So been shopping around for a 4 post lift, how did you guys either have it delivered or setup, or remove it from the semi truck? I don't have access to a fork lift, Ive got cherry picker, that's all. What did you guys do? I've been thinking if it gets delivered to a terminal I can rent a uhaul 12' trailer to put into that, but even then how do you get it in there at terminal?
How did you unload your lift
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Stevedore
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When I got my Bendpak lowrise, I had a local towing place pick it up at the freight terminal on a flatbed. The terminal guy forklifted it on to the flatbed.
At my house, the tow guy raised the bed & shifted it down to the ground & we were able to slide it off onto my driveway near the garage door.
Tow guy charged $100.
At my house, the tow guy raised the bed & shifted it down to the ground & we were able to slide it off onto my driveway near the garage door.
Tow guy charged $100.
70runner
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Would depend on the weight. I live up a long, steep driveway so any heavy delivery is to the driveway entrance only. I recently had a 2 post lift delivered, one pallet about 1600lbs. The trucker got stuck trying to maneuver the pallet to his lift gate with his pallet jack. I was there waiting with my Kubota to bring it up the driveway. So he dropped the lift gate so I could get my tractor forks to the pallet inside the truck. I actually had to lift the pallet AND his pallet jack out of the truck. My point is you just never know with deliveries like this.
Rent a forklift or tractor with a forklift attachment.
Rent a forklift or tractor with a forklift attachment.
toolman1967
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I used 2 cherry Pickers....EASY!
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koditten
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I had my 2 post lift delivered to a buisiness with forktrucks. They unloaded it from the shipper truck and stored it for 2 days. I showed up with my car hauler and they loaded it on my trailer.
After that I took apart the packaged lift. Once the 2 posts were free from the rest of the lift I slid one end of the post off the side of the trailer. I just walked it to the upright postition. I did it by myself, but 2 people would make the job a breeze.
I would think a 4 place would have smaller manageble pieces, but don't know for sure.
After that I took apart the packaged lift. Once the 2 posts were free from the rest of the lift I slid one end of the post off the side of the trailer. I just walked it to the upright postition. I did it by myself, but 2 people would make the job a breeze.
I would think a 4 place would have smaller manageble pieces, but don't know for sure.
nehog
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Loaded it on my 12 ft trailer with a fork lift at the delivery point (local car parts store) and used my engine hoist to take it off the trailer at the shop. It went on as a pallet load, came off in pieces (box of parts, and two columns, and box of more parts, and arms.)
sberry
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2 mover men could handle most pieces if it was unbundled. Tip in and out of a pickup- truck.
Josh Kinzey
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Mine shipped to a freight depot. I have an open car trailer that I pull behind a Chevy 1/2 ton truck. The depot used a forklift to put the lift on my trailer.
When I got home, I picked up the lift with my cherry picker, and then pulled the trailer out from under it.
While it was still hanging from the cherry picker, I was able to roll the Cherry picker from the apron in front of my garage into my garage. It is up a slight incline, I ended up gently pushing the Cherry picker with the front bumper of my truck.
Once inside, I broke the bundle and started to unpack the lift. I used floor jacks and the Cherry picker, but I think 2 average guys could do it fairly easily.
I installed it with help from my wife. I am 5'7", 170 lbs, average strength for a person of my size.
When I got home, I picked up the lift with my cherry picker, and then pulled the trailer out from under it.
While it was still hanging from the cherry picker, I was able to roll the Cherry picker from the apron in front of my garage into my garage. It is up a slight incline, I ended up gently pushing the Cherry picker with the front bumper of my truck.
Once inside, I broke the bundle and started to unpack the lift. I used floor jacks and the Cherry picker, but I think 2 average guys could do it fairly easily.
