My new BendPak XPR-10A

[TurboBlog]

Hello All,

I thought you would like to see the install and first test of my new lift! Some of you may have seen my garage build on here before, this lift is one of the final steps to completing it. That said, is any garage build ever really "done"?

Here's my detailed video review of the lift as well as some other, um... shenanigans.

Also, here are a few pictures taken along the way. Needless to say, I can't wait to tackle some big projects with it. I did an oil change and tire rotation on the family truckster over the weekend and it was so much easier than fooling with jacks, jackstands, etc.

Taking delivery! I chose to pick it up at the shipping terminal, as that was easier than trying to coordinate a home delivery.

Taking inventory of all the parts. Everything was accounted for and in great condition.

Here are the giant posts in the garage, we used a Bobcat with a forklift attachment to get them into place.

We also used the Bobcat as a work platform to install the overhead beam. This is probably not the recommended method, but it was only used until we could get a proper 12 foot ladder shortly after.

Here's the finished product! Let me tell ya, this thing is a beast!

Close up of the motor and controls.

The telescoping arms feel very beefy and are nice and low, which is perfect for my cars.

Thanks for reading and watching! Based on my early impressions and use, I would highly recommend this lift.

 

[pattenp]

Liked your video. The cylinder bleeding part was good.

 

[Coloshaver]

Hey Turbo,
Great job! My shop project is about 3 weeks from completion. I plan to do exactly what you did - take delivery at a freight terminal. I am not sure about the steps after that. I have access to farm tractors with loaders and even a fork attachment.
How heavy are the vertical columns?
Could you move them off the trailer without the fork lift?
How are they balanced? Can you stand them up without lifting from the very top?
Once they are vertical, can they stand unsupported while you are drilling the concrete?

Thanks for your insight.

 

[TurboBlog]

Thanks pattenp!

Hey Turbo,
Great job! My shop project is about 3 weeks from completion. I plan to do exactly what you did - take delivery at a freight terminal. I am not sure about the steps after that. I have access to farm tractors with loaders and even a fork attachment.
How heavy are the vertical columns?
Could you move them off the trailer without the fork lift?
How are they balanced? Can you stand them up without lifting from the very top?
Once they are vertical, can they stand unsupported while you are drilling the concrete?

Thanks for your insight.

Hi there, Coloshaver! Picking it up at the freight terminal worked great for me. I bet BendPak could tell you exactly how heavy the columns are, but the package was around 1,780lbs and a pretty good majority of that weight is in the columns. So if I had to guess, maybe 6-700lbs each?

The only tricky thing about removing the package from the trailer is that you can only fork the package from the end, not the middle. Our Bobcat didn't have the oomph to move the whole package this way, so we just got it off the trailer, opened up the package, removed the small items and then used a strap connected to each arm and moved them in that way (you can probably see that in the time lapse portion of the video.

The columns are bottom heavy, so that helps in standing them up and positioning them. Lastly, they should be able to stand on their own (depending on your floor) but I wouldn't waste any time drilling those holes!

Thanks and good luck to you!

 

[Ign]

How heavy are the vertical columns?
Could you move them off the trailer without the fork lift?
How are they balanced? Can you stand them up without lifting from the very top?
Once they are vertical, can they stand unsupported while you are drilling the concrete?

The columns are heavy but the wife and I got them off my car hauler with help from an engine hoist.

Righting them was what made me the most nervous, but I had the extra 2' bolted on the top, too. We just got as many people on it as we could (maybe 5 or 6) and walked it up. Still nerve racking; I didn't want any of my friends to get hurt. Watch your fingers if the carriages are not already at the bottom of the columns as they'll slide down!

Yeah, they'll stand alone while you're drilling but I wouldn't recommend trusting them. Have a couple people keep them balanced just in case.

 

[Cryptic1911]

Thanks pattenp!
Hi there, Coloshaver! Picking it up at the freight terminal worked great for me. I bet BendPak could tell you exactly how heavy the columns are, but the package was around 1,780lbs and a pretty good majority of that weight is in the columns. So if I had to guess, maybe 6-700lbs each?

The only tricky thing about removing the package from the trailer is that you can only fork the package from the end, not the middle. Our Bobcat didn't have the oomph to move the whole package this way, so we just got it off the trailer, opened up the package, removed the small items and then used a strap connected to each arm and moved them in that way (you can probably see that in the time lapse portion of the video.

The columns are bottom heavy, so that helps in standing them up and positioning them. Lastly, they should be able to stand on their own (depending on your floor) but I wouldn't waste any time drilling those holes!

