Recent content by Kyle T

Thinking if I could get a thin strip of rubber about 6" wide and place it under the plate it would kind of seal everything and keep the plate from rattling.

As much as I wanted an overhead lift I could not find one that suited my needs and was short enough to fit in my shop and was in my budget. However I'm still very satisfied with my Atlas baseplate 2 post lift. Got it setup a couple weeks ago, everything went pretty smoothly. I've been trying to...

Yea 2 main hanging heaters for the garage and then a larger furnace with the ducting for upstairs. Haha and he's holding a refreshment!

Finally was able to get the circuit figured out and get everything wired up. Got everything adjusted and was able to use it. Still need to figure out how to get the safety locks adjusted right. They don't automatically engage and the release is off also.

Took out one shim and got the posts closer to plum. Also tapped the anchors in a little more and torqued everything down completely.

The posts weren't shimmed in the picture of the whole lift, that's why they looks like that. The picture was taken before leveling the posts. Good point, I'll keep researching. Good to know! They all seem to hold torque, just that the took about 1/4" to grab. I wonder if it would be ok to...

Yes, the anchors have been torqued to 80ft lbs as the instructions call for. I do plan on checking/re torquing them once everything settles in and have used the lift a couple times. He just said to tip them outward very slightly, helps with heavier cars/truck and the lift not binding.

So after a good amount of researching I bought a Atlas BP8000 from Greg Smith Equipment. Finally have started to install it. For the most part I know what I'm doing and everything seems to be going together good. We got all the holes drilled and the anchors in. The concrete exceeds all the...