Recent content by dngo

I have a 1/2" Milwaukee 28V lithium-ion impact that I use for car stuff. It's amazingly powerful and convenient and can take a beating. It comes with me to every autocross and track day and gets heavily used. I previously had the 18V NiCd version of the same gun and that was indestructible. For...

4 or 2 post? When we installed my 4-post, it was not terribly difficult to lift the posts with a couple of friends. The heaviest parts were the runways, especially the one with the hydraulic ram - that took 4 guys with 2x4s to lift off the shipping brackets. Dave

Greg Smith is now pushing Atlas, which is a brand that they own, over Direct Lift. The Georgia location did have some but they wanted a very high fee for shipping. The NY distributor was hard to reach, I had to call him several times and randomly caught him one day. Shipping from there was about...

I found that most Direct Lift distributors near NJ did not have any stock and didn't expect any soon. That's why I went with Derek Weaver - little bit more in shipping but they had plenty in stock. Where in NJ are you? Dave

Got my Direct Lift from Derek Weaver in TX. Awesome service, they shipped the same day I ordered. Garage Equipment Supply would have been my choice had I bought a Dannmar or Bendpak. I found several Bendpak dealers who were willing to discount a little, not much though. Dave

The PP8S I just purchased came with poly casters standard. One of several upgrades that I noticed over the ones my friends bought a few years ago. Dave

Agreed. Don't forget that the car itself is quite a bit higher than the runways, even more so if you've had to use bridge jacks to get it off its wheels. Dave

Not sure how the portions of the cable that are exposed on the Direct Lift would be a safety issue. The exposed portions never move. Dave

Chuck, replied to you directly as well. In short, IMHO the Direct Lift is very well made and is sufficiently beefy to put my mind at ease. It is built by Rotary (there is a sticker on one of the posts that attests to this.) Just installed mine on Sunday with a couple of friends and I can tell...

I've done some work under a few PP8Ss with my friends. At max height, it's uncomfortable for them to work underneath cars because it's too high for them (and they're 6' and 6'2 or so.) Max height is really for storage more than for working on cars - you'll probably leave the lift down a couple...

Good question. There is one more consideration that I hadn't mentioned - the ceiling of my garage is marginal for the 4 post lift and the two cars I want to store on that side. So, the prospect of losing an inch or so to tile and the mortar was also not exciting. If the ceiling height was not...

I was dead set on porcelain tile until very recently. - Despite looking for months, I didn't like any cheap tile that I could find locally. The cheapest tile I liked started around $2.50-3/sq ft. - It was a fairly significant amount of work to do myself. Having recently had a second child join...

I am definitely interested if a group buy is organized. Dave

I certainly did not intend to imply that you did. :) Dave

I am 99% certain I'm going with porcelain tile as well for my new garage though I will probably have Scotty come out for a professional installation estimate. The edge transition is a concern for me as well. The Reno Ramps seem like a good solution (I've seen others here use it or something...