Recent content by Mastiff37

That's the $12k guy with the serious footings.

I'm out of my depth a little, but the idea is that you can't just drop a square of 6" concrete into the 4" slab since it will float and drift relative to the existing slab. I see in your quote the thing about "keyed" which is probably going after that same issue. This certainly sounds less...

The first guy is Forward i10 installed including 2' deep new cut footings for $12K. The second place is a lift called TLS "Flexmetric". I have not researched the relative merits, but they are both about $6K for the units. The second place gets to $10K with tax, delivery, and install but...

Thanks for the replies. I got another quote for $10k or so installed but I do the concrete... $2k for concrete is worth it for me to make sure it's done right. In hindsight I should have considered more strongly a 6" slab in the first place. It might be paying back now.

I'm looking to put a 2-post lift in my new shop. I'm not in a position to unload and install myself, especially since my shop has a 4" slab, so some footings will be needed. I really struggled to find anyone locally who does the installation. Online searches brought up mostly places that just...

Yeah, I was reading reviews of the harbor freight one and it sounds like people lift bodies with just one all the time. Two hoists on the crane with load balancers could probably provide a lot of control.

It looks like about $1000 for one and it would take two for this job. Then the big thing is all the space they take up when not in use. But yeah, it might turn out to be the best solution.

No, I'd be happy to have a dedicated spot with the stout overhead lift points. And moving would be nice, but not required. I could see wanting to pull an engine and move it away with something less annoying than an engine hoist...

My current garage has some fairly stout storage rafters which I have used to remove truck beds with chain hoists, see blow. A truck bed is something like 400 pounds, so ~100 pounds per hoist here. My new shop is a 32x60 pole building with trusses every 12 feet. The new trusses are not...

I have a 32x60 steel pole building going up as we speak. It will have strand board on the walls but the ceiling will be open to the roof (the roof will have spray foam insulation with - they tell me - bright white flame retardant paint). The trusses are every 12 feet and the walls are 11'...

I forgot that most people just use them for vertical toy storage. I only plan to use mine for working on vehicles. But hell, the kinds of cars I see doubled up are a hell of a lot lighter than a full sized pickup, and I'd sure hope I could drive my pickup with a load of gravel into the shop...

Dumb question, but why would a four post lift with a car on it be any more issue than a slightly heavier car? I get that two post lifts are bolted down, but the fours just sit there and their load is no more concentrated than a car.

I didn't say regular I said "plain" meaning no reinforcement. But my knowledge of concrete is limited. One of my bids with the wire mesh said 3000 lb concrete. The people I'm working with now didn't specify. Thanks for the reference.

I'm working with a company to spec out a metal pole building for a shop. I'll be doing hobby level auto work, maybe with a 4 post lift in the future. They are bidding "plain" concrete with saw cut control joints. The overall concrete extent is to be 32x60 feet. Other companies I worked with...

There are some covenants on the property too. I think everyone is pretty chill, but a pile of shipping containers might be pushing it.