Bendpak XPR-9 Just Arrived!!!

[onefast5oh]

Just got my Bendpak XPR-9 today. Got it all unloaded and into the garage. I didn't have a hoist so a friend and I used a jack on the heavier end of the posts and one of us lifted the other end and rolled it into the garage. I'm impressed so for with the customer service at Bendpak as well as the first impression of the construction. This this is pretty solid. I'll have more pics as I get it installed, but here are the few I have now. I had to order the lift with the dreaded baseplate, but none of the other lifts would fit under my 10' ceilings.

 

[OldmanB]

Your going to like it. I installed the exact one a couple of months ago and it works perfect! My ceiling height was 8'.I knocked the rafters apart and braced them, and am installing a steel beam in the near future.
Brian
Brian

 

[39Tudor]

Nice lift and I spy a nice Terminator hiding in the corner.
Good luck on your install.

 

[lt1driver]

oldmanB, can you post a picture of your ceiling bracing you did?? thanks.

 

[onefast5oh]

Nice lift and I spy a nice Terminator hiding in the corner.
Good luck on your install.

Thanks. The Terminator will be undergoing a clutch replacement in the future. The Fox Body is a friend's from work that got flooded last year. I'm rebuilding it for him.

 

[zollster]

Looks alot like an Atlas lift.

 

[onefast5oh]

Got an installer coming in a couple of days to install it. Said it would take a few hours to install it as opposed to a month for me to get it done lol. I'll post pics after it's done.

 

[onefast5oh]

Little setback. The post that mounted near the wall went up fine. However the post that was to mount in the middle of the floor was supposed to have 4" of concrete under it. Come to find out it only has 3 1/2". Now gotta rip up a 4'x4' square and make it a little deeper then repour some concrete.

 

[OldmanB]

Little setback. The post that mounted near the wall went up fine. However the post that was to mount in the middle of the floor was supposed to have 4" of concrete under it. Come to find out it only has 3 1/2". Now gotta rip up a 4'x4' square and make it a little deeper then repour some concrete.

I had to do the same with mine, now have 10" x almost 4' x4', no big deal.

 

[MHORTON79]

Nice lift.

Love all the Jordan posters as well. I was watching Man Caves yesterday and came across this company that haves a ton of action shots that you can have framed. Photo File is the company. They have some cool stuff on there.

 

[onefast5oh]

Nice lift.

Love all the Jordan posters as well. I was watching Man Caves yesterday and came across this company that haves a ton of action shots that you can have framed. Photo File is the company. They have some cool stuff on there.

Thanks. Those are from back in the day when I was quite the Jordan aficionado.

 

[onefast5oh]

I had to do the same with mine, now have 10" x almost 4' x4', no big deal.

What kind of concrete did you end up using? My dilema is I only need about 1/4 yard and there is a 1-3 yard min purchase for truck delivery. Will the high psi bag concrete from Lowes hold? I think Quikrete has a 5000psi High strength pro finish concrete.

 

[OldmanB]

What kind of concrete did you end up using? My dilema is I only need about 1/4 yard and there is a 1-3 yard min purchase for truck delivery. Will the high psi bag concrete from Lowes hold? I think Quikrete has a 5000psi High strength pro finish concrete.

I used 5000 psi,not sure if I would use ready mix though. You only want to do this once and it's not worth the chance.
I could buy any amount from 1/4 yard up,but delivery was extra,I ended up getting one full yard and used all of it,total cost here was $300.00 delivered.
Remember also when it's curing it takes approx. 28 days to reach 90%.
Brian

 

[cwlo]

If you haven't planned on it, get those OSB walls painted white. It makes a huge difference for light. Congrats and good luck with the lift.

Chris

 

[Bob C]

What kind of concrete did you end up using? My dilema is I only need about 1/4 yard and there is a 1-3 yard min purchase for truck delivery. Will the high psi bag concrete from Lowes hold? I think Quikrete has a 5000psi High strength pro finish concrete.

I have used it. As stated , it will take 28 days to setup proper for anchor bolt install. I installed a Rotary 2 post SPOA9-200 on it after the 28 days.

After you cut your squares, dig under the edges a little so the crete will build up under the edges of the original floor. It will help with stabilization and knitting. I like to use 8" when doing a cutout.

 

[onefast5oh]

If you haven't planned on it, get those OSB walls painted white. It makes a huge difference for light. Congrats and good luck with the lift.

Chris

Thanks. I thought about painting them, but haven't got around to it. Other projects always seem to pop up.

 

[onefast5oh]

I have used it. As stated , it will take 28 days to setup proper for anchor bolt install. I installed a Rotary 2 post SPOA9-200 on it after the 28 days.

After you cut your squares, dig under the edges a little so the crete will build up under the edges of the original floor. It will help with stabilization and knitting. I like to use 8" when doing a cutout.

Thanks. Maybe I'll do that. I may try and use some of the accelerator to speed up the curing time.

 

[Bob C]

Thanks. Maybe I'll do that. I may try and use some of the accelerator to speed up the curing time.

