2 post Lift Reccomendations?
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Mountain Pass
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2 post Lift Reccomendations?
Hi everyone, I am looking for advice on a 2 post lift. I am only going to lift max, my F350, at…what…50000lbs curb weight, but I am thinking a 9000lb lift will suffice.
Thoughts? Comments?
Thoughts? Comments?
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One thing to think about is how thick the concrete is where the lift will be placed.
To thin and it is a no go as it will crack the concrete and the anchors will not have anything to grip to holt the lift and anything on it upright.
I dont have one as my garage is not tall enough for one but I have heard Bendpac lifts are pretty good.
Dont know if they make a 2 post as I have looked at 4 post. Was looking to put wheels on it and push it outside on a concrete pad to use and push back in when not used.
Dave ----
To thin and it is a no go as it will crack the concrete and the anchors will not have anything to grip to holt the lift and anything on it upright.
I dont have one as my garage is not tall enough for one but I have heard Bendpac lifts are pretty good.
Dont know if they make a 2 post as I have looked at 4 post. Was looking to put wheels on it and push it outside on a concrete pad to use and push back in when not used.
Dave ----
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One thing to think about is how thick the concrete is where the lift will be placed.
To thin and it is a no go as it will crack the concrete and the anchors will not have anything to grip to holt the lift and anything on it upright.
I dont have one as my garage is not tall enough for one but I have heard Bendpac lifts are pretty good.
Dont know if they make a 2 post as I have looked at 4 post. Was looking to put wheels on it and push it outside on a concrete pad to use and push back in when not used.
Dave ----
To thin and it is a no go as it will crack the concrete and the anchors will not have anything to grip to holt the lift and anything on it upright.
I dont have one as my garage is not tall enough for one but I have heard Bendpac lifts are pretty good.
Dont know if they make a 2 post as I have looked at 4 post. Was looking to put wheels on it and push it outside on a concrete pad to use and push back in when not used.
Dave ----
Hey Dave, good to hear from you.
I plan on rebar enforced 6” cement in the post area….the rest will be reinforced normally at 4”
Shop broke ground last week….30x50 and 16’ ceiling height, which means I have room for a mezannine as well!
Cheers to you!
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You would be wise to choose your lift and then use a foundation design that meets the requirements of the manufacturer in terms of thickness, reinforcement, edge distances for anchors, intertie with slab, etc.
Depth for anchors and clear distance or cover, extent of pad with reinforcing mat will be dependent on load, soil bearing capacity. I'm going to guess that manufacturers will recommend using an engineer to determine foundation requirements. That's going to add some expense. Perhaps some manufacturers have charts and predesigned solutions for you.
Depth for anchors and clear distance or cover, extent of pad with reinforcing mat will be dependent on load, soil bearing capacity. I'm going to guess that manufacturers will recommend using an engineer to determine foundation requirements. That's going to add some expense. Perhaps some manufacturers have charts and predesigned solutions for you.
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6 inches with rebar should be plenty. I would get the 9000 or higher rated lift. I have a 8000 pound lift. It lifts my f250, but it's all it wants. I put a small f350 dump on it one time and it would not lift it. You never know what you might be putting on it if you are into that sort of thing, so I would get the largest one you can afford.
I personally like the 4 post lifts. No arms to mess with all the time. And it makes a great saw horse or work bench sometimes. It's also handy for doing work on the vehicle when you still need weight on the suspension. And you can still use jacks to jack the vehicle up on the lift.
If you did decide to use a 4 post, you could simply dig a deeper hole for the floor in the area of the posts. I assume you are going to dig two long rectangular holes for the 2 post lift.
I personally like the 4 post lifts. No arms to mess with all the time. And it makes a great saw horse or work bench sometimes. It's also handy for doing work on the vehicle when you still need weight on the suspension. And you can still use jacks to jack the vehicle up on the lift.
If you did decide to use a 4 post, you could simply dig a deeper hole for the floor in the area of the posts. I assume you are going to dig two long rectangular holes for the 2 post lift.
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Yep, 9000lbs or more. You can't change later. That would cost more...
FWIW, I bought 7000lbs Quickjacks, just in case. Why would you buy less capacity... you don't know what's in your future.
FWIW, I bought 7000lbs Quickjacks, just in case. Why would you buy less capacity... you don't know what's in your future.
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6 inches with rebar should be plenty. I would get the 9000 or higher rated lift. I have a 8000 pound lift. It lifts my f250, but it's all it wants. I put a small f350 dump on it one time and it would not lift it. You never know what you might be putting on it if you are into that sort of thing, so I would get the largest one you can afford.
I personally like the 4 post lifts. No arms to mess with all the time. And it makes a great saw horse or work bench sometimes. It's also handy for doing work on the vehicle when you still need weight on the suspension. And you can still use jacks to jack the vehicle up on the lift.
If you did decide to use a 4 post, you could simply dig a deeper hole for the floor in the area of the posts. I assume you are going to dig two long rectangular holes for the 2 post lift.
I personally like the 4 post lifts. No arms to mess with all the time. And it makes a great saw horse or work bench sometimes. It's also handy for doing work on the vehicle when you still need weight on the suspension. And you can still use jacks to jack the vehicle up on the lift.
If you did decide to use a 4 post, you could simply dig a deeper hole for the floor in the area of the posts. I assume you are going to dig two long rectangular holes for the 2 post lift.
I am thinking a bit about the 4 post—Wildfire has one that even comes with wheels! Mortske uses one of them on his YT channel, and it intrigues me. BUT they are double the price. Most of the ones I am looking at have all the specs in the manual….most say at least 4”. But I am going to go 6 for sure.
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To me, a 2 post gives you more options when working under the truck. As it uses four small pickup points, where you don't have these huge rails where you drove the truck up on in the way. The 2 post, leaves the axles hanging freely so they can be worked on.
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You can't hardly do anything to the suspension with it hanging in the air. But there are drawbacks to both types of lifts. If you have a 2 post, those tall screw jacks can be handy.
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The trays can also be placed under something that drips so if you park something under it it will stay drip free.
4 post on wheels if you have a corner of the garage that is hard to get a car / truck in put it on the lift and push it in the corner. Yes you can do the same with HF wheel dollys but if you have the lift and dollys you can now put 2 cars in that corner
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I am thinking a bit about the 4 post—Wildfire has one that even comes with wheels! Mortske uses one of them on his YT channel, and it intrigues me. BUT they are double the price. Most of the ones I am looking at have all the specs in the manual….most say at least 4”. But I am going to go 6 for sure.
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Interesting, I didnt know different manufacturers had different requirements for the concrete. I was under the impression that for a given weight rated lift that they all had the same requirements for concrete.
Will have to I guess look into that, I had plans on a 2 post lift for my metal building but that got put on the back burner but I never looked up 2 post lifts to see which brand or which model I wanted just know I wanted at least a 15,000 lb rated lift.
Will have to I guess look into that, I had plans on a 2 post lift for my metal building but that got put on the back burner but I never looked up 2 post lifts to see which brand or which model I wanted just know I wanted at least a 15,000 lb rated lift.
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15,000 lift would be considered huge and very expensive. We have one in our shop to lift the heavier trucks like I drive. Notice I said we had one. We have 4 lifts all together. We do have a heavy duty 4 post alignment lift that is rated for 15,000. They bought it several years ago. With the electronics for the alignment part of it, I think the whole thing was $60,000.