I installed it with help from my wife. I am 5'7", 170 lbs, average strength for a person of my size.
danv
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I used my scissor lift pontoon boat trailer and built some 2x4 cross braces across the bed of the trailer and had them lift the lift unit onto the trailer bed and lashed it to the body of the trailer. I brought it home, appox 250 miles, (pulled with no problems) and backed my trailer with the lift package into the garage bay. I used my engine lift cherry picker to raise the package off the trailer bed and moved the trailer out. From there I dropped the package and assembled the lift. I used the two steel frames that all the parts were attached to and welded some cross sections on the frames and put wheels under it and made a nice 2 by 5 foot 34 inch high table to work on. Nothing wasted around here.
MFortie
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Would depend on the weight. I live up a long, steep driveway so any heavy delivery is to the driveway entrance only. I recently had a 2 post lift delivered, one pallet about 1600lbs. The trucker got stuck trying to maneuver the pallet to his lift gate with his pallet jack. I was there waiting with my Kubota to bring it up the driveway. So he dropped the lift gate so I could get my tractor forks to the pallet inside the truck. I actually had to lift the pallet AND his pallet jack out of the truck. My point is you just never know with deliveries like this.
Rent a forklift or tractor with a forklift attachment.
What model is that Kubota? I don't think my L3800 (which looks about the size of yours) could lift 1600#...
My 4 post bendpak was delivered to my office and then we reloaded it on my flatbed trailer. Once it got it home I just unpacked it and moved it piece by piece into position. I would slide a upright or ramp out just over halfway and drop it on a dolly then slide out the rest and drop on another dolly. I unloaded the entire lift by myself. It was MUCH easier than I thought it would be. If you have 2 guys its a cake walk.
Diesel Dan
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Had to move my 9K 2 post lift several times. Used everything from a backhoe to unload from the back of my pickup to loading/unloading by hand from my flatbed trailer. It is not for the faint of heart to lay the columns down solo.
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astroracer
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About the same as the rest of these guys. Cherry picker and chain fall. I already had a chain fall in the rafters for pulling motors so we just backed the trailer into the shop, hooked the chain fall to one end of the bundle and the picker to the other. Lifted it off the trailer and drove out. Easy, peasy.
Mark
I would hope the freight terminal where it is delivered will have a fork truck for unloading/loading stuff like this...
Mark
I would hope the freight terminal where it is delivered will have a fork truck for unloading/loading stuff like this...
Cryptic1911
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I had it delivered to where I work, and had the shipping dept unload it from the semi with a forklift, and then load it onto a smaller trailer on a pickup truck to bring it home. Then backed the trailer to the edge of the garage door opening, and used a cherry picker to lift one end of the lift, and a floorjack on the other end, and rolled it into the garage, set that end down onto a HF moving dolly, and then lifted the other end, and did the same with another dolly. That way we could roll it around in the garage. It was real simple
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Bobcat and a strap. Pulled it to the back of the semi trailer, then ran the strap around the middle and lifted out and down with the bucket.
LX-Markham
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I went the easy route and paid for the install. I got a deal on the install since they were short-handed at the time and I worked as the apprentice. Worked out great since I learned how the lift if put together. Was supper easy to unload with the boom-truck, and with two of us it was easy to install.
Lil Toe
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Depending on the lift, 12' Uhaul may not be long enough.
Picked my four post up at the dealer on my trailer and hauled it home. Simply backed the trailer up to the shop and took apart/unloaded/assembled it as I went, I even drug the runways off by myself and installed.
Two post shipped into work, loaded on my car hauler, and unloaded with brother's Bobcat, but would have done the same with it as the four poster if his Bobcat had been on a site.
Picked my four post up at the dealer on my trailer and hauled it home. Simply backed the trailer up to the shop and took apart/unloaded/assembled it as I went, I even drug the runways off by myself and installed.
Two post shipped into work, loaded on my car hauler, and unloaded with brother's Bobcat, but would have done the same with it as the four poster if his Bobcat had been on a site.
