Lift Installation

[Short Track]

I see all lifts require a fork lift at the unloading destination.
How do you guys handle this ?

Do you rent one for the delivery day ?
or have an installation company do the entire unloading & installation?

 

[Kaizen]

I see all lifts require a fork lift at the unloading destination.
How do you guys handle this ?

Do you rent one for the delivery day ?
or have an installation company do the entire unloading & installation?

if its being installed they usually transport it. I bought from a place i could go pick it up with my f150. yup it was heavy and overloaded but worked. too much stress trying to get a machine to your house for that day. Pay for transport of the forklift both ways etc etc. adds a good deal to the price of the lift.

 

[firebirdparts]

You can pick it up at a terminal, use a rollback, try to pick it up with your engine hoist, which is probably not an option with a regular 18 wheeler.

 

[Chevy-SS]

I paid the guys I bought it from to install it. The delivery/installation cost was $500. For that kind of money, it was a no-brainer decision. Yes, I could have done it myself, as could virtually any of us here, but when you factor in all the issues from handling and transporting the heavy parts, to the assembly, setup and final adjustments, well, it just made MUCH more sense to pay the experienced guys to do the install.

 

[LX-Markham]

Yep, also paid to have the lift installed. Installer picked up the lift at the terminal, delivered and installed. Solved all sorts of logistical problems.

Installer had a boom truck.

Installer was short-handed that day and gave me a discount on the install if I helped out. Can I!!!!! LOL, I would have helped out for free!

 

[vavet]

Mine was ordered directly from the manufacturer in China. The fright forwarding company I used in the US handled the driveway delivery including a lift gate truck. No forklift required. The driver pushed it right into my garage with a pallet jack.

 

[doubleot]

Yep, also paid to have the lift installed. Installer picked up the lift at the terminal, delivered and installed. Solved all sorts of logistical problems.

Installer had a boom truck.

Installer was short-handed that day and gave me a discount on the install if I helped out. Can I!!!!! LOL, I would have helped out for free!

Install pics?

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[Bad00SS]

I shipped it to my work. used our forklift and put it on my car trailer. cut it all open and carried one post at a time into my garage with a few guys.

 

[Falcon67]

I picked it up with my car hauler trailer and unloaded it with my engine crane and some moving dollies.

 

[ManOnTheCouch]

I picked mine up at a freight terminal. They used their forklift to put it on my flatbed trailer. Once home, I unpacked it on the trailer and moved each piece individually. For my two post lift, it took me and my teenage son to move each post using floor jacks and moving dollies.

 

[mmb617]

I shipped it to my work. used our forklift and put it on my car trailer.

I picked it up with my car hauler trailer and unloaded it with my engine crane and some moving dollies.

For my two post lift, it took me and my teenage son to move each post using floor jacks and moving dollies.

Proof again that great minds think alike.

I had mine shipped to work so they could use their forklift to unload it then load it onto my car hauler trailer. Got it home and used my son, my engine hoist and some dollies I made to move the parts around. I also used my winch to stand the posts up. The install was actually easier than I thought it would be.

 

[rburke65]

I bought a used Mohawk. Lifted it with the front end loader of the tractor.

 

[glentre]

My two lifts were picked up at the freight terminal by a roll back tow company. They just backed into the garage, tilted the flat bed and slid the lifts off onto 4x4's on the floor where I uncrated and installed them myself.

Glen

 

[grinch365]

I did the roll back tow truck as well. Cost me $150 delivered to my shop/garage. He dumped it inside, then I used my engine hoist to move the heavier pieces.

 

[Jazzman442]

I went with a Dealer that was 200 miles away. I bought a 4 post and they delivered it, Installed and put in the oil Showed me how it worked all for $500.00. Best way to do this.

 

[polizei1]

Freight to a trailer, unloaded by hand (using a carpet dolly) and a few people. I would pay $500 all day everyday. It's not fun...

 

[lakeroadster]

I worked at a manufacturing facility when I bought my 2 lifts, had it delivered there, then put it on my trailer and drove it home. Once home I took the crate apart while still on the trailer and lifted the parts off with my engine hoist.

Where you live, are there any manufacturing shops near by? Or do you know anybody that works at a place that routinely loads / unloads raw materials from semi trucks?

If so, see if you can have it delivered there.

I enjoyed assembling and erecting the lifts. It takes the mystery out of how they work and how to maintain them.

 

[black00lightning]

I bought a Bendpak 4 post from a local dealer and had them install it for $600. Well worth the extra costs.
I was initially was going to buy from Amazon so I could get the 5% in points and free shipping. I asked the local dealer if he would offer the 5% off. He came back with 8% off that offset half the installation costs. Net cost to install $300.

 

[Daedalus]

I installed my lift, then later uninstalled it, moved it to my 2nd home and installed it a 2nd time, all with just a cherry picker and a rolling dolly. This is a 2 post with 12' posts.

 

[wcp0611]

My experience was similar to Daedalus.

Got a free lift out of one of the barns on my neighbor's, dad's new property. He wanted the building for storage and the lift was positioned in the center of a small room and blocked any type of racking from going up.

We removed the top rail and arms and disconnected the one hydro line that ran from side to side and capped it with a rubber glove ziptied tightly on. Leaned the posts over one at a time and walked them down to the ground, then lifted the bottom, heavier end up with an engine hoist to roll a 2x12 with caster screwed on under it. Manually picked the lighter top side by hand and rolled it on the trailer. Given the weight, it as pretty effortless. Got them out at my shop and installed them in the reverse order. No bloodshed at all.

 

[Lwlandy]

I got my 4 Post delivered to local Freight depot and then just rented a flat bed truck for a couple of hours to get it to my house. Then used my HF engine hoist to unload one piece at a time. Not a big hassle but helped having another person with me.

If you go this route, just check on the packed size. I was lucky in that the truck I rented was literally 1" longer than the Lift and the way they pack them they are mounted on frames right at either end.

 

[mercury26]

I went with an installer on my most recent lift purchase and install. They have not installed it yet, but in the coming weeks. I installed my MaxJax twice and that was easy to move and install. I am going with a Challenger LE10 which is a bigger beast that requires a forklift to move. With the hassle of unloading, getting some extra bodies over to help, etc, paying a few hundred dollars feels like a no-brainer. Plus, they are handling getting my air compressor from the freight company to my garage. With all that being said, I do enjoy the process of installation.

 

[r0bd]

I paid the guys I bought it from to install it. The delivery/installation cost was $500. For that kind of money, it was a no-brainer decision. Yes, I could have done it myself, as could virtually any of us here, but when you factor in all the issues from handling and transporting the heavy parts, to the assembly, setup and final adjustments, well, it just made MUCH more sense to pay the experienced guys to do the install.

This level of wisdom is something you only learn over time!