Recent content by vwkevin

I bought mine to use with my air cooled vw's. Makes pulling engines easier than jacking up the rear of the car nearly 3ft in the air. I have also used it to replace struts and A-arm bushings on my newer water cooled vw, something that I had previously paid hundreds of dollars for a shop to do...

I bought mine used from an old Service station that was closing. A friend had told me about it, and that they were wanting to turn the Service Station into a Restraunt, and the old shop bay into a Smoking Area. I quickly made an offer on taking the lift off his hands. I kept it in my house...

Thanks, Actually it is a '73. The Beetle is a '63, we also have a 63 15 window bus.

Mine is actually rated for 10,000lbs, it has the 10 5/8 cylinder. The heaviest vehicle I have had on it is my Toyota Tundra, and it lifted the Tundra fine. Just a little slower than my other cars. I bet your 3500 dodge weighs a lot more than my truck though. I love these inground lifts...

8 ft, 2 inches. I ended up digging it out by hand because I couldn't find a bobcat/auger attachement that would go that deep. Also, after about 5 feet I hit sandstone, and had to dig the last 3ft with a rented jack hammer. Took about 3 weeks to dig the hole the hard way, working on it every...

Here is a picture of my new garage with an older Rotary FP-46 Model inground single cylinder lift. I took it out of an old service station that was closeing, installed a new seal kit, and control valve. It is operated by air over hydraulics. I am also useing Biodegrable hydraulic fluid to...