ok, so my boss wants to put in a lift at work in our spare bay as an employee incentive type deal as a reward for performance. We're an engineering company and with everyone there not being incredibly familiar with their cars and how to use a lift, what type should we look at?

2-post
4-post
drive up/4 arm

what's the best way to go? easiest for everyone to use/safe.

 

I like the 2 post, the best. You have more room to work than the 4 post.
MY

 

2 Post low profile ---They are available with enough capacity to lift Full Size P/Us if needed

 

do you think this type would be difficult for people to realize correct lift points?

 

here is my two post . It's nice for lowered cars and mid sized trucks. very easy to find jack points. Cost us 8k installed.

 

Each Post has two arms that swing to most any angle in 180 Degrees and extend to the length you need, so the positions the arms can be set is infinate. A little common sense helps

 

I have priced one made by Alamo Lifts that has the capacity to lift (because I need it) a Ford F350 Power Stroke Diesel PU and low Profile that is in the 2200.00 range with me installing it (which I would prefer) <<<< I dont trust others to do hardly anything, including Electrical.

 

you cant always count on common sense... hrm, 8k?! not sure he'd go that high, was looking at some on ebay that sell for around 1500 w/ 10000lb capacity. We are used to setting heavy equipment, so i'm sure we could do the anchoring and wire it up no problem.

 

opps,sorry, just looked at the reciept, it was 4500, 5800 installed , the rest was the huge air tank and warehouse compressor.

 

Please make sure you now what your doing when installing it with the correct depths the bolts and what not need to be in the concrete.One of the auto shops down the street from my shop installed one themselves and on lifting a truck the right side tower pulled the bolts out of the concrete......and you can only quess what happened.

 

I have a 2 post in my bay at work. Pretty easy to work, only problem I've found is it's a little hard to get the arms in the correct lifting points with the really short wheelbase cars.

I really hate the driveup lifts we have at work. If you get a vehicle that's too wide, you risk damaging the wheels when driving over the posts.

 

I really like the two post. But I ended up buying a four post with the ramps. That came with wheels you can apply to move around the shop very easy. Came with drip tray and jack tray also. But I'm starting to find myself in situation where I'd like to have the car lifted with all four wheel off the ground. Which is an accessory you can purchase separately. You can easily pull a full size truck up on to it.

 

Look at the rotary (brand name) 2 post lifts. If you dont need to lift more than 7500 lbs you can get a great lift installed for about 3500 not including the 220 electrical if you need to have that installed. If you need more than 7500 lbs, they also have offerings. THe rotary lift is a little more than a comparable lift from other brands but as the saying goes, if it is worth doing......it is worth doing right.

 

READ MY POST #7 ON THIS THREAD!

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....highlight=lift

-JASON

 

Good you pointed that out ---My 3000 sq ft slab is poured with 3000 PSI concrete and reinforced with 7" thick where the lift is going. I designed the slab and Speced it so it will be cool.

 

NO NEED FOR BOLTS on the one i posted about....

-j

 

4 post lift with casters you can move around!?

PRO PARK 7: $1600 bucks + $495 Pro jack if u care for that attachment...

Well instead of trying to fit one in your garage and work in there, you can get this one... you can store it in the garage and park under it and when you want to use it, only one person needed to move it out to the drive way just outside the garage to lift and work....

im gonna buy this one, check it out:
http://www.supraforums.com/forum/sho...installed+lift

Video:
http://www.affordableautomotiveequip...yclelifts.html

 

^^ that's only 499? looks good if that's the price. The only thing i like is that you said you can move it to the outside to work since you have to be super short to work on it like that in the garage. You have to bend your back a lot.

 

it cost about $1600-ish, $499 is the cost of the hydraulic attachment to lift the tires up off the tracks of the 1600 dollar 4 post. just search their site.

-j

 

think that projack thing would work on the Z.... that just seems like the most "fool proof" lift.. I do like 2 post to get under and do stuff though..