Lift for tall guys.

[ScaldedDog]

What will you be lifting if its trucks ive seen hi rise pads to get the frame higher in the air.

Yep. If you have step bars on your SuperDuty you'll need the 9" spacers to raise the vehicle up so the step bars are off the lift arms. I'm only 5'10", but I never raise my 8000lb Excursion all the way up, as it would then be too high for me to work on. Rotary SL-210-RA in-ground lift.

Mark

 

[y5e06]

reserection:
bring this back up as I'm also 6'4" and planning on a 2-post.
I'm needing a lift as my back is going bad and I certainly don't want to give up my garage activities nor do I want to hunch over when working under the lift.

Then bend pak sure seems to be the way to go.... if you are under 69" tall.
so, how are the AAMCO and Challenger lifts working out?
the E10, as indicated in an earlier post, goes to 74.75".
http://www.challengerlifts.com/E10_spec.shtml
is this a good company and lift product?
I've been digging but have yet to find the concrete ratings and thicknesses needed for these.

Mohawk is out of my price range and requires 4K psi w/ 4.5". Bendpak is 3K psi w/ 4" (perhaps due to the top cross bar?).

also, what about working around this height issue? couldn't one lift a vehicle 6-12" then slide in some 6-8" floor blocks under the tires, lower the vehicle, swap out to extensions, and lift back to over 76"?
PITA but perhaps a workaround for those vertically gifted folks....

 

[Farmall450]

What will you be lifting if its trucks ive seen hi rise pads to get the frame higher in the air.

I'm in the same boat as the OP...as school we're always working on cars and minivans, which results in a lot of bent necks. The instructor alway asks how everything is going, I say fine besides the lack of headroom. An extra 6 inches would be great....I'll look in to the bendpack for my future shop, though I'm a two post fan...

 

[J.A.Varela]

Mount this to the floor and the lift to this.

 

[Lil Toe]

If you are thinking about a Greg Smith, take a day off work for a road trip to one of their stores, it's worth it in my opinion. I went up to Indy to pick up my four post.

That being said, I was strongly considering their 10k lift but ended up with the Bendpak XPR-10-168 (bought it from Summit Racing and used their 365 day no interest credit card). I'm 6'3" and the only vehicle of mine I can't get high enough to easily walk under is my Jeep and that's due to its suspension and where I have to grab it on the frame (can't get to the control arm mounts due to the size of the tires/long arms).

I did buy frame mounts and an extra set of spacers from Greg Smith to give me more options. This isn't quite all the way up:

 

[Lil Toe]

Ok, so I had a vibration on the DD I had to check out last night so I put it up all the way and took some measurements. Not counting the tires and drooping suspension, the car had at least 6'3" of clearance all around, there were plenty of places to pop your head up into as well if you needed the extra room, not sure you could get any more spacer pegs to fit to get it any higher:

 

[JoeyG1973]

I am resurrecting the dead here.

I am 6'2" and mostly work on FJ-40 LandCruisers. My garage height at my house is around 14' 6". I am very interested in the bendpak 4 post extra height, but I want to be able to do body off restoration, but I cannot figure out how to do this without going to a 2 post which will limit how high I can get the vehicle.

Can anybody figure out how best to lift a body off a frame with a 4 post?

 

[Disney]

A two post with normal lift adapters will get you plenty high enough.

 

[pcmeiners]

http://www.aclifts.com/parking/M1-65.asp?p=CALL FOR QUOTE

 

[Trey T]

I don't know much about lift but Ed China from Wheeler Dealer tv show is 6'7"; he uses RAV lifts.

http://www.autoworkshopequipment.co.uk/?page=167
http://www.ravamerica.com/lift/default.html

 

[schmelpboy]

Im 6'4 and I feel ya. It depends upon what you'll be working on. If you want to stand up right, a slit trench underneath would give you the extra depth to height ratio you'd need to stand up straight, but depending on the width of the trench may limit what you can reach.

 

[y5e06]

I've yet buy my lift, the new house & garage is still 3 months out from completion.
That said, I've been considering the Rotary SPOA10 ShockWave.
I really don't want to spend the extra money nor do I really want the 110V function of this lift. However, it seems the shockwave version has 3" of extra lift vs the 220V non shockwave.
It seems the 110V drive adds 3" of lift.
the overall ceiling height needs to be 12'6" though, however that works as my space is right around 12'8" where the lift could go.
Similar to others, I'm 6'4"

 

[bczygan]

Perhaps just getting rid of a few inches of concrete under the lift area where you will be working would be easier?

That would only work if there was a way to roll the vehicle in at the surrounding original floor level. A set of strong lightweight filler panels for the tires to roll on would do it.

You could work it the other way too.

Mount the lift on some base extenders and then run the vehicle up on some ramps. Floor stays level everywhere.

OTOH, a lift designed to lift higher would be nice.

Bill

 

[Speed Farm]

favorite part of this pic is the modification of the desk on wheels!!!! genius~!

 

[swharris]

Adding to this very old but important thread. I found this from BendPak stating that it is a truly redesigned high lift unit. You must have 13' ceilings though.
BendPak XPR-10AXLS Extra-Tall
https://www.bendpak.com/car-lifts/two-post-lifts/xpr-10axls/

 

[Diesel Dan]

Adding to this very old but important thread. I found this from BendPak stating that it is a truly redesigned high lift unit. You must have 13' ceilings though.
BendPak XPR-10AXLS Extra-Tall

Dangit! Missed by price is right rules, have 17.5' ceiling.

That does sound appealing, having more actual lift travel.

 

[stm317]

Adding to this very old but important thread. I found this from BendPak stating that it is a truly redesigned high lift unit. You must have 13' ceilings though.
BendPak XPR-10AXLS Extra-Tall
https://www.bendpak.com/car-lifts/two-post-lifts/xpr-10axls/

The Challenger CLFP9 has a rise over 78 inches, and fits under 10 ft ceilings if necessary: http://www.challengerlifts.com/products/clfp9/

It's only a 9000lb lift vs the 10,000lb BP, but for tall guys with ceilings lower than 13ft, it seems like a decent option.

 

[crazylunker]

I have a Mohawk 1A-10 and at 6'2" I sometimes have to bring it down from the top lock to reach what I'm working on.

I also have a 10000lb rotary and it doesn't go near as high as the mohawk as well as it wiggles around where the Mohawk is rock solid

 

[HoosierBuddy]

I can't help with the question other than to point out you'll also need a high ceiling.

However, this post did remind me of the VERY FIRST private garage I saw with a lift in it. This was about 1995 in rural Indiana, when I was invited into a former Boston Celtic's garage and I said "Is that some kind of car elevator?".

Maybe you cats in the cities had car lifts in the mid-90's...but I had never seen one until that day. At 6-9", I bet Larry bumped his head a couple of times too.

PHil

 

[Jwang203]

Look up the atlas extra wide/extra tall.

 

[Pate]

I have the Challenger extra tall and I'm 6'6" and can walk underneath with no fear of smashing my skull and making myself even dumber.