Lynnhowlyn
Well-known member
OK -
Even after doing a fair amount of searching and reading on the Forum, I'm still struggling with which company to buy a lift from.
And my concrete guy is pressing for a decision (a definitive statement) of what he should pour for my pending slab for the lift..... 4 inch or 6 inch, 3000# or #4000#, with or without rebar and etc.
And while money is relatively available, I'd hate to go 6 inch, 4000# with rebar - if at the end of the day, that becomes a significant overkill. I'd rather - if possible - cut back to what's NEEDED for the slab and spend any "left-over" dollars on other stuff.
And others may be in the same boat.
Some of the other forums I follow periodically have member surveys on a variety of topics.
Could a lift related survey of GF members be done to get a sense of which lifts are ACTUALLY being installed/used in home-hobby type shops - Bendpak, Mohawk, Back-Yard Buddy, Dannmar and others that I've probably missed?
Clearly there's a lot of variation on what people do (or plan to do) with lifts - so it won't answer all the possible questions (2 post vs. 4 post, 10,000# vs 12,000# and etc). But from my perspective, high #'s of lifts actually being used is a pretty good indication of value and functionality for a specific companies lifts ..... especially when compared to those with low #'s of installed lifts.
The information ought to help narrow down the field of companies selling lifts.
And a follow up postings by those participating in the survey as to which specific model they have, with a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down" ... would be icing on the proverbial cake.
And if this - or something similar has already been done, if one of you'd point me in the right direction, I'd be most grateful.
Moderators???
Thanks
Even after doing a fair amount of searching and reading on the Forum, I'm still struggling with which company to buy a lift from.
And my concrete guy is pressing for a decision (a definitive statement) of what he should pour for my pending slab for the lift..... 4 inch or 6 inch, 3000# or #4000#, with or without rebar and etc.
And while money is relatively available, I'd hate to go 6 inch, 4000# with rebar - if at the end of the day, that becomes a significant overkill. I'd rather - if possible - cut back to what's NEEDED for the slab and spend any "left-over" dollars on other stuff.
And others may be in the same boat.
Some of the other forums I follow periodically have member surveys on a variety of topics.
Could a lift related survey of GF members be done to get a sense of which lifts are ACTUALLY being installed/used in home-hobby type shops - Bendpak, Mohawk, Back-Yard Buddy, Dannmar and others that I've probably missed?
Clearly there's a lot of variation on what people do (or plan to do) with lifts - so it won't answer all the possible questions (2 post vs. 4 post, 10,000# vs 12,000# and etc). But from my perspective, high #'s of lifts actually being used is a pretty good indication of value and functionality for a specific companies lifts ..... especially when compared to those with low #'s of installed lifts.
The information ought to help narrow down the field of companies selling lifts.
And a follow up postings by those participating in the survey as to which specific model they have, with a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down" ... would be icing on the proverbial cake.
And if this - or something similar has already been done, if one of you'd point me in the right direction, I'd be most grateful.
Moderators???
Thanks
