Finally got my Hoist Up

[77Mini]

Picked up a used Ben pearson 2 post lift sometime around Christmas. I finally got it up and going tonight. I still have to give it a really good cleaning as its pretty dirty. The areas I have cleaned seem to be coming up really well. I also still have to set up the locks for the arms but that won't take much. I will paint the arms when I get some time.

Because my floor was not thick enough I had to break up some of the floor. I needed a 4'x13.5'x1' pad for the hoist. I removed some additional areas about 4-5" deep to repair some cracked areas. Then added somewhere around 450 feet of rebar and poured my new pad

I am excited to get the final bits finished up and try it out.

Next is to modify the garage door.

http://vid169.photobucket.com/album...B-D761-4C84-9EE0-CB9F080AD148_zpski99afs6.mp4

 

[James-W]

I am sure it was quite a bit of work, but it will be worth in the end.

 

[kingchevy]

How are you going to drill for anchor bolts without hitting rebar? Looks like enough steel for a highway overpass.

 

[77Mini]

There is no rebar where the anchors are. It goes around that area and below

 

[77Mini]

Here is a pic of it up. Did some scrubbing this morning and it is looking much better.

 

[st.rod]

What is your ceiling height?

 

[77Mini]

10.5'

 

[jekquist]

Are your going to raise the garage door track? That doesn't look like a bunch of clearance.

 

[Redwolf947]

Congratz on the lift. Looks good. I'm sure you'll love it.

I hope like the others you plan to move that GD opener to a side mount like the Liftmaster8500 and maybe get a high-lift track too. I have seen GD openers mounted at the one side rail. Not sure how that works.

I plan on once I get a lift to work with the door closed at first then go for a high lift or just change the angle of my track.

 

[77Mini]

The garage door opener will go in the next few days. The door will get a high lift kit over the next while and eventually put in a shaft drive opener.

I picked up some paint today so the plan is to paint the arms tomorrow. I'm thinking I may repaint the base plate with the same yellow paint.

 

[laser3kw]

I'm thinking I may repaint the base plate with the same yellow paint.

yellow? Everyone paints yellow.
be creative, go with mauve or celery green or peach.
Oh, by the way, nice job, hope you have many hours of enjoying it.

 

[landlord30]

Nice job!

 

[77Mini]

Garage door opener is gone.
Lift arms have a nice new coat of paint.
New lift pads ordered for the feet
Got a price on all the parts for my high lift kit as well as a Liftmaster 8500. Should hopefully have that ordered tomorrow or Monday. Just waiting to see if I am ordering a second opener for a friend.

 

[tdkkart]

Looks great, you'll never be sorry you have a lift.

Was that original concrete even 3" thick??

 

[77Mini]

Looks great, you'll never be sorry you have a lift.

Was that original concrete even 3" thick??

It was about 3" thick. Some places a little more, some a little less.

 

[JohnnyK8]

Looks awesome! Great job on the floor.


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