I know you want that lift in and you are chomping at the bit to use it, but I do not like "addins" in crete. Personally, I'd wait the 28 days.

 

[fflintstone]

my XPR-10 will be here tomorrow

 

[Zengineer]

Addins are extremely common and a known commodity. A bit of high early, and you can be at 90% in 7 days instead of 28.

 

[Bob C]

Addins are extremely common and a known commodity. A bit of high early, and you can be at 90% in 7 days instead of 28.

I believe you. I would wait the 28 days no matter what was in the crete.

 

[Zengineer]

There are times when 21 days of downtime aren't acceptable, and there are times that they are acceptable.

 

[onefast5oh]

Ready for concrete!!

 

[Andybull]

Dumb question:

If you needed to buy a minimum of one yard of concrete, why didn't you dig deep enough to allow for a thicker slab? BTW, I have nothing against bagged concrete but, I would definetly use concrete from a concrete company. Accelerants are commonly used when the temperature is low, however, I'm not a fan of using them with warm weather.

 

[Canadian Cowboy]

I agree all lift manufactures say not to use bag concrete and for a very good reason I would have dug down deeper as well only live once.

CC

 

[onefast5oh]

Dumb question:

If you needed to buy a minimum of one yard of concrete, why didn't you dig deep enough to allow for a thicker slab? BTW, I have nothing against bagged concrete but, I would definetly use concrete from a concrete company. Accelerants are commonly used when the temperature is low, however, I'm not a fan of using them with warm weather.

A 4'x4' pad 6" deep only calls for about a 1/4 of a yard. Your hole would have to be pretty deep to put a hole yard in. And the concrete company that poured the floor as well as numerous concrete guys I talked to said the heavy duty commercial grade 5000 psi bag concrete would be fine.

 

[onefast5oh]

Concrete is poured

 

[38Chevy454]

Looks like you are good shape, now hurry up and wait for the curing........

 

[mikec35]

Where did you get the XPR-9 from? I am considering getting this same lift. Not sure I am sold that for a home owner like me who will use sporatically it is worth the extra $1500 over the cost of the 9k lb Greg Smith..

 

[gnxtc2]

Don't know if it's too late but you could've have cut a channel across the floor to recess the floor plate. This way the plate would have been flush with the floor. And you would've used the mininum amount of concrete.

Billy T.
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[gnxtc2]

my XPR-10 will be here tomorrow

You'll like it. My XPR-10:

Billy T.
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[onefast5oh]

Don't know if it's too late but you could've have cut a channel across the floor to recess the floor plate. This way the plate would have been flush with the floor. And you would've used the mininum amount of concrete.

Billy T.
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It would be nice, but the floor plate is a good 4-5" wide. It would have to be a wide channel and I didn't want to involve myself with that. Something else would go wrong because if I didn't bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all.

 

[davedriveschevys]

You'll like it. My XPR-10:

Billy T.
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Holy truck adapters Batman!

 

[onefast5oh]

Where did you get the XPR-9 from? I am considering getting this same lift. Not sure I am sold that for a home owner like me who will use sporatically it is worth the extra $1500 over the cost of the 9k lb Greg Smith..

I'm not too familiar with the Atlas lifts. I'm sure you could search the forums and find the pros and cons. You know what they say sometimes tho, you get what you pay for (not that a higher cost necessarily means its better). I'm happy with my Bendpak so far and their customer service has been phenomenal!! Now I just wanna finish the install so I can start using it.

 

[gnxtc2]

Holy truck adapters Batman!

I bought 2.5 thick round stock and machined it down to make my own adapters. I think they're 14" high. Makes the BendPak adapters look small.

Billy T.
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[OldmanB]

Don't know if it's too late but you could've have cut a channel across the floor to recess the floor plate. This way the plate would have been flush with the floor. And you would've used the mininum amount of concrete.

Billy T.
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Lowering the floor plate into a trench would be of little use, as the plate rests on the bottom of the columns,so they would have to be lowered as well. Then you would also have the problem of the lift arms dragging on the floor,no easy way to do that.
Brian

 

[onefast5oh]

So I finally waited for the new concrete to cure and got a couple coats of epoxy down before the lift installation was completed. I got a different kind of epoxy to try on the floor and the color didn't quite match. Oh well. Here are some pics and it is awesome to be able to walk under the car with it in the air and not have to crawl around underneath. Took me only 90 minutes to pull a transmission, clutch, starter, exhaust, flywheel, bell housing, and rear main seal. I am about 6' tall and my ceilings are 10' and I can almost stand upright when I get the car up as high as I can. Standing in the transmission tunnel, I can stand fully upright. As you can see in the one picture, the bottom of the front bumper is about 71" in the air and the roof of the car is just below the ceiling. I'll try to get some video at some point in time. I have to finish my 93' Mustang GT project first.

 

[fflintstone]

looks good, mine is still laying on the floor. I would move that one light before you put any sedans or SUVs on the lift though.

I have to remove the 1" foam that poses for my ceiling. i will have to mount it to the top of the bottom coad of that truss bay.