Thanks and good luck to you!

When we unloaded our 4 post, we used an engine hoist, a floor jack, and a couple harbor freight $9.99 dollies. We lifted the end towards the truck with the floor jack, and placed one of the dollies under the end, then used a strap around the other end, and used the engine hoist to pick it up. We were able to slowly roll it so only one end was still on the trailer, then we switched ends with the dolly and the engine hoist. It wasn't bad at all

I don't know what the 2posts weight bundled, but I think the 4 post was like 2200 pounds?

 

[spaulman]

Thanks for the video. I'm planning on getting the same lift soon.

 

[TurboBlog]

Thanks for the video. I'm planning on getting the same lift soon.

No problem! I'm glad it was helpful. Good luck, you'll love this lift!

 

[JSK]

Are you kidding me!

- use Super X-Ray vision only when necessary
- don't ask the lift a lot of questions
- don't have a small family and get all hands on your hips about it

It took me a while to remark cuz I couldn't stop laughing MAO.

If any of you haven’t seen the video take a few minutes and watch it. Not for the product pitch, but because of the creativity, wit and mastery.

Congrats for a job well done; and that's from everyone in our company who made your video one of their all-time favorites.

Thanks for your kind words and support.

Jeff
BendPak

 

[Cryptic1911]

LOL, that was some good stuff! I loved the part where he bled the hydraulics

 

[Xception]

Awesome video. Great job Tom !!! I was always thinking about the Bend Pak 10A for a future upgrade myself. This makes that decision much easier.

 

[79mudbugg]

great pics and video, but you seriously need to fire that electrican!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not the best ive seen

 

[bd8134]

Nice video.
I noticed that your expanding bolts are very close / bridging the stress cuts that have been made in the floor.
I was hoping to put in a 2nd XPR10A which I really had not planned for and the most convenient place for the lift is close to my cuts in the floor.
Is this considered ok?

 

[pattenp]

Care to explain?

great pics and video, but you seriously need to fire that electrican!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not the best ive seen

 

[64dragnwagon]

Nice video.
I noticed that your expanding bolts are very close / bridging the stress cuts that have been made in the floor.
I was hoping to put in a 2nd XPR10A which I really had not planned for and the most convenient place for the lift is close to my cuts in the floor.
Is this considered ok?

You better check with the manufacturer because I am sure there is a recomended distance from saw cuts. I am also buying a 2 post Bendpak and I seem to recall something about this.

 

[79mudbugg]

Care to explain?

well if you look at the pics the feed either is plugged or hardwired into the wall, making it impossible to walk through that side. then the mc cable that runs up onside across top and down the other. just saying not the best work ive seen, should have preplanned a lil better, maybe had the feed on the other wall above light. jealous of the lift though

 

[pattenp]

Yeah.. not the best wiring set up but the electrician who wired the lift probably did the best he could with the location of the power being on the wall at the floor.

Maybe TurboBlog will show us video of how many time he trips over the wire.

well if you look at the pics the feed either is plugged or hardwired into the wall, making it impossible to walk through that side. then the mc cable that runs up onside across top and down the other. just saying not the best work ive seen, should have preplanned a lil better, maybe had the feed on the other wall above light. jealous of the lift though

 

[79mudbugg]

now that would be funny, as he hydro oil!!

 

[cgv69]

Nice video. Thanks for not having some annoying rap or acid rock music playing in the background!

 

[dhoyle]

...
I noticed that your expanding bolts are very close / bridging the stress cuts that have been made in the floor.
I was hoping to put in a 2nd XPR10A which I really had not planned for and the most convenient place for the lift is close to my cuts in the floor.
Is this considered ok?

...
Jeff
BendPak

Jeff,

Any official BendPak edge/expansion seam/saw cut guidance? I didn't see any in the XPR-10 Manual Rev E I got of your website a while ago, other than not to use it on expansion seems.

I would love to get a XPR-10A, but in the narrow setting to clear my seams is not very practical.

Thanks!


TurboBlog...great post and video. Sorry to bump an older thread.

Best Regards.

 

[pattenp]

My 2 post lift installation instructions says not to place anchor bolts closer than 8" to a crack,expansion joint or edge.

 

[GOLF for LIFE]

Since I have spent most of my working life in the hydraulics industry. Just what fluid are you using in the bendpac? LOL

 

[TurboBlog]

Hello All,

Just a quick update, the lift has been working flawlessly! I've used it a bunch of times over the last two months and honestly can't imagine what life was like before it. I can't recommend this product enough!

Here's the latest video of me goofing around with it.

Thanks for reading/watching.