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I've been a long time follower of this thread and held off on buying a Liftmaster opener because of this issue. In my search for an alternative, I found out that Genie recently came out with a jackshaft opener of their own. It has WiFi smartphone control (not required), battery backup, lock...

JSK: I see that BendPak has bought out Danmar and will be selling the lift branded as a MaxJax M6, shipping August 2020. Are there any changes being made from the Danmar M6? I've come full circle on which lift I'm looking to get, and am seriously considering purchasing one this fall.

It is definitely a tight 3 car for sure. We have to back in car #1 tight against the left wall and drive in car #3 (spare vehicle) tight against the right wall so that we can have normal (comfortable) distances between those cars and the middle bay. Its not ideal, but it is what I have. Luckily...

I have a ~27' wide x 19' deep 3 car that I will be installing 12 of the 4-ft (Platonic Solid recommended) fixtures and bulbs in. It will be 4 rows of 3 fixtures. Per the Visual Photometric tool, that should give me about 92 FC at 30" workplane. I'm trying to optimize position of the lights...

You would have to replace the switch with this one. Max load of 300 watts though. https://www.liftmaster.com/823lm-remote-light-switch/p/G823LM

Looks like neutral hot and ground all come into the box and then go out of the box. House was built in 1999 if that makes any difference to you. Sent from my Pixel XL using The Garage Journal mobile app

I'm an electrical noob, but willing to learn. My garage is fully insulated and sheetrocked, and it only has two electrical outlets (one of which is on the ceiling for the garage door opener). There is also a light switch high up on the wall (near the garage doors) which controls an exterior...

Advantage and Titan both have 3500lb jacks that extend out to 60-something inches, which is more than enough to reach the factory lift points on my X5, which are 58" center to center. The Advantage lift is the rolling type that only works on lifts with a lip, but the Titan version is sliding...

I think that is the XLT version, which has a drive thru width of 86.5". That lift may be an option, I need to layout some tape lines in the garage and see how it fits. Post height will require a high-lift conversion on my garage doors. Long term plan is high lift doors and jackshaft openers, but...

It is primarily for service work, but I may park my spare vehicle, a small utility trailer and/or 4 wheeler on it occasionally for storage. The SUV would only be going on it a few times a year for maintenance/repairs.

No need to overthink this. Just use lumber. A local brewery was recently opened in a former auto repair shop. They had at least 6 pits to cover so they could install brewery equipment and have the rest of the space for the bar, seating areas, etc. All they did is frame it and laid down 2x6s like...

Yeah... I'm really struggling with it. I'm looking again at the BP HD9, but it is an extra $1000. More when you factor in the accessories that it doesn't have.

It's primarily a matter of garage size. I have a three car that is smaller than some people's two car garages. It's about 27'x19.5'... So every inch counts. The other option is the Atlas 408-SL, though the drive thru width on that is only 2" wider at 82". Most other "wide" lifts are also extra...

https://titanlifts.com/4-post/titan-sdpl-8000-4-post-lift Anyone have this lift in their shop? Apparently it is a newer unit that came out last fall, it replaces their old 7000-lb unit. I have the opportunity to get one with a bridge jack for about $700 less than a bare Bendpak HD-7 without...

Easiest thing to do is maybe just make some type of cleat on the wall that it can sit on, and then a flip down "latch" that holds it in place. Something similar to this maybe:

Without getting into pricing theories... I'm willing to pay more for an HD-7W because I need those 2-ft shorter runways in order to fit it in my garage and still leave room to move and work. I also like the height that it provides because then I can raise it fully when not in use and walk under...

65" is excellent. I just went out and measured the jack points on my X5. Not the widest vehicle out there, but these Advantage jacks will easily handle it. I thought the jack points were going to be wider, but I just measured them at about 58.75" center to center. BendPak lists their max width...

I'm in a similar sized garage (though mine is a bit smaller at 27x19'ish). I've looked at all the 4 post lift options out there, and I've finally settled on what I'm going to get. BendPak generally has the tightest footprint available in the various sizes. I'm going with the HD-7W, and I'm going...

Great! Out of curiosity, how wide do the arms extend on the jack? I'm trying to figure out if it will reach the jack points on my X5. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

Do you have any details on that? Cost? I'm looking at getting an HD-7W for my E70 X5. I know Bendpak's arms don't go wide enough to hit the outboard lift points, I'm looking at an alternative manual bridge jack from Greg Smith Equipment that might get close, haven't measured yet to be sure though.