2 Post lift location question....

I have a 20-40 shop and put my 10K eagle lift closer to the rear of it so I could pull something else behind it to work on it. Plus it makes pulling another vehicle inside to park it while I have a car up on the lift. I put it more to one also. I would say the one post is about 3 " from the wall. Works out great. I wouldn't want it anywhere else.