I have a two post Bendpak lift in my shop. There is so much stuff under the driver's side front of the truck that I can't find a good place to place the lift pad. Has anyone that has accesss to a lift run across this problem? Asked the service advisor at Ford and got the deer in the headlights look. Don't want to lift in the wrong place and damage something.

 

Hi Steve,

Not familiar with your exact type of lift, but there should be some room on the frame rails that you can lift from. IIRC the DFCM sticks down below the frame, but most other area should be clear. Is your lift rated for 10,000 lbs? If not it probably shouldn't be used for a truck this heavy.

 

Thanks Tom. It is a 10k # assymetrical lift. There are two big beams going from the frame to the front wheels (trailing arms?) on each side of the truck that run parallel to the frame. The service advisor finally (exhaling loudly) took me out to a F250 outside the office and pointed out that I could lift under these arms just below where they are connected to the frame. I am concerned about that because these arms are connected with rubber bushings and I think lifting under them will damage the bushings. The only way to get to the frame under the driver's seat may be to remove some crossmembers first. I will also check with Bendpak for their suggestions.

 

I have to use the drive on truck host @ work but mines the 172" WB. My last SD I lifted using our Rotary asymetric hoist with 150"ish wheelbase....whats config is your truck? If you can post some pics of your lift arms and adaptors you have available I can make some better suggestions as well.....sight unseen 4x4 blocks of wood are very useful lift "adaptors".

 

I'm glad you reminded me of this; these are also acceptable. There should be notches in the radius arms that are typically used to support the truck with jackstands if you were so inclined. When you hit the brakes the force equivalent to ~70% of the truck's total mass can be applied to these bushings, as this is how the braking force is transferred to the frame from the front axle.

You won't hurt them.

 

Mine is a long bed (172"). My son has a 2011 duramax long bed and it goes up fine. My 7.3 rides up fine as well. Will try to get pics when I get back to truck later in week.

 

Good deal. Thanks again.