Portable lift............
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Nothing says portability like having to torque down 10 bolts every time you want to use it! And need a F-350 Super Duty to take it over to your buddy's house when he wants to "borrow" it!!
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Recent discussion in the Need garage lift advice... thread:
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Wachuko (Jaime Diaz) started this thread last Nov: Finally a two-post lift for low ceiling garages. Replaced his mis-rise scissor lift for it; sounds like he loves the MaxJax. Got his for $1,500 delivered. Guess they're now up to $2,450 delivered.
Got my lift and did the install yesterday:
Here you go... a few photos...
In my case the lift was not lifting even on both columns... even after several tries to bleed the system...
Jeff (Bendpak)made himself available Friday and all day Saturday
via phone. Way to go! After several bleeds and one column still lifting higher than the other Jeff suggested that I swap hoses to see if the problem was the flow divider... Sure enough, once the hoses were switch, the other side start to lift higher. So a new Flow Divider is on its way.
Anyway. This thing is awesome!!! :drool: Very smooth lifting, lowering... just awesome! I lifted two of my cars, pushed them while lifted... and all very stable...
You really need to follow the directions on the drilling... after following the instructions all holes aligned perfectly. I made additional holes to swap the towers between the single bay and the double bay. It helps that the hole are symmetrical so turning the tower 180 degrees only requires drilling one more hole for that column.
I did used the shims on one column to make the distance at the bottom of the column and the top to be equal.
I also needed to cut some of the washers to make them fit the colums as some of the holes were to close to the welds...
Anyway, enjoy the photos:
My brother is visiting... so I put him to work drilling the holes...
while I assisted by using the vac
Washers cut to fit...
Drilling on the second bay to have the capability to use on both sides...
One happy camper!
Let's test it with something light first...
So far, so good...
Here is a single column use setup...
Guys! Looks like this is working... what do you say about trying a car?
Here I am thinking about lifting the car... point of no return...
Well... it passed the test...
Since it worked with heavier car... let's try a lighter car just for kicks...
This one needed the extensions for the pads
A few photos of the lift in use in the second bay:
Max height is 48" So you can sit in your creeper seat and move around under the car without issues.
In the single bay I left the 996TT a day at full height to test. I also used epoxy in the anchors as an additional safety precaution.
Here you go... a few photos...
In my case the lift was not lifting even on both columns... even after several tries to bleed the system...
Jeff (Bendpak)made himself available Friday and all day Saturday
via phone. Way to go! After several bleeds and one column still lifting higher than the other Jeff suggested that I swap hoses to see if the problem was the flow divider... Sure enough, once the hoses were switch, the other side start to lift higher. So a new Flow Divider is on its way.Anyway. This thing is awesome!!! :drool: Very smooth lifting, lowering... just awesome! I lifted two of my cars, pushed them while lifted... and all very stable...
You really need to follow the directions on the drilling... after following the instructions all holes aligned perfectly. I made additional holes to swap the towers between the single bay and the double bay. It helps that the hole are symmetrical so turning the tower 180 degrees only requires drilling one more hole for that column.
I did used the shims on one column to make the distance at the bottom of the column and the top to be equal.
I also needed to cut some of the washers to make them fit the colums as some of the holes were to close to the welds...
Anyway, enjoy the photos:
My brother is visiting... so I put him to work drilling the holes...
while I assisted by using the vac
Washers cut to fit...
Drilling on the second bay to have the capability to use on both sides...
One happy camper!
Let's test it with something light first...
So far, so good...
Here is a single column use setup...
Guys! Looks like this is working... what do you say about trying a car?
Here I am thinking about lifting the car... point of no return...
Well... it passed the test...
Since it worked with heavier car... let's try a lighter car just for kicks...
This one needed the extensions for the pads
A few photos of the lift in use in the second bay:
Max height is 48" So you can sit in your creeper seat and move around under the car without issues.
In the single bay I left the 996TT a day at full height to test. I also used epoxy in the anchors as an additional safety precaution.
