Who has em?? Lifts in the garage

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As the title says Im just curious as to who has a lift in their garage for their personal use. What kind? height? specs? pics? Im just real curious who has them for use whenever they want.

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Joe
 
got 3 friends that do that all live within 5 miles of me and also drive a carhauler for a living wich also works in a pinch
 
I have a four poster with a rolling scissor jack that allows picking the front or back off the rails. Best thing my wife ever got me.
 
Four post with a rolling scissor jack. Got it last year and use more that I thought I would.
It makes working on the cars way more fun.
 
Here's mine:

I don't have a tall enough garage so I built a frame out of 2 x 6 and 2 x 2 tube to make it "free stand." With my arthritis, this has been one of the smartest things I've done lately. At the moment, I have a 77 Dodge van with a 360/ 727 that I'm in the process of tearing apart.

http://cletrac.org/forum2010/index.php?topic=2356.msg8567#msg8567


Below, home on the trailer. Just about this time of year on a muddy rainy day two? years ago
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Below, starting the "H" ground frame, 2 x 4 tube

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Half of the "H" frame done, ready
to stand it up

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Up in the air, ready to build other half of "H" frame

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Starting other half of frame

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Ears for a 2 x 2 piece of tube, you put this in under the vehicle, it keeps the uprights from falling in towards each other

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A view of the triangular braces on the uprights

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Bottom mounts of the triangular braces for the uprights

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The ol' 86 Ranger on the Rack swapping the 5 speed
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A lot of guys on GarageJournal use this portable MaxJax... I thought about getting one... it's handy. The commercial on the website was filmed at a member's garage from GarageJournal. He had a cool thread about it..

http://www.maxjaxusa.com/
 
I got one at home in the shop. It is nice to have.
 

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I have a 9000 lb two post lift. It was installed when I had the garage built about two years ago and has performed perfect. This lift is my favorite "tool" I've ever purchased for the garage. My Dart is now in the front garage and the 440 Plymouth you see in the pictures is almost done. MMG
 

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I don't have one yet. But not for lack of trying. I've probably bid on 20 of them at a few auctions, only to get out bid or the price on them get ridiculous.
I'm in no real hurry, I have access to several lifts at the dealership I used to work at. leaving that job on good terms has paid tenfold.
 
justin hughes said:
i always thought about digging a pit since roof height is almost always an issue.
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Pits can be an option, but have their own set of problems. In parts of the country around here, the ground water level can be a challenge as to keeping them dry. Also, most people probably did as a friend of mine did---board them over for safety when not in use. It collected enough fumes that one day he was on his knees on the floor cutting some metal with a torch. Next thing he knew there was a bunch of 2x 6's up on the ceiling---and on the way down.
 
I bought a used 7000 lb. 2 post lift last fall from a friend for $900 installed. Best $900 I ever spent.
 
MMG your garage is absolutely gorgeous. What is it you do for a living because I want in to lol
 
I'm gearing up to build another shop and would love to have a 4 post drive on lift. I have some really heavy vehicles and would feel safer under one of those. I wouldn't mind one of these simple heavy duty kwiklifts either, drive on, jack up the back and you have plenty of room under it to roll around.

http://www.kwiklift.com/

Oh yeah, and sweet 66 Plymie, my buddy had one of those, factory 4 speed, 383 (swapped for a 440 6 pak), I loved that car
 
MoparMuscleGuy said:
I have a 9000 lb two post lift. It was installed when I had the garage built about two years ago and has performed perfect. This lift is my favorite "tool" I've ever purchased for the garage. My Dart is now in the front garage and the 440 Plymouth you see in the pictures is almost done. MMG
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You gotta real nice lookin shop, man.
 
I got a couple.......couldn't live without them

8000 pound Direct Lift
 

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I have a four post. I like it so much it makes me dance.:toothy7:
 

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The Valiant on our Snap-On lift. I think its at its maximum hight in this picture. It goes about 5-6 feet high. Its a two piston hydraulic setup. Its also a mobile unit. The only thing that sucks is that you can't really drop drive trains with it.
 

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I have a benpack 4post wide 9000lbs and I think it's a challenger 2 post that we haven't set up yet.
 
I have an Autolifters 9000 pound 2 post lift. Top of the posts is 11'10". I put it in about 10 years ago, but believe they have since gone out of business.
 
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