where's your lift????

[tigmusky]

hi all'
I just got a 2 post 10,000 lbs lift . The book said 11' feet in front and 13' feet in back of clear space. 13' seems a little short for a 4 door long box truck?
how far is your lift off the door????

thanks Daye

 

[Steevo]

mine is still in someone else's shop, waiting for them to get desperate and sell it for $0.10 on the dollar . . .

 

[Daedalus]

hi all'
I just got a 2 post 10,000 lbs lift . The book said 11' feet in front and 13' feet in back of clear space. 13' seems a little short for a 4 door long box truck?
how far is your lift off the door????

thanks Daye

I believe you're referring to the minimum structural setbacks. Is this for an asymmetric lift? If you want more room, then by all means go more than 13', as long as you keep the 11' minimum in the front.

mine is still in someone else's shop, waiting for them to get desperate and sell it for $0.10 on the dollar . . .

I've found that you can also be the guy with a garage, who's friends with a guy who doesn't have a garage, but who bought a lift anyway.

 

[ScaldedDog]

mine is still in someone else's shop, waiting for them to get desperate and sell it for $0.10 on the dollar . . .

My junk may not be that nice, but I'd rather be the guy that owns it, rather than the guy that's got his eye on it.



To the OP: Mine's an in-ground lift, but it's 12' off the door, and I can lift my Excursion easily. Figure the CG of your vehicle is around the front seats, and start measuring. Remember that you might want to back onto the lift sometimes, too, if you have the room.

Mark

 

[kvom]

Mine is 14' from the door to clear my crew cab long bed truck. I also wanted to clear the door vertically when it's open and the cab is at max height.

 

[sberry]

Mine is 20 ft from the front of the building to the posts but 3 ft of benches are there. I wanted real working room in front for use with a cherry picker or to move A frame in if needed. In my case room in rear wasn't an issue.

 

[G-force]

Mines at about 25" from the door and 19" from the wall. Easily enough room to lift a car and fit another one in front of it and close the door. Maybe not enough for two excursions, but who the hell would want one let alone two excursions.

 

[ScaldedDog]

...but who the hell would want one let alone two excursions.

Ahhh, me? Well, one, anyway. They're great tow rigs and, in some ways, more useful than a truck. My pickup bed is a 16' flatbed trailer.

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread...

Mark

 

[chevelle64]

Mine is 10' 9" from the front wall and 14' from the door. It's an asymmetrical. I've got an extended cab, short box full size pickup. I've got about 5' in front of the truck and 1' 6" behind when it's on the hoist. I was in the process of moving into the garage when the pictures were taken, it's a little cluttered.

 

[mikeyr]

how about measuring your cars and placing the lift accordingly ?

yes you might have some friends cars that wont fit that way but that can be a good thing )

 

[OldCarGuy]

lsupcar asked me in a PM to post the following information in this thread...

Below is a photo of the layout recommended by Mohawk for their System 1 lift. They recommend placing the centerline of the columns 10’ 8” from any workbench, tool box, etc in front of the lift. That will give you about 36” of working space on full size cars.

Due to expansion cracks in my concrete floor I have 9' 8" in from the centerline of the column to a bench. Giving me 30" of working space,, kind of tight but doable. But I do have a 42" wide isle that gives me plenty of room at least in the center of the truck. A recently placed table off to the one side tightens the space to 24" though...

I have 13’ 10” from the garage door to the centerline of the columns. More than adequate amount of space (36") to work behind my Avalanche. The overall length of my Avalanche is 222“ and a wheelbase of 130”. Same as a Chevrolet Suburban. .

To keep the bay next to my lift as wide as possible, I placed the pump tank assembly column with only a foot of clearance to the wall. That leave but three inches from the pump release handle and the wall. It’s a little tight to get to the controls. And though I may not be able to pass between that column and the wall, I have no problem setting the lift arms and working on my truck.

The following two pictures show the relative clearance between the door and the column of my Mohawk and BendPak. Because of the column angle and the placement of the vehicle on the BendPak’s asymmetric. There is more room to get in and out of the door on the BendPak.

