That's fortunate Jack!
My 2 post is tight on the "outside" edge of the 3rd bay in my 3 car garage. But because of my concern about the soundness of my floor and after consulting with the engineers of the manufacturer of my lift, I cut out 2x2 pads where the posts would go and poured another 15" deep of 5000 psi concrete and keyed the new pour about 6" under the lip of the original floor all around. So even though I'm close to the edge on one post, I've got it bolted to a 3'x3'x15" column keyed under the original floor.
As mentioned by others, it can be a squeeze around that side for tire work but it beats the hell out of the 20 years of kneeling and rolling around on the ground that came before.
And to the poster that was critical about people who have lifts but few tools, not everyone uses their lift for ********* maintenance. Especially when modern surface mount lifts are so affordable! Many people just want to be able to easily change from summer to winter tires or create more parking. Why not get 4 cars in a 3 car garage or 2 cars in a 1 car garage? And lets be honest, most automotive repair tasks can be handled with a fairly simple set of hand tools and even a pancake compressor isn't a necessity (unless you need one to release the safety on your lift!).
My 2 post is tight on the "outside" edge of the 3rd bay in my 3 car garage. But because of my concern about the soundness of my floor and after consulting with the engineers of the manufacturer of my lift, I cut out 2x2 pads where the posts would go and poured another 15" deep of 5000 psi concrete and keyed the new pour about 6" under the lip of the original floor all around. So even though I'm close to the edge on one post, I've got it bolted to a 3'x3'x15" column keyed under the original floor.
As mentioned by others, it can be a squeeze around that side for tire work but it beats the hell out of the 20 years of kneeling and rolling around on the ground that came before.
And to the poster that was critical about people who have lifts but few tools, not everyone uses their lift for ********* maintenance. Especially when modern surface mount lifts are so affordable! Many people just want to be able to easily change from summer to winter tires or create more parking. Why not get 4 cars in a 3 car garage or 2 cars in a 1 car garage? And lets be honest, most automotive repair tasks can be handled with a fairly simple set of hand tools and even a pancake compressor isn't a necessity (unless you need one to release the safety on your lift!).
