I’m sure it’s a scam site. Lots of them around these days. Too good to be true prices.

I think the QJ can support more than washing tires...



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DaveB

Been researching 4 post lifts for storage and working on various vehicles. Started looking at directlift but they went from $2000 to $6000 over the last 2 years but are available right now. Then I found twin busch out of Germany with an office in Vegas, none until April. They are around $4000. A very similar version, they all look alike actually, from this company is $2400. Not sure how they are doing that.

I beleive these jacks and stackers might require a bit more work that just bolting them down to the Garage floor. First off, residential garage floors are a crap shoot, usually no rebar and could be minimal concrete (thickness and PSI). Plus they usually slope to the door. The two posts must require some type of footing. Not sure what if any type of laterial loads these can take, but all that force goes down to the base plate and bolts. I live in California and would have a hard time leaving my precious metal stacked on top of each other just hoping that today is not the day for the big one.

Have a two post Chinese that I got off eBay. Seems like it was about $1300 delivered. Is very well built and in five years of daily use have never had a problem. There is a trough that runs two cables and the hydraulic lines between the two posts. Makes getting a low car on a problem. Put down some 2X12's to drive on and takes anything.

You are right, the state of the concrete is very important for a two post. A two post would have to have better flooring to support any bending forces from an uneven weight. A four post not so much. From what I have read there is alignment that has to be considered also on a four post. I think they put in wedged shims if it is badly out of true.

If you look at the base plates, the contact area is the same or bigger than the contact patch of my truck's tires. So far the truck has not gone through the floor so it is unlikely a four post with a 914 on it will either. There are people who install these professionally and have put in many units. This is the way I would go. I don't need to make a mistake and learn the hard way. Of course where I live it doesn't need to be seismically qualified.

The Garags price does seem to scream SCAM... With free shipping? Yeah, right.
All they want are your credit card details... bait and hook.

In my workshop, i have a two post maxjax. I was able to use the existing concrete floor (4”) and to be sure, I used epoxy anchors. It will only get 914’s and early 912’s so I’m very confident in the lift safety. In our barn/shop, the concrete was thin in spots so it was cut and new high strength mix was poured to a 10” depth with rebar. I could do the math but I’m sure it’s a couple thousand pounds. We can put a heavy car on it and there’s no post deflection at full lift. It’s a commercial unit that needs 12’+ of ceiling space. I did a maxjax in my workshop because I only have 8.5’. My maxjax is the newer model but I got it before the 50% price increase.


I recently saw a website advertising tool chests for crazy cheap prices. Of course it was a scam site. Lots of cut, paste and steal cc info going on. I’m guessing it all is being done overseas. Sell your credit card info as soon as you enter it and let the banks try to chase them to get it back.

Another way to look for scam websites is to check the website domain registration (whois.com). The garags.com is beyond suspicious. Registered two months ago in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Really sounds legit don't it? Don't even risk your email address on this site.

I was suckered on a scam website for Puma shoes - very well done scam site. Caught it fast enough so they only managed a small test amount before the bank cancelled the card and reversed the charge.

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One other things to keep in find is that we are
often bouncing around in a car on a lift or hacksatnds - especially with a restoration- wire brush- welding etc. all that weight can beat up a weak point pretty easily.

Longs for me from here on out.

I’ll be taking the quickjack tall rubber lifting blocks to the table saw for some pinch weld grooves. Thanks for the info.

Pete