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    In ground lifts: Pros, Cons and suggestions?

    Hi seen your Post..laws might dif in Canada..but I own a inground Rotary lift..it's an older one from an old garage .it sat I was told for over35 yrs.. but in short it worked ..when I tested it..it was a place over grown with weeds and a roof rotted away..got it out and back home .. restored...
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    Buying old building w/In-ground lift

    Hi I found your post on inground lifts .I own one..it an old inground rotary brand found it in an old garage shutterd for over 35 yrs I was told..tested it with a gas powered air compressor went up, held psi over night..then removed it..it has an oil tank..as well it's now aboveground tank..hold...
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    Single post old school car lifts???

    If anyone looking for a new inground lift a company called SVI in Dekalb,IL build them new. Globe brand ..around 10 grand.new if u have an old superstructure from an old inground they save u around 4 grand ..even if a dif brand inground they'll make it fit..on a new piston they sell parts for...
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    Single post old school car lifts???

    Steeg67 here...I restored an old inground.. rotary single post lift..last yr. I resqude it out of an old garage..that's been shutterd over 35 yrs I tested it before we removed it with a portable gas powered Air compressor it went up held psi over night ..then removed it ..had the piston casing...
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    Saylor Beall or Champion

    I own a Saylor-beall it's new ..my dad had one way back in 1959 to 1999 same unit in our service station..5 bays and the tunnel car wash in chicago area..it ran with little maintenance done to it ever 3 months..oil changes etc ..reliable yes I ordered mine with an hour meter factory...
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    Saylor Beall or Champion

    I own a saylor-beall air compressor. 3 hp.60 full performance PKG. All the bells ..on her it runs vary quiet..heavy pocket change, in costs. But a lifetime unit..wife bought it for me last year.. it powers my inground single post old school lift I resqude..in my hobby shop.. I was shopping...
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    Saylor-Beall VT-PL-735-80 Thoughts

    Hi its steeg..I bought a new Saylor-beall full pkd unit ..new 8 to 10weeks out. Waiting for it. Lift gate drop off vt 730- 60 -1 fp.. a 3 hp.unit. my dad had one in his old service station in the 1970s..it was quite running I recall. This is for my hobby shop at home..to run my inground...
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    Single post old school car lifts???

    Svi in dekelb,il make parts for all inground lifts..if yours dosnt go up..and been sitting for many yrs check the safty leg..it might be rusted in the pipe it's in. Remove the bolt..but make sure the no air in the lift.. exhaust the lift completely..I've seen this happen before..back in the...
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    Single post old school car lifts???

    Gm..I comply understand about the e.p.a. and oil tanks..I'm getting ready to built a replica service station on my property..3 bays with the glass panel doors weather tight..for air conditioner..HVAC..I got old Texaco glass gas pump....I've been planning this for 10 yrs because I'm now...
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    Single post old school car lifts???

    My dad had 5 ingrounds..in his service station..untill he sold the building..in 1999..in chicago.area..he opened in 1959..till retired..I got mine from his station..in 1999..when they were pulling them out..none were ever leaking..in 50 yrs ..lucky us..but my dad replaced all of them over the...
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    Have some questions on a single post floor lift

    Hi I read your posting about your lift..I have one in my garage.. it's a 1990s single post..globe..fs-10..when I got it ..it was free..it came out of a gas station..it was 5 yrs old..nice it was fiberglassed.outer casing..but the safty outer leg case was rusted out bad at the bottom...it was 5...
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    Single post old school car lifts???

    Hi re .. ingrounds lift s. Svi in dekelb,il sells parts and new inground lifts..still in 2021..yes. I have one in my home garage..I had to open up the floor dig down 9ft..pour some concrete in then I dropef the clyinder in the hole ..leveled it..sides top..etc poured in some pea gravel...
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    Auto inground lifts..info

    Hi I'm a newbie here..I worked on in ground lifts .. installed air compressor s..for a few yrs..up north..I'm Simi retierd..I put a unground globe lift in my garage...about 26 yrs ago..a single post..air over oil..I read about someone asking for advice..on those old lifts..where to get parts to...
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