Mohawk System 1

BendPak XPR-10ACX is a true asymmetric..

 

[lsupcar]

Thanks OCG. Your help is appreciated. Even though the door access is tighter on the Mohawk, it appears to still be servicable, in that you could still enter the truck. Do you have the column door protectors?
Bill Z

 

[OldCarGuy]

Thanks OCG. Your help is appreciated. Even though the door access is tighter on the Mohawk, it appears to still be servicable, in that you could still enter the truck. Do you have the column door protectors?
Bill Z

The Mohawk lift has a small rubber bumper mounted on the corners of the carriage. That offers some door protection. Adding a self sticking foam pad may be a good idea. But I’m just careful with the doors and haven’t experienced any damage.

My BendPak has a piece of self sticking foam pad that strategically placed on the vertical angular portion of the carriage. That works rather well...

One trick that I have found to be helpful when I want to access under the dash and still be on the lift. I put the vehicle off center of the lift. That will allow the door to open far wider...

 

[Daedalus]

My BendPak has a piece of self sticking foam pad that strategically placed on the vertical angular portion of the carriage. That works rather well...

I did a similar thing. Used leftover split insulating tubes for hot water pipes that have self-stick adhesive on them.

 

[tigmusky]

thanks for all the good info guys!! I place the lift 13-6 off the door and 7'' off center of a 12' door opening this gives me 32'' off the wall and 12' in front .

duck hunting in the am install the lift in the pm

Daye

 

[nissan_crawler]

Mines at about 25" from the door and 19" from the wall. Easily enough room to lift a car and fit another one in front of it and close the door. Maybe not enough for two excursions, but who the hell would want one let alone two excursions.

must be some small clown cars.

 

[G-force]

must be some small clown cars.

Not small, but not obnoxiously big either. Nor is my toolbox

 

[russlaferrera]

hi all'
I just got a 2 post 10,000 lbs lift . The book said 11' feet in front and 13' feet in back of clear space. 13' seems a little short for a 4 door long box truck?
how far is your lift off the door????

thanks Daye

That 's OK if you have a 24 foot space. Your vehicle is longer than most.You will need more room to the rear. How long is your shop lift area? Measure from the center post of your lift, to the end of the front bumper of your vehicle, add space to work around and space for your workbench. How much space is left to the rear of your vehicle? Enough?

 

[saabman]

I am also planning where to put my lift.

My garage is 28 (deep) by 32 (wide). The interior space is "asymetric", left bay is full depth and houses by chassis dyno and right bay has 6x6 clean room in the rear corner. So I am left with 22 feet right in front of the clean room and 23.5 feet (oil furnance and work bench) along the center and left. I will be installing a Bendpak XPR-9F later this week. I am mulling 9 front 13 rear or 8 front and 14 rear. It is likely that the inside drive line of the lift will clear the clean room. So from these mins I get another 1.5 feet.

Garage door for the "lift bay" is 6 ft from the side wall of the garage and 8.5 ft wide. The XPR-9F has around an 8 ft inside dimension. So the dirve line of the lift will be narrower than the garage door. In practive cars a 7 ft wide or less. So this is what gives me hope that I will clear the clean room wall. I am willing to sacrifice entry to the clean room when I have a big car on the lift.

Cars are old small Saabs (FWD, heavy front weight bias), newer Saabs (FWD, still front biased but not so extreme), Mini Cooper (FWD, front bias), Toyota 4 Runner and Chevy K1500 ext cab (short box). I will measure the truck from what I think will be the center of mass to get my worst case back clearance. I am hoping 13 ft will do it.

Chris

 

[G-force]

Clean room in you garage? We're going to need some pics.

 

[saabman]

It was built for engine assembly, nothing fancy just a walled off corner. At one time there was heavy plastic strip barrier over the entrance. But in recent years I have used it to handle storage. All of my engine and ****** rebuilds happen in the main area. I decided there were not a lot of contaminants flying around since I was the only one working in the garage.

Surprisingly I had to go through the same type of thought process on where to mount the chassis dyno. In a small shop it is difficult to position it for RWD and FWD plus there is the issue of restraint angle and anchor placement.


Chris