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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 15-November 14 From: United States Member No.: 18,123 Region Association: Central California ![]() |
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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somd914 |
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Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,171 Joined: 21-February 11 From: Southern Maryland Member No.: 12,741 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() |
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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