Opener for heavy door

[4xq]

I'm updating a beat up garage door (door panels are fine, it's everything else). Original size was 16' x 12' and I'm resizing to 16' x 10'. Took of Torsion springs and shaft and horizontal track. Replacing them, panels are 90 lbs a section/450 lb door.

The springs are being made for the door. So when I have the 2' open section framed it with the new track and springs installed I'll need an opener.

Can a 3/4hp opener from Menards handle this door? The springs are doing all the work aren't they? Or...a door opener with a single piece 11' long (Odyssey 1000) also 3/4hp...

Performax (Menards) $170 vs Odyssey 1000 (Overhead door) $350?

I'd like to save some money if I can, but also want it safe.

Recommendations please. Thanks

 

[Hot Rod Grampa]

Yes the springs should be doing all the work. Not all openers can adapt to that length. Opener selection also depends on intended cycles per hour. A jiffy lube shop in Canada would require a different cycle profile than a farm barn in Tennessee. Be aware that openers can vary in quality and bigger doors will exert more resistance for the initial lift. Plastic gears should be avoided on a 450lb door. So price alone should not be the only consideration.

 

[finn]

No, at least not in my opinion.

I talked to my door company owner about what to use for a 12’ wide by 10’ high commercial grade insulated door at my shop.

I have had a variety of consumer grade openers over the years, from Genie and Chamberlain for normal residential doors. They include belt and chain drive and a side hung Chaimberlain on a 10x (9?)’ door. I also have a commercial grade opener on a 14’tall x 10’ wide door at my shop.

He recommended what he called a light commercial grade opener for anything other than a normal light duty residential door.

Commercial grade openers are expensive and designed to open doors dozens of times per day. Residential openers are at the other end of the spectrum, maybe opening a flimsy residential door twice per day. They are all designed to a price point. Menards and the other box stores are pretty much limited to the mass market residential versions. The higher power residential openers seem to be built with the same, or similar light duty components.

The light industrial openers he recommended are somewhere in between on cost and duty cycle.

I don’t remember the model, but it was a Chaimberlain, and I found it on their web page a couple of years ago. Probably cost double my Chaimberlain 8500, but half of the full boat high duty cycle commercial units.

 

[kj_mustang]

Check the opener manufacturer's specs for the unit. It should list the max ratings.