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I'm looking at lifts now. How tall is your ceiling and what mods did you have to do to the garage door track to allow for your cars to "fit" with the garage door open?
I have a 9 foot ceiling, I had the garage door rails lifted to the ceiling on the single car door where my lift sets. Works out great for two corvettes, I have 6" space between the bottom vette and another 6" on the top vette to the ceiling. When I have the 62 on the top rack I only have about 2" space to the ceiling
This is my retirement gift. I retired on Thursday.
Bob nice garage
I also plan on giving myself a retirement gift in the form of a garage in a couple of years. I have one more move to do and have told the wife that the next and final house will have to have the space and local codes for a detached 30 X 60 garage.
I too will be installing a Mohawk Lift, the A7 Asymmetric with in-ground hydraulic lines.
This is my retirement gift. I retired on Thursday.
Here is a shot of my new garage addition. It's 32x48 with 12" ceilings. The original garage is 44x31 with 11" ceilings.
Its got Hardy board siding to match the house. There are 6 garage doors and 1 man door. Both sides are spray foamed and drywalled..
I order the heat/ac unit of Friday.
There will be three 4 post lifts in the new addition for storage and three 2 post lifts (Mohawk and Rotary) in the original section as a work area.
That's some serious garage space. I have 2 lifts, and it's amazing how often a 3rd would be nice when you are waiting for parts, and the first 2 are tied up. Plus the doubled parking under the raised cars.
Since we are talking about garages, of of the main reasons I'm adding space to mine is I want a 4 post lift.
I would like to here others that have them and help me decide on brand and options.
Since we are talking about garages, of of the main reasons I'm adding space to mine is I want a 4 post lift.
I would like to here others that have them and help me decide on brand and options.
Thanks..
Tim
Well unless you are going really high end, almost all of the standard residential Chinese lifts are made by Titan. they are oem under many, many names. I have one with the rolling jack for 2 years and have no problems with it. Bolt it to the ground, they all have redundant safety mechanisms now. It will be the best thing you could do for working on a car.
Since we are talking about garages, of of the main reasons I'm adding space to mine is I want a 4 post lift.
I would like to here others that have them and help me decide on brand and options.
Thanks..
Tim
I have an Atlas 4-post lift, 8000 pound rating, distributed by Greg Smith. Best $1750 I ever spent. It goes together quite easily, took me about 3 hours. Just ask a few friends over to help with the heavy parts.
Just built this 2000SQ foot palace. Still finishing it up. Love the space. One year ago I was in a decrepit one car. The mustang is just for Sh#$ts and giggles.
New stainless steel covered workbench, portable two post lift and air compressor drops all over the place. Floor is next. Sharing with woodworking equipment is a real negative, always dirty!
09-17-2017, 08:21 PM
