Portable two post lift for normal garage

[Tiger]

http://maxjaxusa.com/index.html

Interesting system... saw it at Costco.com. Priced at the same level as the normal shop lift. However, this is for normal garage height.

[bubba966]

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11589445&search=537267&topnav=&Mo=0&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode%20matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=537267&Ntt=537267&No=0&Nty=1&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial

[shogun]

we just imported a MaxJack from the U.S. for our wrenching group, was delivered last Saturday, not yet installed.
In addition to the price we paid for shipping by air and import duty/tax another $1000.

[whiskychaser]

Be nice to have a garage like the one in the ad:( Wonder how deep the concrete has to be so it will safely take the anchor bolts?

[Black 535i]

Concrete should be 4" thick minimum and you could use RawlBolts or Redhead anchors that are set in the concrete or epoxy and would never let loose. Most garages do it this way as once you have the stands set and anchored and balanced there is rarely any sway in the mechanisms.

http://www.rawlplug.co.uk/

http://www.concretefasteners.com/?gclid=CPW-96SvtKMCFdZj2godfEe_6Q

[Tiger]

By building code in USA, garage floor are minimum 4" thick. Commercial is thicker.

A simple test is just to drill a amall hole with a long concrete drill bit... and tape it at 4"... If you make it there without falling through, it is 4" thick.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

We have a guy out here theat has put together a group buy for $1800.

But I have a friend that gets old pro shop lifts for free when they close down. They get treated as scrap and he just picks them up...Now he has two at his house... a big two post and a ramp type

[Tiger]

Nice to have such a high ceiling garage.

[Rick L]

Nice find... I could really use this. :)

[Ross]

I'd much rather see the towers tied together.
I've had vehicles slip from where I've mistakenly thought was a good lifting spot or used too many blocks on high trucks or vans and "land" on the underbody. This must generate some pretty serious side loads that makes me glad the tops of the towers are connected by a sturdy beam.
A few anchors in 4" of concrete ain't going to hold **** when one of these towers experiences a side load from 6 feet off the ground.
There are lots of horror stories around about "home" lifts collapsing. I wouldn't work under one.
As Blitz Bob said, used commercial lifts are available cheap, or free in his lucky circumstance.

[whiskychaser]

A few anchors in 4" of concrete ain't going to hold **** when one of these towers experiences a side load from 6 feet off the ground.

This is what I was getting at but was being polite;) Used to have a contract to deliver new lifts to garages. The concrete slab was about 18 inches deep even for a 4 poster. I got a used one for free and gave it to some friends as I had nowhere to put it. But the engineers gave it the once over for me so I knew it wasnt going to kill my mates when they put it up