Bob, doesnt porcelain tile chip easily when you drop things on it? wrenches..parts etc?

 

As you decide on garage dimensions, consider that the lift columns are about 11 feet outside baseplate width installed for 928 use. When you have the car on the lift, the arms keep you from walking between the column and the car, so you must leave space between the columns and the outsides to pass. A 'standard' counter depth is 26" or so with a front lip, so a space that's 15 feet wide isn't enough if you plan to have standard cabinets, rollaway tool chests or similar next to the car. My minimum squeeze!!-through space is maybe a foot, and you'll want more if there are cabinet doors or drawers that need to open into the space where the lift columns are set. Nineteen feet is the minimum I'd consider as workable with cabinets next to the lift columns. I have a fifteen-foot wide bay now with cabinets on one side with no walk-around space there, no cabinets on the other side.

The 11-foot column outside width allows you enough space to open the car doors some for in-and-out access. I put the car back a little on the lift to get more door opening if I need to work inside with the door open, again assuming that the space next to and behind the column doesn't also include other furniture/equipment/stuff.

I have the MaxJax columns modeled in AutoCad DWG 3D if anyone needs them for design/layout purposes. PM your email and they are yours.

 

I don't think so, at least not hand tools. The tile I'm looking at is the same strength as standard concrete at 3000 PSI. It's colored all the way through (vs just a surface color for ceramic tile). Plus I've learned to put a piece of I/O carpet down when doing anything serious.

The roller jack was the biggest offender on the epoxy, a problem minimized by having the MaxJax lift. I think I;ve used the roller jack a couple times in the tw0-plus years the lift has been here. I'm spoiled, that's for sure. Are you still happy with your RaceDeck floor?

 

Bob, got it on the thread sealer, thanks! Really annoying to have to tie a diaper around the reservoir to keep the ATF off the floor.

Also because I hate ATF, I ended up upgrading the quick disconnects to the lossless type, 3/8 NPT with female threads. They're steep (~$50 per pair) but there is literally no fluid loss, unlike the standard ones that come with the maxjax (they lose maybe a teaspoon? Still annoying and messy)

http://www.discounthydraulichose.com...s_p/ht-set.htm




Dunno how often one might be connecting and disconnecting the hydraulic lines, but they might be worth the consideration.

Did I mention?

 

Rob--

The little dribble when disconnecting the supplied connectors is inconvenient. I usually sacrifice a paper towel to the duty, placing it under the connector as I pull the connection apart. I still manage to get some on the floor... Guess it's a good thing I don't have to disconnect often. My HPU has a leak, uhhh it's 'seepage', at the connector hose between the pump itself and the flow divider. One day soon I'll drain it all, fix that and a couple other petty connection annoyances, and be happy again. Need to shop for a few 3/8" street-els so the two pressure lines go straight down instead of out sideways from the divider. Plotting the installation for the Bend house, the lines will go straight up to the ceiling from the HPU, same as the way you are doing yours.

For those playing along at home, Rob installed a section of plastic drain pipe in the ceiling with drop-outs over the two columns. Hoses from the columns go up to pigtails hanging from the ceiling directly above. So no hoses on the floor to trip over. Rob put twist-lock electrical outlets in the ceiling there too along with compressed air pigtails, so there will a power and compressed air station at each column. Good stuff that makes things a lot more convenient.

 

After a month of non-stop moving, unpacking, thrashing, reassembling, surviving the end of school year festivities, (oh and working), I finally got to put a worthy car in the air today.

Life is finally getting back to normal around here:

 

Arnoud asked if I could post the dimensions of my half of the garage and relationship of the maxjax columns to the walls and the distance from sides of the car to the walls.

Holler if you need any other dimensions!

 

wheres all the bins that have their lids in the bid for bin lids?

 

 

Thank you very much, Rob, for having provided these exact dimensions!