Can anyone identify this 2 post lift?

[infectious208]

I've got this lift in my shop buy I've never been able to identify it. I rebuilt the cylinders and put new cables in so it works great but would love to at least know it's capacity. I've search tons of pics online and can't find one that looks the same. A few unique things that stand out to me are the arms, the base plates (everything is super thick compared to some lifts I've seen) and the top of the columns. There is no identification plate anywhere and the only sticker is on the pump for FMC.


Any help is much appreciated

 

[BillK]

only sticker is on the pump for FMC.

So maybe it is a FMC lift ?

 

[infectious208]

So maybe it is a FMC lift ?

I've tried to search and see fmc lifts but haven't found one that matches.

 

[BillK]

I've tried to search and see fmc lifts but haven't found one that matches.

Might be ancient. And a lot of older manufacturers dont have real good web sites. I would almost bet there are some numbers on it somewhere.

 

[zkdiesel]

I’d not worry about lift capacity, because how’s it’s on your concrete is against everything in the book!

 

[bb29510]

its pre china. thats an american lift

 

[pvanderlugt]

Yeah, pretty much goes against EVERY current lift manufacturer installation guide lines…. the least of your worries is who made it…….

 

[bb29510]

that base plate is unique, anchor bolts on inside, thick webbing, very american, gas station quality

 

[bb29510]

that a old mohawk, no serious, the middle brace and the upper hole is still on the new units.

 

[bb29510]

i could be wrong but look at the top of the column

 

[pelletman]

I’d not worry about lift capacity, because how’s it’s on your concrete is against everything in the book!

My first thought too

 

[Aahz]

At one point in time there were close to 70 different lift manufacturers in the US, mostly based around Ft. Worth, TX...I would bet it's one of the many from the mid 1980's in that neck of the woods. If Worth Lift is still in business down there, he might be able to identify it, could even be one of his...

 

[zippyslug31]

I’d not worry about lift capacity, because how’s it’s on your concrete is against everything in the book!

Yeah, pretty much goes against EVERY current lift manufacturer installation guide lines…. the least of your worries is who made it…….

What specifically is wrong with it? I don't know anything about lifts, but want to learn.
Is it the placement over the expansion joint?

 

[firebirdparts]

It looks like two separate slabs to me. I believe "everything in the book" having been used just to create drama. Your anchors on the outboard side have to hold it down against a very respectable force. You really don't want the anchors that close to the edge of a slab and you really don't want that to be a separate piece of concrete anyway, as the lift could maybe pull that up. It can't pull up the slab it's sitting on, but it could pull up an adjacent slab.

Each half of the lift is like a crane holding a cantilevered load out at arms length. The load being half a car. The pull on those outboard anchors could easily be 10,000 pounds.

I'm not saying it won't work, really. I'm a total fundamentalist and that's why I am explaining up above here that it's pulling on that. It may do just fine. It's concerning.