Im in the process of building a garage and will be pouring my floor soon. Im wanting to pour the area where the lift posts will be at thicker than the rest of the floor for added support. The bay that the lift will be in will be 16 ft wide and 36 ft deep. Im leaning towards a lift that can do symmetrical and asymmetrical both so that I have more options. Most of my lifting will be muscle cars such as my barracuda and it is a little over 16 ft in length. However I will be lifting pickup trucks on occasion and worst case scenario would be a crew cab long bed pickup at close to 22 ft in length. Most of my work will be at the vehicles front but I would like to give myself maybe 3 ft behind the vehicle if possible. Where should I position the posts to accomadate this range of vehicles ? Thanks.
Help positioning 2 post lift
- Thread starter derekeh
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I will measure mine, from the door to the lift, dont recall what i set it at foot wise, but i opted to place lift deeper in the bay, which allowed me to pull my F250 CC Short Bed in garage but not force me to pull between the posts. This allowed me to pull truck in to clean or work on it with doors open if lift was not needed, Also it allowed me to raise the truck without having to close the garage door or alter the door. My garage is 30 X 50 with a single 10ft door
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8man
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I'm in the planning stages of a 36 x 36. I'm planning a bay that would be the same as your 16' wide. I'm putting 10 x 10 roll up doors in front and back for drive through and ventilation.
That said I am leaning toward placing the lift 2/3 the way back or at the 24' mark. This should allow me to pull my F350 crew cab, long bed in without going between the legs on the lift, allow room to put it on the lift and still have room to work around it. My other vehicles are more like your Cuda.
I'm interested in knowing what you decide since you are ahead of me in your build.
That said I am leaning toward placing the lift 2/3 the way back or at the 24' mark. This should allow me to pull my F350 crew cab, long bed in without going between the legs on the lift, allow room to put it on the lift and still have room to work around it. My other vehicles are more like your Cuda.
I'm interested in knowing what you decide since you are ahead of me in your build.
Truck is short bed.. so depending on the lift you have, and the arms (asymetric vs symentric) you might have to move truck a bit forward if you have a long bed. IF it is a diesel eng (like mine) then front weight is going to much heavier. What i did was play around with positioning.. and when i found what worked best (balance, and stability based on frame lift points, i placed a wheel stop on the floor so i could pull into the same spot every time)
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OH, and these picks were from the first day with lift... so i was not able to raise truck up full hight till i moved the overhead light and notched rafter to accomidate... after that i could raise truck all way up .. Not sure your overall height in garage.. but i have 11 ft to the rafters (garage was already on property when i bought house).. so alittle modification to increase clearance to 12"3 as shown and truck can go all the way up with no issue.
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jpcjguy
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Make sure the post closest to the wall you can walk easily around. Squeezing gets old quick. And make sure you can pull out a full size truck axleshaft without wall interference! I know someone who did not think of that! Doh!