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Can you fit the pop up in the garage?

I had a 3 level (C4-C7) cervical fusion last March, and sitting on my shortened stool and looking up when under the Maxjax has been tough since then. I looked at one of these in August, but didn't hit the 'submit' order button. I need to revisit this idea....

As far as column spread, I waited until I had the lift and set it up to be sure I could reach all of the lift points of our vehicles I anticipated lifting before I drilled. I'm glad I did as what I thought would be enough spacing according to the 'guidelines' to reach the points on my full size...

I have a MaxJax and I like room to work and move around, so my vote is to have the lift smack in the middle of the garage. And with a 20x20 space to work, that's tight for space as it is in the front and rear of a vehicle, I wouldn't want a 3rd side restricted as well. If you have the one...

Don't mess around with mold in a structure. Get it professionally remediated. My wife developed asthma due to the excessive mold and mildew that was present in our walls under our leaking Hurd windows. We have no idea how long the water was slowly leaking in, we never smelled mold/mildew or...

Lucky13, what are the dimensions of your garage? Is it a 3 or 4 car garage? And, with 3 cars parked inside, how or where do you pigeon hole all of your 'stuff'? Love the workbench!

After I built an addition to my garage, I had a small corner that was perfect for storing them. Some 1x4 and utility hooks is all it took.

A MaxJax has the capacity to lift a F150, however the arms aren't long enough to reach the lift points. I had my MaxJax installed for my '91 GMC pick up, the fit was fine. Sold the GMC 3 years ago and grabbed an F150. The columns were too far apart for the arms to reach the lift points. Even...

The valve simply restricts the flow to the cylinder that was lifting faster than the other. In my case it was the cylinder with the shortest hose. I had a problem with the 'divider' (I think that's what the black box with the 3 lines on it is called...) If I switched the lines from left...

I'd try to avoid drilling or welding the column, but that's just me. I routed my line overhead and mounted the pump on the column with 'hooks' and adjustable feet. I used the pump mounting plate from the cart and added hooks to hang on to the top of the column. I then added adjustable feet...

A few of mine....

I had this set from HF and hated them. It took 2 of us to move my '71 Olds Cutlass around the garage. Could have used one more person at times. The wheels roll excellent, the casters just wouldn't rotate to the direction we would try to go. We would have to bend down with a pry bar and rotate...

Go as big as your lot size allows. Its easier to adjust the budget now rather than add on to the 'garage that was built too small'. Also go with an 18' foot door. It is soooo much easier pulling into a garage with that extra foot on each side. I built a 32 wide by 26 deep garage when I built...

I use 2 short ones in the front, and 2 of these tall ones in the rear. I found that the short ones aren't tall enough to reach the rear frame rails on certain vehicles that I lift, mainly my F-150 and several Trailblazers and Jeeps...

This is a pic of my pump setup to give you an idea of the hose locations. My whole setup may look different than most, as I have the lift 'semi-permanently' mounted, but the hose locations should be the same as everyone else. I do have a flow controller installed on the right side's line due...