I've got 10' ceilings and have no problem using my 4 post lift to get stuff up into my garage attic. My lift also only goes up 6'. Think about the fact that when standing on the lift it's no different than being on the garage floor and then going to put an item from the floor onto a workbench. You shouldn't really need that much height. Anyway, I don't believe I've ever heard of any small 7-9K lift being able to lift 8'.