After much research on 2 post lifts of which one fits my criteria,I ended up going with the Benpak XPR-9FS.Talk about fast shipping,all the way from CA to CT,it left there on Tues,and arrived here on Friday.
Had to wait till Sunday to install it. What a straight forward installation it is with these.More was pre-assembled than the instructions said,so it went alittle quicker than expected.
Everything went together perfectly,my floor was poured in the location of the lifts to be level without pitch,and to my suprise,the power column sat perfectly,both bays,so no shims were needed.The opposite side column was leaning toward the back wall alittle and required me to put in 2 shims on that front edge,and one coming around the side.In and out of the columns were perfect,and once I had the carraiges locked at the 28'' mark,and put on the arms,swung them in to check again for level,it was exactly in the bubble,so the guys that poured my floor did a great job IMO.The floor was poured 7 years ago now,so it had plenty of time to settle out if needed.
Wiring it,I decided to put in a disconnect box right above the motor to have quick access to kill the power to the lift just in case,NTM,turn it off and lock it out so there is no chance of anyone ever messing with it.
The fluid they recommend was either 10wt Hyd fluid or Dextron III ATF,I went with the 10 wt Hyd fluid,came in 5 gal,and good thing as the instructions say 12 qts.,it took just over 4 gallons and is still alittle lower than the dipstick on the plug .That also went well,so far not a one leak!!
Here are a couple pics.
Had to wait till Sunday to install it. What a straight forward installation it is with these.More was pre-assembled than the instructions said,so it went alittle quicker than expected.
Everything went together perfectly,my floor was poured in the location of the lifts to be level without pitch,and to my suprise,the power column sat perfectly,both bays,so no shims were needed.The opposite side column was leaning toward the back wall alittle and required me to put in 2 shims on that front edge,and one coming around the side.In and out of the columns were perfect,and once I had the carraiges locked at the 28'' mark,and put on the arms,swung them in to check again for level,it was exactly in the bubble,so the guys that poured my floor did a great job IMO.The floor was poured 7 years ago now,so it had plenty of time to settle out if needed.
Wiring it,I decided to put in a disconnect box right above the motor to have quick access to kill the power to the lift just in case,NTM,turn it off and lock it out so there is no chance of anyone ever messing with it.
The fluid they recommend was either 10wt Hyd fluid or Dextron III ATF,I went with the 10 wt Hyd fluid,came in 5 gal,and good thing as the instructions say 12 qts.,it took just over 4 gallons and is still alittle lower than the dipstick on the plug .That also went well,so far not a one leak!!
Here are a couple pics.
