Mike Terry

Here is how to rescue your Corvette if your Four Post Lift Fails.
http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2017/...erm=2017-07-25

jimh_1962

who are the azzhats laughing in the background? Hopefully, it is not a customer's corvette. If so, I would be upset with their attitudes.

jdk971

looks like the owner is one lucky sob. man, it could of been very bad. jim

SDVette

Resto or not, I do not like toothed grills on a '61. :-)

Twan Sloot

Okay great the vette got out unharmed, but how on earth is such an inferior lift allowed to be sold on the market. Not saying europe is great with all it's ridiculous rules but it is nice to know that a lift here should be approved to european standards which means 3 safeties as minimum, so if a cable breaks you have 2 safeties to go before it comes down. So are there rules for lifts too in the US or do you only get as much safety as you pay for?

Randy G.

That's why I got a Bendpak "ANSI Certified" lift and not one of the the lower priced cheapo residential units. We have the occasional earthquake here and I would hate to be the guy wishing I would have spend $200 more on my lift. Certified or not, you treat your lift correctly, and it should (hopefully) return the favor.

MOXIE62

To me, all these lifts look rinky-dink. I would not put my car within 10 feet of one, much less on one.

pop23235

Check out Challenger or Rotary. It will change your mind.

Twan Sloot

Rotary is a very reputable brand here too

Railroadman

This thread working in Off Topic now:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-buff-out.html

DansYellow66

Hard to believe that car didn't have a lot of damage (maybe some cosmetic) underneath. That's one reason I bought from AutoLifters years ago (now defunct due to Chinese competition). They put a car up on one and rammed a leg with a forklift and it still stayed up. ANSI certified, very positive locking system - basically same as Backyard Buddy. But still pays to inspect cables, pulleys and locks for any sign of wear or mis-adjustment periodically.

Randy G.

Last time I checked Backyard Buddy lifts weren't certified.

wmf62

unfortunately I have seen, at school, multiple failures with a BendPak 4 post lift.... so the 'name' isn't everything

I have a BendPak 2-post and a Tuxedo 4-post

Bill

Randy G.

I have a Bendpak 2 post as well, Bill. I treat it like my life depends on it

After raising the car and checking it twice on the way up I make sure I lower it on the safety. Then I add a little hydraulic pressure back on it just for fun without letting it raise off the catches. I inspect the cables, arms, floor mounts and welds periodically.

After getting it I wondered how I ever got along without one. But here in earthquake country I never leave a car in the air. I might leave it on the lowest safety catch about 18" off the ground if I have the rear end out of it, but never up in the air like this overnight.

Twan Sloot

I think if you keep taking the precautions you're taking you have nothing to worry about

wmf62

, you can never be too safe. I guess i'm a bit more foolhardy (but I only have to worry about sinkholes, not earthquakes); just never gave it a thought...

until I got the 4-post I used the 2-post...

Bill

Randy G.

We had a 5.1 centered near here in 2014 that about knocked us off the couch. This was my next door neighbors block wall and chimney, and my grandfather clock.

wmf62

y'all have the trifecta: earthquakes/fires/mudslides... it's interesting that you had less apparent damage than your neighbor

Bill

DansYellow66

No idea - I don't own one.

Randy G.

We had plenty. Roughly $35,000 worth. But not like houses behind ours that are turned 90 degrees compared to ours. Two houses behind us their chimney snapped off and hit the roof and facia of the house next door.