polexican23
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I wont have insulation, drywall or maybe even an overhead door on my garage before winter hits, but I damn sure will have my midrise scissor lift in place and ready to go!!
You should get a lift.
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Z2V
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4-post lift was my wife's idea ....it was that, or move.
Double-wide lift allows me to store the toy above, and still park both daily drivers in the garage.
Oh, and bridge-jack is a must for a 4-post if you are doing any work on the car.
WOW,,,,, you filled that garage with lift didn't you. You've got a great wife too!!
I'm way over due for a lift, wonder if I'll be trading the getting up off the ground for hitting my head because I didn't duck?
rburke65
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930dreamer.....well then do your homework and make sure you get a lift that you can stand upright under.
pringa8
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I'm in the building stage right now if my garage. Looking at the Mohawk site they're talking about 12'8" width from post to post which seems excessive! I see you set yours more narrow, what width is that?Completely agree. I'm 26 and not married and when I was looking to buy a house one of the requirements was a garage with the ability to put in a lift or space to build my own garage. I purchased my house in September last year did some work to the structure to accommodate a lift and by December I had a 2 post in there.
Im not a mechanic by trade, just enjoy working on my car so I didn't have any experience working under a lift before and I had the same realization as the OP. I know it sounds obvious hence why shops have lifts but man what a game changer. At the end of the day a lift is a tool. Some people will argue its excessive but if they had the means Im sure they would have a lift too.
gone are the days of crawling under my car to realize that I forgot to grab my ratchet or some **** like that and have to crawl back out. I just throw the tools I need on my shop cart and walk under there. Not only that the ability to change the height as youre working makes for easier access to nuts and bolts. Thats something I am still learning as in the past it was jack the car up get it on jack stands and get to work. Now I get the car in the air start working catch myself when Im working in an awkward spot and raise or lower the car accordingly. It has made things so much easier.
It's also allowed me to do certain projects that wouldn't even be possible on jack stands. For example here is a picture of me relocating a pump to my trunk and bending up 5/16 brake line for my hydraulic line. No way I would have been able to pull that off on the ground. With a braided line maybe but not with a hard line.
And to those that say lifts are expensive, I beg to differ. Lifts arent expensive...its the accommodations to said structure and concrete that can be expensive.
Anyway, everyone should get a lift! No excuses!
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Heel2toe
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^Yes, great eyes 
My lift is a Rotary SPOA7 and I do indeed have it installed in the narrow bay configuration. The narrow config probably isnt ideal for larger vehicles but I didnt have much of an option given my space as I didnt want the left post against the concrete from a ergonomics and safety perspective and the right side has a lolly column I had to work around. But Im mostly working on that car you see in the picture but it's been fine lifting sedans as well as wranglers and Jeep GC's.
But to answer your question the space between the posts are 7' 3-3/8" and each column pad is 18" which gives you an overall width of 10' 3-3/8".
I looked at some Mohawks and one thing I noticed is how large the post pads are so I see that adding a good amount of width. Hope this gives you some good reference points however!
My lift is a Rotary SPOA7 and I do indeed have it installed in the narrow bay configuration. The narrow config probably isnt ideal for larger vehicles but I didnt have much of an option given my space as I didnt want the left post against the concrete from a ergonomics and safety perspective and the right side has a lolly column I had to work around. But Im mostly working on that car you see in the picture but it's been fine lifting sedans as well as wranglers and Jeep GC's.
But to answer your question the space between the posts are 7' 3-3/8" and each column pad is 18" which gives you an overall width of 10' 3-3/8".
I looked at some Mohawks and one thing I noticed is how large the post pads are so I see that adding a good amount of width. Hope this gives you some good reference points however!
jfitz
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Bought a Bendpack HD9XW June 2015. Lifts everything I own including my 2008 MegaCab. Let out a loud*&^^$^%^ one day in the garage, my wife came out to see what was wrong, I said I'm ordering a lift tomorrow! She didn't disagree as all the work I have done to our vehicles over the years has paid for a lift. Also ordered the RJ45 rolling jack, a must with a 4 post. I have basically a 26 x 26 garage with a 12ft ceiling, so now in the winter months the lift acts as storage space and makes my two car into a 3 car garage. Yes the lifts are expensive, but cheaper than building another garage!
If you have a circular saw, sledge, shovel, and wheel barrow, this is no excuse. I had thin, cracked concrete as well. I bit the bullet and made some new footings for a lift. It was a very dirty, exhausting job, but was entirely worth it.
sal_flip
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Tell me more about those speakers mounted up on the rafters!
You can use a baseplate style lift with 11' ceiling.
ratdoggy
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I wish I had the vertical to get a real lift..As I have a midrise and man that beats crawling around on the floor..When I do have to crawl under it it sure beats a jack and jackstands ..I would have done a midrise years ago