I want one BAD! Just add the optional casters and WOW :eek:

http://www.eagleequip.com/images/product_pictures/storage_lifts/SS7000.jpg

http://www.eagleequip.com/products/lifts/storage_service/ss7000.htm

you gonna get one?

if I remember correctly, I think CG said her stepdad had one of those...

Four post lifts suck.

Originally posted by Old Scout
Four post lifts suck.

Why?

7,000 pound lifting capacity......I think my K5 may break it!:D

thats the problem with lifts to me, a four post one is great for a lot of work, but it sucks balls at others (like changine suspension stuff, etc), but is the safest.

a two post one is great for a lot of stuff, but is more of a pain to put a vehicle on.

if i had to pick one kind to get it would be hard, but i would probably have to go with a two poster.

I would only get one of those if I lived in a place with a HOA neighborhood, and had to park my BMW under my Porsche, so nothing is in the driveway.:p Well...thats the only apps I have seen 'em used in before.:flipoff2:

Originally posted by Oxjockey


Why?


There is very little of the truck exposed to work on!!! Can't do a brake job or even remove a tire with out a jack!

The worlds best lift Hoffmann
http://www.hofmann-ge.com/englisch/produkte/heben/duoliftbte3200.htm

http://www.hofmann-ge.com/tools/duoliftbte3200.jpg

Originally posted by Old Scout



There is very little of the truck exposed to work on!!! Can't do a brake job or even remove a tire with out a jack!

The worlds best lift Hoffmann
http://www.hofmann-ge.com/englisch/produkte/heben/duoliftbte3200.htm

http://www.hofmann-ge.com/tools/duoliftbte3200.jpg

Makes sense.

Pretty cool, but if I put my Daytona on the top of that thing, Joann's Jetta would get an oil bath :eek: :D

Originally posted by soopatoy
you gonna get one?
I am thinking if I ever get a lift (the shop was built to handle one in the future) it wil be whatever is cheapest :p


But seriously.... whatever is cheapest :p




I am thinking a 2 post for me, but a buddy used to have an old cylinder type in his barn and that thing was nice and low profile when not in use...

Originally posted by DRM

I am thinking a 2 post for me, but a buddy used to have an old cylinder type in his barn and that thing was nice and low profile when not in use...

That's a good point, the 4 poster will get in the way when you don't need it.

Originally posted by DRM

I am thinking if I ever get a lift (the shop was built to handle one in the future) it wil be whatever is cheapest :p


But seriously.... whatever is cheapest :p




I am thinking a 2 post for me, but a buddy used to have an old cylinder type in his barn and that thing was nice and low profile when not in use...

You better hope nothing ever goes wrong with it, they can leak down while you're under it.:eek:

Originally posted by Just Some Asshole


You better hope nothing ever goes wrong with it, they can leak down while you're under it.:eek:

I would think it would be pretty slow. Would still suck to come out the next morning and see the lower bunked car squashed, like Chris Farley did to David Spade in Black Sheep :D

Originally posted by Oxjockey


That's a good point, the 4 poster will get in the way when you don't need it.

Unless - as I said in the firts post - that 4 post has WHEELS :D:D:D

Originally posted by Just Some Asshole


You better hope nothing ever goes wrong with it, they can leak down while you're under it.:eek:

If set up properly - any leak down would be slow - not "drop on your head" fast :p

Originally posted by Just Some Asshole
You better hope nothing ever goes wrong with it, they can leak down while you're under it.:eek:

All of the vehicle lifts that I have seen have mechanical stops. Even if the hydraulics leak down or worse, pop, all of the load ends up on a mechanical failsafe.

ChiXJeff

Originally posted by DRM


If set up properly - any leak down would be slow - not "drop on your head" fast :p

I'm sure TN is a good 40-50 years behind on regulations, but I don't think that type of lift is allowed to be put in, anymore. 1 I think they like to kill people, 2 they like to leak oil into the ground...IIRC

OTOH, you can buy 'em for around $50-$100 from the right guys.;)

It's not that the four posts get in the way. It's that that lift is essentially a drive on STORAGE rack. Space saver really.

The vehicle is still carried on it's suspension.

No brake work, tire work, Ball joints, axle shafts, lift/suspensions- forget it. You want to be able to get the part your working on to comfortable work height. These are the reasons to have a lift. You might be able to change the fluids easier though. Tranny work too, I guess. Kind of a mobile floor pit handy for somethings but not for the things I need a lift for.:D

Originally posted by LAME


I'm sure TN is a good 40-50 years behind on regulations, but I don't think that type of lift is allowed to be put in, anymore. 1 I think they like to kill people, 2 they like to leak oil into the ground...IIRC

OTOH, you can buy 'em for around $50-$100 from the right guys.;)

Businesses may not be allowed to put one in - but I am willing to bet a private individual could :p

And yes - they can be had for pretty cheap....

Originally posted by LAME


I'm sure TN is a good 40-50 years behind on regulations, but I don't think that type of lift is allowed to be put in, anymore. 1 I think they like to kill people, 2 they like to leak oil into the ground...IIRC

OTOH, you can buy 'em for around $50-$100 from the right guys.;)

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :laughing:

You forgot #3: "Is that your dog little girl? Please step aside whilst I proceed to shoot it" :D

Originally posted by ChiXJeff


All of the vehicle lifts that I have seen have mechanical stops. Even if the hydraulics leak down or worse, pop, all of the load ends up on a mechanical failsafe.

ChiXJeff

YEah.. but i think they are talking those old in floor post lifts. Those have no built in safety like that, that I know of.

Originally posted by DRM


Businesses may not be allowed to put one in - but I am willing to bet a private individual could :p

And yes - they can be had for pretty cheap....

Keep quiet when you do. A guy that I work with was gonna put one in that he had laying around (payed $50 for it) in his new shop. He lives out on a farm and they wouldn't let him put it in. So accidentally forget to get a permit, especially since all the "new construction" would take place indoors. :D

Originally posted by DRM


If set up properly - any leak down would be slow - not "drop on your head" fast :p

It may have been set up properly, but after 10 years and the O-rings have detiriorated, they will leak off and fall, I've seen it. We had to put a mechanical stand under it to hold it, when you went to lift it off the mechanical stand it would hit the stops at full force and scare the livign shit outta you.:eek:

HAHAH I HAVE ONE!!! And it's RED!!!

Why not look for auctions where auto repair businesses upgrade or go out of business.
Tried Ebay?

Originally posted by Just Some Asshole


It may have been set up properly, but after 10 years and the O-rings have detiriorated, they will leak off and fall, I've seen it. We had to put a mechanical stand under it to hold it, when you went to lift it off the mechanical stand it would hit the stops at full force and scare the livign shit outta you.:eek:

Uhhh... then wouldn't I just install new O rings before it went in the ground? :confused:

Originally posted by Travis Waldher


YEah.. but i think they are talking those old in floor post lifts. Those have no built in safety like that, that I know of.

The ones I used everyday did.

You could use one of these.
http://www.rotary-lift.com/Light-Duty_Products/SmartLifts/SmartLifts.asp

Or, one of these.
http://www.rotary-lift.com/Light-Duty_Products/Four-post_Lifts/Feature_Tour/Feature_Tour.asp

Back when I worked at the dealership the hoist I had in my stall was a two post in ground WITH drive on ramps but I had a secret weapon to do suspension/tires/brakes, 4 air bottle jacks that were mounted to I-beams that slid in tracks on the ramps.