This has to be one of the funniest stories I have read on a message board, much less a story about a garage. Warning - it is long, very long, but well worth the time.
Do the link. Enjoy
Do the link. Enjoy
So you want a lift - Read this first HUMOROUS
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Hartz
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Reading that makes the $400 installation fee seem cheap at twice the price. I can't BELIEVE I even THOUGHT about installing one of those myself. LOL
SANDOVAL
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Great story and pics. I plan on getting a two post when the garage is finished no way I would do that install myself. I will be more then happy to pay for the install.
Old Moparz
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That was worth reading even though it was a little long. 
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That was great! 
At least he kept a fairly good sense of humor about it all. He should have definitely gone with a 2-post lift.
At least he kept a fairly good sense of humor about it all. He should have definitely gone with a 2-post lift.
sca037
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SK2003TypeS
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Awesome thread ! Shasta is going to be my word of the month.....
This one quote sums up a few of my journeys. It's nice to hear that there are others who go through the same thing.
"Well one week passes and no new news. Meanwhile I suffer the endless torture and ridicule of my family, friends, and co-workers. I am hearing from people I haven't talked to in years - calling me up as they have heard I was trying to put a lift in my garage and it wasn't going well. My closest friends know not to even ask anymore. It is all I can think about. It has consumed me and I know I have to figure this out myself, MacGyver style, as patience wasn't something I was born with."
This one quote sums up a few of my journeys. It's nice to hear that there are others who go through the same thing.
"Well one week passes and no new news. Meanwhile I suffer the endless torture and ridicule of my family, friends, and co-workers. I am hearing from people I haven't talked to in years - calling me up as they have heard I was trying to put a lift in my garage and it wasn't going well. My closest friends know not to even ask anymore. It is all I can think about. It has consumed me and I know I have to figure this out myself, MacGyver style, as patience wasn't something I was born with."
Old Moparz
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I just told someone about this single post lift story & remembered there was a link to it somewhere. This one needs a bump so the newer members can read it & have a good laugh.
HoosierBuddy
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e-tek
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Not sure if this guy should be using power tools!!
ovilla
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I do find it quite interesting when people, especially guys, that have never done any of this type of work (or even basic car maintenance) all of a sudden get an urge to finally tackle it. They then figure out how easy it is and learn that YES they can do it. Seriously, I know so many guys that don't know the business end of a screwdriver and are calling plumbers for the simplest things and still taking their cars in for oil changes and brake jobs. I can't believe how much money is needlessly spent on things that these folks could easily do themselves.
wrigh003
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Nice 2-car garage and all, but if it's not done right (stack of washers under the fulcrum of a 9.5'-tall lever that may eventually have up to 5000# on the end of it? Yeah, not done right...), no point in prettying it up, IMHO.
I appreciate the can-do attitude, but there were several points in there where admitting defeat and hiring somebody to come do it would have been perfectly appropriate.
I appreciate the can-do attitude, but there were several points in there where admitting defeat and hiring somebody to come do it would have been perfectly appropriate.
Captain
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Thanks for bringing this post back . . . very entertaining reading.
I'm actually quite surprised that BendPac allowed the modifications?
I'm actually quite surprised that BendPac allowed the modifications?
Junkman
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It is all easy until you run into the occasional problem. Then you would gladly pay someone else to figure out what the solution to the problem is. If you have never done any wrenching, I still believe that you should invest some time in a night class for automotive repair. Find out if you are mechanically inclined before investing in lifts and tools. A talented person can fix a car using rudimentary tools, but the guy without the knowledge of what to do, can't do it with $100,000 worth of the best tools available.
+1 I'm a little lost when it comes to wood and wood working. But I do know steel and what can happen when things are not right (look at the link) I'm Not saying that that's what happen to the crane in the link. We may never know, or that it will happen to his lift, it could last long after were all gone. But I would not let my kids or family anywhere near that lift. With the bolts the way they are, (or even if the the bolts were right) I to would like to see two posts or four
http://www.click2houston.com/news/16930011/detail.html
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ddawg16
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In his case, I think it would have been easier to build a bigger garage....
The most amazing thing is.....he is still MARRIED! Even I would not subject my wife to that kind of 'drama'.
The most amazing thing is.....he is still MARRIED! Even I would not subject my wife to that kind of 'drama'.
ovilla
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I'm still surprised that he didn't just go with a 4 post lift. Especially, when he's just using it for storage. I do admire the man's determination to stick with it to the end. That says a lot.
Also, got to agree with the wife factor. No way in hell would I get that much free time to be fiddling with anything. I'm on year 3 of my 5 year basement remodel plan but that's only because I can only work on it about 3-4 weeks per year in between my kids sports. Plus, I refuse to pay for something I can do myself. Is it just me or are others also having a hard time letting go of their hard earned money?
Also, got to agree with the wife factor. No way in hell would I get that much free time to be fiddling with anything. I'm on year 3 of my 5 year basement remodel plan but that's only because I can only work on it about 3-4 weeks per year in between my kids sports. Plus, I refuse to pay for something I can do myself. Is it just me or are others also having a hard time letting go of their hard earned money?
Craig Balzer
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I am devoting 2 years to develop my 5-year plan to revise my 3-year plan for the implememtation of my 10-year plan for my hobby garage
Craig
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Craig
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e-tek
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BUT - you have to know when you can get someone else to either: (a) do it better, (b) do it for less than you'd make at work or, (c) do it so you can spend time doing something you like better!
Case in point - I hired a guy to put in a raised floor and drywall our laundry room last month. While I could have done it myself and have done lots of drywalling and general carpentry around the home for years, I wanted it done soon, don't really like drywall work (especially sanding!) and didn't want to be in the laundry room when I could be outside or in my shop! In the end it cost me a few hundred in labour, but, I make a lot more doing what I do than he does, so taking a day off to get it finished didn't compute and when I came home after work, he was working in the dust, while I was wrenching on my Challenger!
Of course he bailed when it came to put in the suspended ceiling -said he didn't know how. Well, I saw my Dad do it - about 35 years ago when I was 10 - so I guess that made me the expert....that part I did myself!