Home car lifts

General Discussion
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Hi All

I’m looking to buy a lift for the garage and looking for

some general info on finding a GOOD one.

Any help wood be appreaciated



Thanks

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go to home page and search “home car lifts” and you will get…http://www.cartalk.com/content/googleresults.html?cx=partner-pub-7133054861616181%3Ahi3ycasbap0&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=home+car+lift&sa=Search&siteurl=www.cartalk.com%2Findex.html

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Better check your real estate zoning…

4

I saw a Suburban pull a post for an electric lift right out of the concrete, investigation blamed the concrete mix, it was a new install.

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I bought a 4 post, 8000lb lift in February. Besides being able to easily work on my cars and pickup truck, I store my pickup ontop of where I park my car. If you have the head room in your garage, I would suggest you get one capable of lifting the extra height (usually about 82"). Also, if you buy a 4 post lift with casters (which almost all of them have), you won’t need any special permits and there aren’t any zoning requirements because it is then considered portable.

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“Any help wood be appreaciated”

I recommend that you get lifts made of steel.
Wood is not strong enough.

;-))

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You can also buy a portable air bag type lift that can be moved when not needed, or when collapsed can be parked over. Wouldn’t require installation but you would need an air compressor. http://www.herkules.us/index_vl.php

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How much money are you planning on spending ?? Are you buying the lift for only working on cars or for storage as well ?

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Zoning??? Really??? I can understand if you plan on doing other peoples repair work…but never heard of a problem with installing one for you home use…and I’ve been on couple of towns zoning boards.

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I’m looking at storage only inside the garage $ 3,000/4,000

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Thanks What brand and are you happy?

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There’s this guy in Pelham NH that has a bunch of classic cars. I’ve driven by his place a few times taking my son to baseball games. Many times he’d have cars parked outside…different ones…His garage was huge…

Well one day I drove by and the garage door was open…and able to see inside…He had at least 8 lifts…classic cars on top of each lift…with another classic car parked underneath. I was (and still am) EXTREMELY JEALOUS.

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Are you sure you have enough clearance up top?