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> anchoring 2 post lift, How did you do it?
Calwaterbear
post May 29 2017, 08:27 AM
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Ok time to set-up my new/used 2 post lift. I poured a 14'X 25' pad, let it cure for 3 weeks.

So I will drill into the concrete and use 3/4 X 10'' wedge anchors. they will be 8" deep.

obviously the holes need to be drilled in exactly the right places, not only for each post, but also, the 2 posts have to be set at the exact width (dictated by the bar across the top, between the 2 posts).

so do i set up the posts, bolt on the top, then drill down through the feet?

Or use a template, put in the anchors, then drop the posts onto the anchors?

Bit of an issue is i am working alone, and even with a bobcat 763, i have not figured out a way to get the posts vertical yet, i plan on calling in my propane guy, who has a real live Ferrari crane on his service truck to lift em upright and position them.

Tech guys at Greg Smith say to drill the holes a couple of inched deeper than you will be anchoring at - so if you screw up, instead of having to cut off the anchor - you just drive it down in the slab. That seems like a good idea, but what if, while lowering the post, you miss and hit the top of the anchors, that would probably drive them down into the slab - No?

I'm probably overthinking this, but I'm hoping to draw from the experience of others who have gone before me on this venture!
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post May 29 2017, 05:30 PM
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For me and a few helpers we stood the posts up by lifting the post top and walking them up, turned out to be easy.

Set everything in place by rocking the posts to get them to move, squared it up, measured twice, etc. then marked the holes, moved the posts, drilled the holes. My garage floor is 6", so I drilled all the way through in case I had problems with an anchor I could hammer it through, believe my anchors were 4.5" or 5". I vacuumed the holes with a shop vac.

My lift came with an assortment of C-shaped shims to plumb the posts.
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Calwaterbear   anchoring 2 post lift   May 29 2017, 08:27 AM
mepstein   Im not saying they are correct but there are a bun...   May 29 2017, 08:37 AM
Mark Henry   I put it in place and got it squared away, rented ...   May 29 2017, 09:06 AM
Calwaterbear   I put it in place and got it squared away, rented...   May 29 2017, 10:17 AM
DaveO90s4   drill the holes once it is all set up. That is the...   May 29 2017, 03:05 PM
URY914   Be sure to clean the holes out with a shop vac. Th...   May 29 2017, 04:00 PM
somd914   For me and a few helpers we stood the posts up by ...   May 29 2017, 05:30 PM
forrestkhaag   Not to open a hornets nest here but what is the be...   May 29 2017, 06:41 PM
Perry Kiehl   Not to open a hornets nest here but what is the b...   Jun 9 2017, 09:16 AM
Curbandgutter   I don't know if you did this but I would have ...   May 29 2017, 07:09 PM
Andyrew   Sounds like exactly what my dad did on his. He use...   May 29 2017, 08:03 PM
Mueller   Sounds like exactly what my dad did on his. He us...   Jun 1 2017, 10:59 AM
mepstein   Sounds like exactly what my dad did on his. He u...   Jun 1 2017, 01:02 PM
Calwaterbear   Sounds like exactly what my dad did on his. He u...   Jun 1 2017, 02:29 PM
914forme   They make epoxy set anchors for this job, don...   May 30 2017, 10:40 AM
Calwaterbear   They make epoxy set anchors for this job, don...   May 30 2017, 01:32 PM
PanelBilly   HF sells the drill and bits for concrete anchors. ...   May 30 2017, 01:27 PM
Cairo94507   Forestkhaagg - Yeah, I have to agree with the luna...   May 30 2017, 01:47 PM
mepstein   Forestkhaagg - Yeah, I have to agree with the lun...   Jun 1 2017, 11:57 AM
Calwaterbear   solved my standing up the posts dilemma. Had a BB...   Jun 1 2017, 09:45 AM
914_teener   solved my standing up the posts dilemma. Had a B...   Jun 1 2017, 10:48 AM
Phoenix-MN   when I cut the floor for a thicker pads I used a c...   Jun 1 2017, 02:45 PM
Vacca Rabite   when I cut the floor for a thicker pads I used a ...   Jun 1 2017, 08:04 PM
Phoenix-MN   my floor was also only about 4", IFIR they re...   Jun 2 2017, 08:33 PM
Calwaterbear   Ok guys, got it done, thanks for all the advise,...   Jun 8 2017, 09:44 AM
Mark Henry   Ok guys, got it done, thanks for all the advise...   Jun 8 2017, 04:46 PM
914_teener   So .....just curious. What was your engineeer conc...   Jun 8 2017, 03:51 PM
Mark Henry   Funny I had absolutely no problem installing my re...   Jun 8 2017, 05:00 PM
914_teener   Potential issues: 1. Wrong size bit. 2. Rebar 3...   Jun 8 2017, 05:08 PM
Calwaterbear   Potential issues: 3. High strength or large agg...   Jun 8 2017, 05:44 PM
Mark Henry   Your.re just good Mark. Nope, being good had ...   Jun 9 2017, 07:13 AM
914_teener   Your.re just good Mark. Nope, being good had...   Jun 9 2017, 09:04 AM


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