Posted: 5/5/2025 12:32:44 PM EDT
| Does anyone here have a car lift in their shop? I'm working on brakes and wheel bearings for my pickup right now, so i'm thinking hard about a car lift. A 2 post lift looks great, but the way my shop is organized I kind of think it would prevent me from getting some bigger stuff into my shop. It's rare there's anything bigger than a pickup, but I like having the option to get bigger stuff in my shop in the future. |
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Originally Posted By jake-cutter: 4 post wildfire lift that has dolly wheels you can move around. .....and then you have to use all the jacks and extra supports every time you want to work on tires, brakes, suspension parts, etc. 2-posts lifts are just more usefull. |
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Originally Posted By fast99: 2 post but keep in mind the arm lengths if picking up 4 door full size truck. Some arms are rather short. Where I work we put supports under the rear to stabilize them, not ideal. Buy one with a higher rating then you need. 2 post here. Everything from a mower to a suburban No issues with stabilizing. . |
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Originally Posted By SteveJobs: Does anyone here have a car lift in their shop? I'm working on brakes and wheel bearings for my pickup right now, so i'm thinking hard about a car lift. A 2 post lift looks great, but the way my shop is organized I kind of think it would prevent me from getting some bigger stuff into my shop. It's rare there's anything bigger than a pickup, but I like having the option to get bigger stuff in my shop in the future. https://quickjack.com/ I’ve had the 7000 for a few years. I got the 12v hydraulic unit, for portability (and I don’t know if it still holds true, but the 12v unit is faster than the 120v unit. Raising the same vehicle was about 15 seconds with my 12v vs my buddy’s 120v). I reasoned that I can always power it off a vehicle’s battery, without needing extension cords (or a genny, while at the track etc.), but I’ve since been using one of the GooLoo GT4000 jumppacks I keep in the vehicles, and that powers it easily. I can raise and lower a vehicle over a dozen times on a fully charged GT4000. Plus side is that it can be used in garages that can’t accommodate a 2 or 4-post lift. I stow the ramps leaning against the wall, which takes up very little space. Can load them on the trailer to take them to the track (or lug ‘em over to parent’s/friends houses to work on a vehicle etc.). |
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Bunch of folks here have outdoors two posts on a slab. No worries about taking up space inside and no worries about spilling stuff. Put it up under a versatube carport if you want rain/sun protection. |
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Originally Posted By FDC: Bunch of folks here have outdoors two posts on a slab. No worries about taking up space inside and no worries about spilling stuff. Put it up under a versatube carport if you want rain/sun protection. I've been considering an outdoor 4 post. Not too keen on all the floor space they take up in the shop. I wouldn't mind having one outside for stuff like oil changes and exhaust work. |
| I'll disagree with the 2 post army here. I like the added stability, safety and security of my 4 post, I like being able to use it as an elevated work platform in my shop too. I used it to work on my minisplit, to change light bulbs, to put up the air manifold and high mount air hose reels on one side of the shop, etc. All I had to do was build a wooden platform that fills part of the middle. I also have two rolling scissor jacks on it, but if I had that to do over again, I would get one rolling scissor jack and one jack rail that can take bottle jacks. The casters make it relatively easy to move around to accommodate different shop layouts, where a two poster needs to be bolted down. And you can also use it for car storage, which I do. |
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I would love to have a lift and if I did, it would be a 2 post. But, I have yet to have a repair job where it was NEEDED. I can pull transmissions and axles easily without one. Yes it would be really nice to have one. But I have been working on cars for as long as I have without one so will continue to do so. But if I had one, definitely 2 post. |
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| I had a 2-post asymmetrical Challenger lift installed last spring. I love it. So nice to raise a vehicle and get underneath it without the worry of jackstands and cribbing. Makes doing brake jobs and tire rotations a piece of cake. I’ve had all the neighbors borrow it for oil changes (of course, I’m out there the whole time, getting the vehicle on the lift and helping out, but I enjoy it). |
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I have a 2 post. Neighbor has a 4 post. He needed to drop his exhaust in his car to fix something and it was a small pain cause you were always leaning over. My 2 post I put all new exhaust/headers on and it was cake. I'll be removing an engine/trans here soon and I nust gotta undo the k-member bolts and lift the body up. He has to maneuver everything and use a cherry picker and remove from the top. Imo...a 2 post is way more practical unless you plan on storing a vehicle for an extended period of time. Then a 4 post. |
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This landed in my emails today. Looks interesting except for maybe someone doing transmission work. I can't imagine pulling a transmission and resting it in my lap. It is a portable 7000 pound 2 post lift. Max lift of 48 inches. It does bolt to the floor with 5 recessed epoxy anchors on each post. The post has wheels so you can unbolt and stow the post when not need. It is made by the same people that make BendPak. https://www.maxjax.com/ Attached File Attached File |
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