Has anybody made their 4-post taller???

[slddnmatt]

I was wondering if anybody out there has lengthened their lift? i need a lift or some other way, (if anybody has some other ideas) on being able to lift a car to a height of 102" to the height of my mezzanine. bendpak has one that exceeds that height for a bunch money, but im really trying to avoid that.. any ideas or info i would appreciate it

thanks
matt

 

[ket-tek]

I was wondering if anybody out there has lengthened their lift? i need a lift or some other way, (if anybody has some other ideas) on being able to lift a car to a height of 102" to the height of my mezzanine. bendpak has one that exceeds that height for a bunch money, but im really trying to avoid that.. any ideas or info i would appreciate it

thanks
matt

How much is considered to be 'a bunch of money'?

Just curious of the price difference between the lift that would do the job vs which lift you want to go with and modify?

The only somewhat safe thing you can really do is put large pads under the 4 posts and the ramps just won't go to the ground anymore and you would just need longer approach ramps to get onto the drive ramps..

Otherwise your talking about re-engineering the entire lift to extend the columns at the top if that's what your thinking, you'd need longer cables, different hydraulic ram, rework of the locking system, longer hoses from the pump to the ramps, as well as extending the posts themselves. Might as well build your own from scratch at that point.

I can tell you I would not step anywhere near a lift that had column extensions welded to the top of the stock ones..

Having a building with a mezzanine you can park a car on seems like you may be well off enough to swing the price of the proper lift. Although I do understand the love of building or modding stuff for fun, satisfaction, and the experience..

 

[Joe B.]

This is what I did to get my jacked FJ Cruiser under my Mustang.

I rolled the Mustang onto my lift. I then raised the lift just high enough the get a jack under the cross beams. I think used my Jack to lift up each leg of the lift. I then slipped a phone book under each corner. That bought me an extra three inches of height. The only problem is I have to reverse the process to get the Mustang off the lift.

 

[slddnmatt]

the bendpak is $5500, my mezzanine has only ran me about $2500 for all of my stuff so far off craigslist and the steel shop so thats not too bad. the hard part to swallow is i already have a 2-post which i paid a $150 for, so the 4-post's main function would be to get my projects off the floor from clutering up my work area. the average lift maxes out at 82" so i have almost another 2' to go. i will probably end up buying the one eventually if i cant find another way. im pretty far from being well off, had to sell a project just to get the garage this far, and to spend almost 6 grand on something i might use once a month just kinda *****...i saw a truck the other day that had a scissor lift flatbed, probably for lifting roofing materials to the roof or something, maybe something like that might work....the search goes on.

 

[AMCguy]

I haven't built my mezzanine yet, but... I positioned my two post is such a way as to be able to load and unload things from the bed of my pickup truck onto the mezzanine. All I have to do is load the engine, lawn tractor, quad, motorcycle or whatever into the truck, back onto the lift, raise the truck to the height of the mezzanine and roll the item out.

 

[sams]

How about putting another concerete slab ontop of your existing one to not only lift up your hoist but also provide the ramp? You will have to cut into your existing concrete for the ends of the ramp or taper it down to 3" and then have a metal sheet for the last bit.

 

[jethro29]

mezzanine?please explain.

 

[ket-tek]

mezzanine?please explain.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mezzanine

Sorry I couldn't resist.

 

[slddnmatt]

that was funny...extra concrete would take up to much space, and i want this thing to be able to move out of my way when its collecting dust.