Recent content by DRED

Thanks for this, this makes sense, I didn't think of doing it this way. I think this may work on my lift also.

Another issue, as soon as I put cars on the lift and lifted it. The hydraulic fluid flowed out when lifting cars. Its a real pain to tighten this as I have to remove the whole long rod, looks like a bad design here to put these two things so close together. I am hoping I have enough room to...

$1200 for the install, which included picking up the lift from the freight terminal.

This was the installer, he sent his son and some other kid. The older kid in charge was probably in 20's though, not that young. Jessie's equipment services is the name, see the picture below. I did read in a post years ago that he works with his son doing these, but the father was not with...

I worked on the lift today fixing all of the mistakes, and boy there were some major mistakes. 1) Safety locks, they never put in the spring mechanisms correctly on all 4 locks, the safety locks would not have spring tension and probably would not work. 2) When raising the lift before I worked...

Thanks for the reply, yes, it was a big mistake to not stay out there and watch them. If I did, I would have done stuff like, putting a elevator blanket on the concrete where they dragged the pieces onto when removing it from the truck. I would have also put cardboard over the rails they were...

It is as bad as I say it, me and my father were outside when they started to unload. One of the kids said something like "we appreciate if you would not stand there and stare at us". We were just off to the side, not saying anything or bothering them either.

I should have, I thought the same, I should have stepped in and just sent them on their way. I didn't think the damage would be so bad because I was watching them through the camera as one of them said they didn't want us standing around outside watching, so I gave them room. I didn't think...

Nope, but to be honest, I wish I paid the $3,000 and just had him do it. I just never caculated into this that an installer would be so bad to scratch everything up. They just didn't care about scratching the lift up, they just dragged pieces along concrete, over the main support beams, using...

I was really stuck finding someone to put in a 4 post backyard buddy lift so had to settle. I was watching them install it and I was cringing the whole time, they were sliding the ramps over the main support beams, and sliding the lift all along the garge floor. I just figured they must know...

I think I may have lucked out big time, after hours of searching online I found someone by luck who does lifts and he was recommended by someone on car forum. I think like someone said, he does stuff for automotive stores. He was able to do it for way way cheaper. I will let you know how it...

Do you know if getting a engine hoist would make this a workable with 2 people? I would also have to rent a truck to get the lift to my house, not sure how expensive that would be.

I was quote $2,995 for a 4 post lift install. This is a Backyard buddy 4 post lift the SXS-10,000. Does this seem to be on the expensive side? I am located in Staten Island. I was wondering if you would consider just installing it yourself at this price or is it worth to pay this price...

I would think all 4 post lifts should have these type of anchors. Supposedly it is much more safe anchored, why not just bolt it down really quick if its going to stay in that position most of the time anyway. Watch this video for the anchors that larry is probably talking about. Can this be...