mbb993

Planning a garage expansion/renovation and am considering a two post car lift. I have never used one so have no idea what to look for. What brand/specs to consider?

vuugti

Search, search, search, this has been covered ad nauseam.

Andy

Mike J

Greg Smith Pro 9 9000lb lift. Super heavy duty, very heavy construction. I have one and have installed another...great lift for the money. Check out Greg Smith

Just my twe cents from a happy customer.

Cheers,

Mike

mbb993

Thanks for the advice Mike. First hand info always best.
Only limitation is my ceiling height will be maximum of 11'

Wow, that's a great price. Best one I have seen so far. I checked out the Bend Pak and Rotary lifts. My mechanic uses a Rotary but I see they are quite a bit more expensive but I have no clue as to their quality.

Mike J

Hi Mark,

My ceilings under the joists are 10'4", the PRO 9F is 9'4" if you get the one with the cables on the floor. With a 11' ceiling you should be able to lift your 993 over 6' in the air.

I looked at Rotary. Too expensive. I looked a Pend Pak. Too expensive. I looked at a few other brands...too dicey. I looked at Greg Smith...they are very large (two 50,000 ft warehouses) and sell thousands of lifts so I figured the specs looked good, they are large to backup their product, and other Rennlisters have bought sissor lifts from them so they should check out. I talked to them and it turned out they source their lifts from the same factory in China that Rotary does. The pump is US orgin though.

I recieved the lift, installed in about 4 hours, and began using it. In the meanwhile I went down to a Porsche Independant and checked out their lifts...they looked positively spindly compared to the monster I have a home.

I think I paid about $1645 for the 9000lb lift and have an oil drain included for $35...but we were buying three lifts at a time.

Check out my old thread on the installation...its full of pics:

2 Post Lift Thread

Cheers,

Mike