Seeking wisdom from those who have installed a lift
Here are pictures of my hoist. I did my time installing Torqueflites and 8 3/4 chunks in a car on 4 jackstands in the gravel on my back... with the item on my chest. This is the best and most safety conscious tool that I ever bought for working on a car!. You can see the beam across the two posts, which also eliminates the hump on the floor. There is a picture of a couple of the four tall jack stands that I have (mentioned by someone in a previous post). Placed under frame rails at the front and back it virtually eliminates the problem of tipping the vehicle when moving heavy things like complete rear ends that are in front of, or behind, the arms of the lift. Oddly enough there were specific instructions about when you needed these in the lift instruction manual and an idiot stick man warning on the post showing them in use. They also allow you to do things like put the weight on the front or rear springs to check all sorts of clearances with the car in the air. At the end of the pics you will see my solution for not enough floor space in the garage...
Here are pictures of my hoist. I did my time installing Torqueflites and 8 3/4 chunks in a car on 4 jackstands in the gravel on my back... with the item on my chest. This is the best and most safety conscious tool that I ever bought for working on a car!. You can see the beam across the two posts, which also eliminates the hump on the floor. There is a picture of a couple of the four tall jack stands that I have (mentioned by someone in a previous post). Placed under frame rails at the front and back it virtually eliminates the problem of tipping the vehicle when moving heavy things like complete rear ends that are in front of, or behind, the arms of the lift. Oddly enough there were specific instructions about when you needed these in the lift instruction manual and an idiot stick man warning on the post showing them in use. They also allow you to do things like put the weight on the front or rear springs to check all sorts of clearances with the car in the air. At the end of the pics you will see my solution for not enough floor space in the garage...