NHBandit
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Asked the lift company to have the driver call me when he was a half hour out. Had a guy with a rollback car hauler meet the truck out in front of my home. pulled it out of the trailer onto the deck of his truck and then drop it inside my shop. I had a friend do it as a favor but I can't see it costing much to hire someone if you call around. It's worth the money if it costs you $50 to avoid all the hassle of doing it any other way.
brentmc
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Flatbed Tow Truck picked it up at the freight terminal and dropped it off in my garage...very easy
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38Chevy454
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I used my 16 car trailer, and it took the full length of the trailer for my 4-post! No 12 ft trailer would have worked. It was delivered to the truck freight terminal, and they loaded in onto my car trailer with a forklift. Strapped it down and drove home approx 40 miles no problems.
Once home I just broke it down on the trailer and with a friend was able to unload all the pieces. The only real big heavy pieces are the runners. Those we used a cherry picker to help. Rest we could do by hand.
Once home I just broke it down on the trailer and with a friend was able to unload all the pieces. The only real big heavy pieces are the runners. Those we used a cherry picker to help. Rest we could do by hand.
Rhinorancher
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My dad bought his Rotary 12,000 lb 4 post used from a race shop in town 3 miles away. We jacked it up on one end and put dollies under it and chained all 4 post up then he hooked on to the other end with his wrecker. We pulled it home like it was a trailer and backed it his shop, bolted it down and it was ready. It was about 15 years ago so no pics.
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HotrodHR
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Borrowed a friends flat bed trailer and picked up my 4 post at shipping terminal. They loaded it on the trailer. I backed the trailer in font of my shop and used an engine hoist to lift the end sticking out of the trailer. Laid a couple of pipes under package, lowered it to rest lightly on th pipes and slowly pulled the trailer forward...
I was able to push the package out to the point where the end teetered and contacted the ground. Moved the engine hoist to the end still in the truck and lifted it up, the pulled the trailer forward until it cleared.
I unpacked the lift and put it together by myself. This is not a job for one man I would not do this again without help. Recommend you get a strong friend (or two) to help!
I was able to push the package out to the point where the end teetered and contacted the ground. Moved the engine hoist to the end still in the truck and lifted it up, the pulled the trailer forward until it cleared.
I unpacked the lift and put it together by myself. This is not a job for one man I would not do this again without help. Recommend you get a strong friend (or two) to help!
gerryw
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Brought it home on rented trailer ( lift was on a skid )
Backed trailer into garage, hooked straps to skid, hooked strap to a bar across back man door, drove out!!
Gerry
Backed trailer into garage, hooked straps to skid, hooked strap to a bar across back man door, drove out!!
Gerry
38Chevy454
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The issue will be how much weight is aft of the trailer axle. If too much, then the trailer will be a tail wag the dog problem. It will work if you can concentrate the weight up front, to offset the rear overhang. Trailer needs to have enough tongue weight to pull properly.
Bogdan M.
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I unloaded my 2 post lift by hand with the help of two other people.
Bruce 993 SEA
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Gregg Smiths' website has loading and trailering info. 2-Post lifts come packaged with a frame at each extreme end that needs to be supported. I also think they give the packaging dimensions. Should be similar for other brands. You might need a 12 footer.
Having said that, I paid a local importer/installer to install mine. I could have rented a trailer and driven to Portland, OR and picked up at Gregg Smith but that cost was more than the local company, Top Secret Equipment in Arlington, WA.
If I had Gregg Smith ship the lift, I would still have the issue of getting it off of the lift gate. When I bought my mid rise scissors lift, it was easy with the pallet jack they had.
So the installer used their flat bed wrecker to bring it out and they tilted the bed and slid it off onto some carts and got it in the garage to unpack. There was no handling damage or cosmetic damage. They import the lifts by the container full. All in all, a great experience. Yes, I could have done it with a buddy or two but most of my buddies are too far away. Plus, it was less cost than shipping it in, even from Portland.
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mrobins297aaa
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I did mine on a 8' trailer (I think it was 8', I don't have it anymore).
it wasn't two bad I brought along some 2x4's and and my screw gun to fasten to the trailer so it couldn't move.
