Recent content by RCHG

Yea - it looks like I will be stepping up to a certified/commercial lift if I get one at all. I dont REALLY need one, but would like to have one, so I cannot justify a higher price hoist to myself. If the price was right (to me) and the hoist was safe, certified, strong - I would order one in...

Thank you, you are the first person to supply me with some information that I have been looking for. How long have you had your hoist for? Have you ever withnessed any sagging of the runways (not the drive up approach ramps) with a vehicle on it? I am assuming that your runways are the same...

I want everyone to fully understand that I *DO* know exactly how hoists work. I am merely trying to offer up some added safety ideas and primarily looking to hear from owners of the Direct-Lift Pro Park 7 + 8 hoists. I KNOW that the locks automatically engage. I know that the only time they...

I have looked at every manufacturer I could find, and NO ONE makes a super redundant safe hoist and no one but intelligent safety concious minded ppl would buy one (10% of the population), and would place their hoists in the higher end of the spectrum price wise - making it not too competative...

Thanks - but I already know all of that - and then some. I want to hear if anyones experienced any probs with residential lifts, like, do the lock dogs not fulley engage, ever have a lock dog slip out, ever have acable snap, or a hose burst, etc...

I have no intentions of re-inventing the wheel, only to make the wheel last longer and be safer (no blowouts at freeway speeds type thing ). The additions / modifications that I suggested were for safety reasons and extra precautions for when the lift is in motion (either going up or comming...

I would like to suggest a seperate section relating to the different types of vehicle lifts

Hello everyone. I've searched all over these boards and other forums as well as manufacturer / distributor web sites and have spent dozends of hours researching 4 post automotive hoists. I am from Toronto, Ontario , Canada. I have visited a few distributors show rooms and seen brand new...