My take as well, my experience purchasing in 2023 was excellent, it's crazy seeing this company did a 180 since my purchase. All things said very quality lift, zero complaints and I use it nearly weekly.
Man, I feel for you guys having to go through this BS. I had a pretty painless experience in 2023, I called them up, it was in stock by the end of the week, paid and they shipped it out.
Halo offers it now as well.
Advantage's biggest mistake was not getting the designed patented. That is what has prompted the copycat lifts of Wildfire/Guardian/Halo which I'm sure are all great lifts despite not being ALI certified.
I know for my lift, Advantage sells a solid Deck mod for multiple options, boats, ATV, Mowers, storage space.
https://realgaragelife.com/products/solid-deck
I inherited my father's transmission jack several years ago and is now leaking. I will contact Snap-On, but any idea on the model? There is no asset tag that I can find that would identify what model.
Only if handling anything jagged or sharp.
It's whatever works best for you... Unbeknownst to me there are also guys who eat chicken wings with gloves, didn't know that was a thing.