New garage with lift! - Page 7

**jeepsterjc** · 06-25-2009, 10:15 PM

Panel wired in and hoist let down onto the epoxied floor!!

Hoist tomorrow..... yeah!

**Deacon** · 06-26-2009, 02:02 AM

So much good stuff...and now I'm left wanting more! Finish it!

UTChavok · 06-26-2009, 10:25 AM

Hope the hoist is going in well!

Stan99 · 06-26-2009, 11:59 AM

Is it wrong of me to hate you

Great job, now get that lift done!

**jeepsterjc** · 06-26-2009, 07:34 PM

OK- here we go... Finally. The steel paletting unbolted and the unpacking took a bit. The goodies were all in good shape- micro switches, controls, hoses and cables all looked fine. A buddy appeared exactly when I was trying to attach a come-along onto a pole to stand it up. We just worked together and stood them up. No way I could have done it by myself.

Here are 3 pics of 1.5 hours work this afternoon. Volunteer work tonight, hoist install tomorrow. Traveling for 5 days...

DC4W-93XJ · 06-26-2009, 08:49 PM

hey thats my lift!!

yours is shiny-er though.. lol lookin good.. what'd you put on the floor??

energy0uth · 06-26-2009, 09:03 PM

great lift. friend has one and it's awesome

jsc7002 · 06-26-2009, 11:12 PM

very nice work that garage is looking really nice

**jeepsterjc** · 06-27-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DC4W-93XJ

hey thats my lift!!

yours is shiny-er though.. lol lookin good.. what'd you put on the floor??

It's that Rustoleum 2 part epoxy for commercial/industrial use. I think the labels are all mixed up though because it is water based and the residential use product is 2 part water based. They did market an oil based 2 part but I couldn't find it in white. I already scratched it when I dropped one of the floor lift arms and it skidded across the floor a couple of feet. Oh well.

Do you really have this same lift? I've got miles of wiring and 4 micro-switches that the instructions are a little shy of in instructions. Didi you install yours?

I'll try to get as much done on it today as the next week is toast. ttyl, Jim

**jeepsterjc** · 06-27-2009, 10:02 PM

OK- here we go! 10 slab bolts later with the drilling all done and the hoist posts are permanently installed. The measurements took a while to get perfect and the legs were a bit heavy to shim drag around by myself. The hardest part was installing the post extensions- heavy.

My slab was 9 to 11 inches thick under the hoist legs and I hit rebar at a depth of 3 3/4 inches drilling into the slab on two adjacent cement bolts. The anchors were tight to pound in and sinched up just fine.

DC4W-93XJ · 06-27-2009, 10:18 PM

is right!! lookin good!!

prd_cdn · 06-28-2009, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by DC4W-93XJ

is right!! lookin good!!

OH YEAHS !!! Wicked Wicked Cool !!! Awesome !!

**Deacon** · 06-28-2009, 03:18 PM

So forgive the ignorance, here, but how is that supposed to work? I mean, it seems like the vehicle would just teeter back and forth on the two arms. How is it balanced?

**paulmatyn** · 06-28-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Firekite

So forgive the ignorance, here, but how is that supposed to work? I mean, it seems like the vehicle would just teeter back and forth on the two arms. How is it balanced?

there are a total of four arms, two arms per side. they are if used correctly, just like any tool, very safe.

**Deacon** · 06-28-2009, 04:28 PM

I knew it obviously had to be something I was missing