Next toy to take care of my toy !
06-04-2015, 08:35 AM
#16
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Thank you all for the valuable information. I will check my options when I'm ready, the Danmar and Ben-Pak are very similar, and there is only $ 200 or so difference in price, we shall see availability at that time. I like the idea that they both have locks for the height so the shocks don't hold the lift all the time, could be dangerous otherwise. I might just wear a bicycle helmet when working underneath the car when I get it, just to prevent accidents of painful nature ! If I was skinny I would not mind as much working underneath the car while on jacks, but otherwise it's really a pain.
06-04-2015, 08:41 AM
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Andre, I just downloaded the manual for the Danmar lift, and it appears to be virtually identical to the BendPak. And I use a small office chair that has a back that tilts pretty far back to work under the car. I'm 6 feet tall, and this is do-able rather than comfortable, but there is no comparison to work under the car using jacks. No crawling! One downside is the learning curve about not banging your head on sharp metal parts as you scoot in and out...
And one thing I hadn't thought of about lifts in general- there are jobs where you need to come in from about and go up from the bottom, and it is a piece o' cake to just raise and lower the car as needed. Here's a link to my thread on the lift, FWIW https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...r-a-928-a.html
And one thing I hadn't thought of about lifts in general- there are jobs where you need to come in from about and go up from the bottom, and it is a piece o' cake to just raise and lower the car as needed. Here's a link to my thread on the lift, FWIW https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...r-a-928-a.html
Your garage looks a little bigger than the garage I'm working in at the moment. My garage measures the minimum for a single garage in Canada, 11 x 19, barely enough place to walk on one side. Here is a quick pic from my archives:
06-04-2015, 11:41 AM
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Next year I plan to move to Ontario from Quebec and I have chosen to get a house built with an actual 2 car garage, not a double, the dimensions are 21 x 25 wide, perfect for the 928 and my edge if I need.