jhg41977

I'm with you on HF. No way am I getting under something being held up with HF equipment. I have a bench press from them. Quality is as expected but I can work with it for the limited use I need. A lift, stands etc are a different story.

coreseller

Going to weld up the stainless corners this Friday, it's already anchored down to the concrete with recessed stainless screws. Will be ordering the lift first week of March, currently one or two others serious, anyone else?

Mr Swed

looking good!

coreseller

Will be ordering in 2 weeks.

yoda888

Interested! But I just did some quick measurements.

The lift will lift 53.5" at max.

Middle of the garage is 89" high (garage door opener)

Sides are 106" high.

Ideally I want to be able to work in the middle of the garage so there's more room on both sides. But 89" - 53" = 36" would be the height of my car. I don't have a car that short. :|

If I go to the sides, it's 106" - 53" = 53" left. I quick eyeball measurement of my 996 indicates that it's about 53" (and this would be the shortest of all the cars we have). This could work, but I would be tight against the side.

What are people's garage heights??

coreseller

In the past week I've cut, drilled, beveled, anchored and welded stainless angle that covers the concrete edge. I then grounded screw heads flush and went over the whole thing with 60 grit flap wheel. Today I cut and anchored in the composite material that the plywood will rest upon to cover the lift when not in use, also trimmed out the PVC pipes that are drains and under-the-floor passages for the hydraulic lines. Looks like I'm pretty much done with the hole, will be ordering lift and picking it up two weeks from today, if anyone else (currently have 2 buyers) wants one we will get a $100 discount......Mark.

reno808

I have one its awesome. I have done everything on it

coreseller

Final Bump for Group Purchase, I promise. I will be ordering this Wednesday or Thursday of this week, so far 2 definites, need one more.

coreseller

Brought home the lift yesterday, they gave me a discount for paying cash. Sucker is definitely heavy:



Drug it gently off the trailer with the wife's van:



Got the pivot base's wheels on the ground, cut the shipping pallet in half and placed it under the trailer on the driveway for a softer landing:



Then I pulled it off of the pallet onto an 1/8" thick plywood piece so I could get the transport dolly into the tongue and move it into the garage:



There it sits, got 3 sizable buddies coming over this afternoon to help get it into the recess and plumb the lines:



Have a little tweaking to do on safety release cable, otherwise it fits and works like a charm:

k722070

the picture lifting your car didn't show up....

jhg41977

I am picking mine up this afternoon or tomorrow!

coreseller

Here you go, along with other modifications:



Mounted the pump to front wall instead of using roll around stand, fabricated different brake release set-up also:







Plywood covering with recessed spring loaded handles to remove cover for using lift:

nine9six

Coreseller,
That is one CFI...Clean Fricken Install. Congratulations on a beautiful job!

1pcarnut

Just saw all this, great job. Very jealous.

jhg41977

Nice work!