still awaiting other bids. Hope to get that done for about $1,200 total.

This is the only lift I have ever bought and I wanted to get what I wanted to get.

I will take pictures of the installation when that happens and post it up. They willl call me to schedule the job.

Thanks for the help, suggestions and advice.
Michael