4 post lift?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2012
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From: Lynchburg VA
My Eagle Equipment GLO-8000 http://www.eagleequip.com/product/GLO-8000.html is supposed to be installed tomorrow. I will let you know tomorrow night how big my smile is.
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,347
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From: Kernersville NC
I have one that usually has a one Vette on top and wife's daily driver below. The other Vette sits in the third bay. It is a purchase I have never regretted. I bought mine from Greg Smith Equipment. I like being able t get under them to work, especially on the 68. It needs attention weekly.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2013
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From: carlisle pa
I've had an Eagle lift, model GLO7000 for 6 years, have no regrets. Great for oil changes, storage and detailing cars. You won't regret it, make sure you measure and measure again if your ceiling may come into play if you are storing a car on the lift and below...
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,143
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From: Leonardtown Maryland
I have had a Backyard Buddy for about four years now and it is an essential tool for storage and auto work. Mine runs on 115 V and I installed it myself with help from my son. You can install one yourself but it is VERY heavy. I had it delivered to my son's work shop (he is a welder) because the had a forklift to unload it from the trackor trailer and onto one of their work trailers. If not I would have had to rent a trailer and go to a depot somewhere which would have been too much for me. It took three of us to unload at the house and we could have used another person. A couple of heavy duty furniture dollys helped move the big parts in to position. So unless you have a plan be sure and include delivery and setup into your purchase price. I'm glad I made the investment.
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Drifting
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Licking MO
I have a Titan lift that I bought while at the Birthday Bash this spring. So far it has been great. Was very heavy to move pieces around, probably worse since I bought an extra long and tall model. Noticed they were using them at Funfest to do installs.
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Springfield MA
St. Jude Donor '08
You'll get lots of opinions on this topic on this site and many others....I did some extensive research and went with a Revolution Rotary lift.....they just put it in last week and I am very pleased with it.....
Last edited by gilly6993; Oct 17, 2013 at 08:25 AM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2003
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From: 2007 Nat'l Corvette Challenge 11.50 index Champ. New Jersey
What were some of the costs for these lifts (price plus with installation and shipping)?
Do they need to be bolted into the garage floor, or is the weight enough to keep it in place?
Ron
Do they need to be bolted into the garage floor, or is the weight enough to keep it in place?
Ron
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 1999
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From: Springfield MO
I installed mine and it took about 4 hours for the first one and 3 hours for the second one. Not that big a deal if you have three friends.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2003
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From: 2007 Nat'l Corvette Challenge 11.50 index Champ. New Jersey
What is involved with changing how the garage door opens? Is it simply adding tracks straight up the front wall as opposed to being suspended from the ceiling? Do the installers do that?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2013
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From: carlisle pa
You will have to have a home repair person change the garage door if needed,and that could get pricey. I have to back my Z in on the lift as the front is lower than the rear. The garage door goes over the hood with a couple inches of clearance,with an inch clearance on the car below. As I mentioned earlier,take some measurements of the vehicles and your clearance and hope n pray u don't have to change the garage door, good luck
Racer
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Amarillo Texas
4 post lift is the best car accessory you can purchase period. Best way in the world to detail wheels, wax those lower portions of the car, change oil, and have additional storage for another car! I put mine together myself with a rented cherry picker/engine hoist.
As mentioned in earlier posts measure in great detail.
My shop has ten foot walls and if I do another one it will have 12 foot walls. I can raise my vette all the way up to the top of the lift but anything else has to stop before the top, but still much easier than crawling around under it. Even with 12 foot walls it will depend on how the iron supports run up that will determine your usable space and where to position the lift.
Another accessory for the lift is a scissor jack that slides between the rails so you can raise wheels. I bought a manual pump up jack and then bought an air cylinder off ebay and put it on the jack to have an air jack. MUUUUUCH better than pumping yourself. You can buy the air over hydraulic jacks for around $900 up but you can get the manual jack for I think about $400 and then add the ebay air cylinder for about $120 and you have it much easier.
If you don't have a lift, get one.
As mentioned in earlier posts measure in great detail.
My shop has ten foot walls and if I do another one it will have 12 foot walls. I can raise my vette all the way up to the top of the lift but anything else has to stop before the top, but still much easier than crawling around under it. Even with 12 foot walls it will depend on how the iron supports run up that will determine your usable space and where to position the lift.
Another accessory for the lift is a scissor jack that slides between the rails so you can raise wheels. I bought a manual pump up jack and then bought an air cylinder off ebay and put it on the jack to have an air jack. MUUUUUCH better than pumping yourself. You can buy the air over hydraulic jacks for around $900 up but you can get the manual jack for I think about $400 and then add the ebay air cylinder for about $120 and you have it much easier.
If you don't have a lift, get one.
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Springfield MA
St. Jude Donor '08
12' is a lot of room up and down....how much room front to back do you have....How tall is the F150?....How tall is the car you're putting on the lift?....You need to research lifts to see which one you want and if it will meet your needs....Bendpak makes a "tall" lift but your biggest obstacle is where your garage door will be and if it will impact how high you can raise the car....
Just adding a side mount opener is not overly expensive and will gain you valuable room.....you can also raise the doors by increasing the track rise (the curved part of the rail).....
Like I said....measure multiple times and do your research
Last edited by gilly6993; Oct 18, 2013 at 03:21 PM.