I bought a Bend-Pak MD-6XP Lift, Wow.....
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I have been using mine on bare concrete for over a year. No ill effects. I also have 2x12 ramps. Once I decided exact location of the lift, I pust down tape to mark the position on the ramps. As you raise the car off the ramps, the suspension/tires will drag the ramps inward over time. I just push them back in to position every once in a while. For the money, you can't beat these lifts.
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Steel or aluminum are fine, concrete will be damaged before long. I use scraps of 3/8" aluminum hull plate at the rollers and pivot
the first pic is when I was starting to build the platform, the second is almost done, I needed to add another 1" layer to get the lowere 993 onto it.
the first pic is when I was starting to build the platform, the second is almost done, I needed to add another 1" layer to get the lowere 993 onto it.
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Thanks Bill, I have a couple thin steel tracks now for the rollers. I am in the process of setting up ramps and a platform so I can clear the lift after my new suspension is complete.
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A question for you mid-rise lift owners:
Doing the trig it looks like the car moves forward about 8 inches at full lift when compared to at rest and that's the same distance the rollers travel on the floor?
Thanks in advance...
Doing the trig it looks like the car moves forward about 8 inches at full lift when compared to at rest and that's the same distance the rollers travel on the floor?
Thanks in advance...
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Ed Hughes has one and we were able to drop the motor and w/o the trans easy. I'm the trans could have come out also, we just didn't do it. This lift is prefect for 9 one one owers, for obvious reasons. Not as handy for us water pumpers though, unless we never drop the central tube.
And yes, they make a great table for entertaining guests on race weekends.
And yes, they make a great table for entertaining guests on race weekends.
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I just got one and it may move forward when nothing is on it. This is because I was messing with it...up/down...up/down...up/down. With a car on it it's not going to move.
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Hmm, I think my question was a bit half baked; the car shouldn't move fore and aft seeing as one end of the lift is effectively fixed. And I can't even blame the mulled wine!
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what exact Bend Pak model is this?
I'm just waiting to complete the inside of my shed addition before I order mine up. I put a 5 1/2" depression in the floor so I can just drive the car over it-no blocking needed.
Your model appears to have the adjustable arms on it-that is a must.
I was settled on the Atlas TD6MR @ $1295 + shipping from Greg Smith eqpt. I never saw a Bend Pak with adjustable arms at that $1400+ price point.
EDIT-I just read your post again...I guess I simply missed the model.
The Bend pak MD-6XP @ $1499! That is listed at $2145 at the sources I saw, and that doesn't include shipping I believe.
I guess I better get back on the research wagon.
wow..edit again, I guess I should look at the DATE of the post huh? No wonder it was $1499...nevermind
I'm just waiting to complete the inside of my shed addition before I order mine up. I put a 5 1/2" depression in the floor so I can just drive the car over it-no blocking needed.
Your model appears to have the adjustable arms on it-that is a must.
I was settled on the Atlas TD6MR @ $1295 + shipping from Greg Smith eqpt. I never saw a Bend Pak with adjustable arms at that $1400+ price point.
EDIT-I just read your post again...I guess I simply missed the model.
The Bend pak MD-6XP @ $1499! That is listed at $2145 at the sources I saw, and that doesn't include shipping I believe.
I guess I better get back on the research wagon.
wow..edit again, I guess I should look at the DATE of the post huh? No wonder it was $1499...nevermind
Last edited by Magdaddy; 10-01-2010 at 07:46 PM. Reason: correction
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What I'd like to see a pic of, is the engine and transmission from directly below the vehicle when the lift is up high enough to clear a removed engine/transmission assembly.
On these types of lifts, there is a horizontal cross-brace tying the longitudinal supports together at the rear. The way I see it, that cross-brace would interfere with the front of the transmission as the lift is raised while the engine/transmission is lift supported on a cart.
Last edited by IXLR8; 10-02-2010 at 10:30 AM.
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This is probably the one I will be going with...no cross bars connecting the runways which give you full access to the bottom of the vehicle...
Last edited by IXLR8; 10-02-2010 at 10:58 AM.
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Hi Cosmic-993,
Nice meeting you and your wife last week-end, question on your lift is the clearance for draining the oil tank OK?
Did you get the lift ship to your house? I am sick of the ramps/stands deal, and would love one if I could convince the wife.
Renaud
Nice meeting you and your wife last week-end, question on your lift is the clearance for draining the oil tank OK?
Did you get the lift ship to your house? I am sick of the ramps/stands deal, and would love one if I could convince the wife.
Renaud
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Congratulations! It is nice to spend more time working on the car than jacking it up and crawling in and out from underneath
I would cut it into the floor myself. Concrete work is so easy even a caveman can do it.
Here is a pic I pulled off the web. I'm sure someone here knows him.
I would cut it into the floor myself. Concrete work is so easy even a caveman can do it.
Here is a pic I pulled off the web. I'm sure someone here knows him.