[wrogers55]

It took me a year to get up the guts to install my lift by myself in a new shop. All the pieces are really heavy and hard to deal with so it took a while to get going. I wanted it flat and not in the way when not in use and that has worked out well. Found all kinds of uses for it now that it is working, including putting wife's car at the right height to do some wheel work, just for fun. It's a Greg Smith Equipment 7000# platform lift (Chinese with American certifications for what that's worth). As I remember it was about $3,200 at the time I bought it a couple of years ago, plus a couple hundred dollars for longer hoses and connections to make it fit where I wanted. It was made to just sit on the floor with tiny ramps if "in-floor" was not your thing. Not a recommendation but I will say it is made well and extremely heavy, which surprised me a bit. I took a good number of pictures on the install so if anyone in interested I'm happy to send them along. By the way, I was able to pull the transmission out of my Backdraft between the lift platforms easily and so far have not found them to be of any restriction. But then I really haven't used it for much more than cleaning and maintenance on the Cobra. So, this is more of a FIY post and to maybe spur on those that might be hesitating..... like I was.