One thing I didn't account for was that the lift has a shipping frame on each end and when the forklift driver loaded it on the trailer only one frame was on the trailer, so lucky for me the fork lift driver gave me those two pallets you can see in the picture.
Those frames would be the only issue I can think of if you use a shorter trailer.
The last picture is me and the dog unloading one piece at a time.
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WaterBoyz
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Now that a 5-year-old thread has been brought back to life...........
Mine arrived on a semi. Driver used his pallet jack to bring it to the tail of the van. I used my 2-ton engine hoist to lift one end while he brought the other end near the edge. I set my end down onto the road. Re-positioned to lift up the other end. The driver drove ahead to clear the van. I lowered to the road.
Passed some cash to the driver for his extra effort and away he went.
I was going to use my HF dolly with 3/4" plywood attached but the wheels were too small to roll on my asphalt driveway. Ended up building a 2x10 dolly with some 5" casters. Used my trusty convertible hand truck for the other end.
Used my JD to get it into the garage. Once on the smooth concrete, the HF dolly rolled much easier.
Mine arrived on a semi. Driver used his pallet jack to bring it to the tail of the van. I used my 2-ton engine hoist to lift one end while he brought the other end near the edge. I set my end down onto the road. Re-positioned to lift up the other end. The driver drove ahead to clear the van. I lowered to the road.
Passed some cash to the driver for his extra effort and away he went.
I was going to use my HF dolly with 3/4" plywood attached but the wheels were too small to roll on my asphalt driveway. Ended up building a 2x10 dolly with some 5" casters. Used my trusty convertible hand truck for the other end.
Used my JD to get it into the garage. Once on the smooth concrete, the HF dolly rolled much easier.
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BlueBomber
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I hauled my lift home in the back of my 3/4-ton pickup and used a similar technique as others to unload it with my cherry picker. See my garage thread here for details.
atthebeach
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I asked my GES supplier to quote delivery of my Bendpak lift on the ground just outside my garage door. They found a local delivery company who picked it up at the freight terminal and trucked it to the house with a forklift on board. It was brought down my inclined, 300 foot driveway with the forklift. It looked like rain, so the forklift driver offered to push it just inside my garage. Ten minutes later it was pouring outside, and I was inside unpacking the lift. Couldn't have been easier. I don't recall the extra delivery cost being excessive. Local delivery services are pretty competitive in my area...YMMV.
isb cornbinder
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I will be using the delivery and install option from the BENDPAC local dealer.
https://www.babco.ca/
https://www.babco.ca/BendPak-HD-9
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https://www.babco.ca/BendPak-HD-9
rburke65
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There was a total of 4 of us that went and loaded a used Mohawk onto a trailer and brought the 2 postlift home. I unloaded with the front loader of the small Kubota. It was straining, but we got it done!
audioworks04
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Winched the pallet onto the tilt deck trailer. Then unbolted the pallet once home and unloaded once piece at a time. A single post was all 3 of us wanted to move, and it was more of a slide.
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First one I broke down in the Uhaul I used to get them home and used heavy duty dollies and an engine hoist to carefully position.
Second one was going slower as we put them together ourselves, and needed to get the Uhaul back. Used several straps and said engine hoist to lower from Uhaul and break down.
Second one was going slower as we put them together ourselves, and needed to get the Uhaul back. Used several straps and said engine hoist to lower from Uhaul and break down.
sweetk30
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ex-tow truck operator here . i have moved a lot of stuff on rollbacks and these were no different .
i even unloaded one off the semi-flatbed upper step deck and delivered it . it was a 18k bendpac unit . outside unit . slid it off and on the the deck of the rollback no problems . truck driver was blown away i did it no problems . then slid it down and in the bay at my buddys shop
i even unloaded one off the semi-flatbed upper step deck and delivered it . it was a 18k bendpac unit . outside unit . slid it off and on the the deck of the rollback no problems . truck driver was blown away i did it no problems . then slid it down and in the bay at my buddys shop
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