anchoring 2 post lift, How did you do it? Options

[Calwaterbear]

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!

[Cairo94507]

Forestkhaagg - Yeah, I have to agree with the lunatic libtards absolutely allowing CA to go to ruins. I am a born and raised SF Bay Area native. We now have graffiti everywhere, garbage on every street and highway, human waste in every city as you walk around. Homeless people using the sidewalks as bathrooms and their personal storage space. The roads and highways are horrible with potholes, cracks and just damage from large heavy trucks. It seems like CalTrans only sweeps every couple of months and then does a crap job at that. Bumpers and car parts just left on the freeway from crashes. But drive your car w/o a front plate or dare to touch your cell phone while driving and they will be quick to write you a ticket.

The police do nothing about the homeless bums creating issues for hardworking people who are paying taxes to keep this country afloat. San Francisco is a complete garbage can cesspool. I stopped going there years ago when it began to become a sanctuary city for every thug and criminal in the country. SFPD is worthless-they just drive around and ignore all of the crime, crazy people, litter and human waste. But you can bet they cash their check every two weeks. Go ahead and park your car in SF and see how long it takes before it is broken into, vandalized, stolen, etc.

A lifelong friend just sold his home in the Bay Area and built a new home in Colorado Springs because he got tired of all of the above ruining his quality of life. I can't blame him.

Jerry Brown is a complete asshat and so are most of the liberal elected officials in this library state. If my wife and I did not have family here, we would be gone too.

OK- rant over- back to the discussion re lifts. (Sorry)