Hoist is FINALLY done!

[Just_George]

Took 4 months, most of that time waiting for the hoist to ship, a week waiting for concrete to cure and the neighbor to return from vacation (so we could use his front end loader to place the hoist), but it's finally done. Bendpak SP-7x, mounted flush in the floor.

By the way, if I had to grade the packing and shipping quality from Bendpak, they'd get an 'F'. Entire unit (2700#) was set atop a frame welded from 4 pcs of rectangular tubing, roughly 2" x 3". Note that it wasn't FASTENED to the frame, just setting on it. Shipping terminal wasn't even able to lift it, even with extended forks. To their credit, after much head scratching, they were able to load it on my trailer, but Bendpak could have done a lot to alleviate that with better packing/crating.

 

[SALIV8]

Looks great. I never understand poor shipping/crating methods. You'd think the manufactuturer or seller would care about protecting what they make/sell.

 

[bazzateer]

Very nice, same thing I want to put in my garage eventually.
I suppose I'm the first to point out it's a scissor lift, not a hoist!

 

[homebuilt burner]

I have a question. Now that you have it fully installed (yeah for you) with a vehicle on the lift at full height how much room is there from the bottom of the car to the floor?? I know what the lift height is but there is a loss of a few inches before the lift contacts the car. I ask as I am 6'3" and am thinking about this lift for my future garage build.

 

[Just_George]

Homebuilt, sorry - I missed your post. I'm 6' tall and have to duck slightly when the lift is at full height. I'm pretty close to the ceiling of my garage at this point, so I don't know if I can go much higher, but I'm going to check and see if I can use some thicker blocks below the lift points on the car to gain a couple of inches... FYI, my ceilings are 10'.

 

[bgarrett]

Very nice, same thing I want to put in my garage eventually.
I suppose I'm the first to point out it's a scissor lift, not a hoist!

Right. A hoist lifts from above.

 

[bgarrett]

somebody ban this guy ^^^

 

[homebuilt burner]

Thanks, for the reply. I had the same thought that blocking could be used under the lift points for more head room.

 

[bazzateer]

somebody ban this guy ^^^

You or me?

 

[kansei]

May be a dumb question, but you have 10' sidewalls in your garage I'm assuming... yes?

 

[James-W]

How does the cost of a scissors lift like this compare with a 4 post lift?