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Lifts in Dallas - MaxJack
All,
I am looking to get a lift... as working under the car on stands...sucks :LOL: Since many of you have been at my house have seen I have a well organized 20 lbs in a 10 lb garage I am looking at the portable lift so I can move it to the side of the garage when not in use. http://www.maxjaxusa.com/ I have a few questions for the group
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No experience with this lift, but just a comment that you might want to think about. It looks like the max lift height is about 4 feet. Getting your car 4 feet off of the ground isn't going to be very helpful while working under the car, unless you're a very short person. I think you would be better off just getting or building a set of ramps that get it high enough to slide underneath and work while laying on your back. I've seen plans for a set of wooden ramps posted online that I have considered building.
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Ditto on what Joe said, plus the only thing keeping the car from coming down on top of you is those concrete anchors.
Richard |
yea but sitting is a lot better than on your back...
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Take a look at these ramps. Yes still on you back but no where near the cost of the lift.
www.raceramps.com model: RR-XT-2 |
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If you have any room outside next to the garage you could pour 4 small pads of concrete and put a 4 post lift outside. I have seen many a 4 post lift outside in a permanent mounting. Put the power on a breaker that you can shut off inside so the kids cant mess with it. Thats what I would take a look at. Might have to ok that with the neighbors and more importantly the wife. |
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Here's the post about the homemade ramps that I remember seeing.. Really nice looking ramps and a great looking Cobra also!
http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/all-cobra-talk/61273-poor-mans-qwik-lift-250-00-look.html But in a pinch I guess you could go with something like this. :LOL: http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...8549safety.jpg But okay, enough about ramps. Back on topic now. Hopefully someone knows about that MaxJack that Chris is asking about.. Joe - - |
Chris, You need to check out this guy, he is in Arlington, TX. A personal friend and a great guy. Jim Woodard bought a lift from him many years ago and it has never missed a beat. http://www.derekweaver.com/update/index.aspx He always has a lift on display at Good Guys which is coming up at TMS Oct 2-4. High recommended, db
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wow... it seems like I was just at goodguys... Don, I will take a look at the lift. I need something that I can put up and take down, maybe these are not that hard to setup as they have to bolt to the floor anyway, the strip on the floor is the electrical between the two.
That or I need to build a new house with a bigger garage :eek: |
I bought a lift from a company out of Fort Worth. It is four post free standing lift from a company called Direct Lift. I really like it.
Whoops...just saw the Derek Weaver reference in the previous post. That is who I bought the lift from. They deliver and installed and it works great. If it helps any, this is what the lift looks like in a garage. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3...l2008003-1.jpg Jerry |
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I have a single post lift that works pretty well for working on the car.
Here is a picture of the lift on the ground and then off of the ground. The name of the company is American Garage Works. The guys name is Doug 817-219-1455 |
Texas,
I have a Maxjax and I love it. My concrete is about 4 1/2 " and had no problems with the drop in anchors holding at 100LBS of torque. It is rated for 6K, but have had only about 5K on the lift so far. I have heard some with old brittle concrete dug it up and re-poured 12" footing. I have 10'8" ceiling in my garage and have been able to lift all my cars to the full 48". Here are some pics, sorry don't have the SPF yet, but when I do, it will look really nice in the air? If you look on the columns you will see small magnetic levels. Before I got under them I wanted to make sure there was no movement between the columns. I set the level with a larger level dead center and not once have the bubble moved out center on the small levels. I also left the car up for hours before I got under it. Not one problem, been very happy with it. It can also be taken apart and stored if you would need to, I have not done that, no need to so far. Craig http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/IMG_3060.jpg http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/IMG_3061.jpg |
Portable Lifts
To me lifts are kind of like what Cobra should I buy? Personally, because of ceiling clearance I have owned and used the Kwik Lift. The outfit is out of Oklahoma and offers many accessories. A floor jack is utilized to raise it. I believe it offers some 37" of clearance when one is on their back. Anyhow, Goodguys is coming up Oct 2-5 and is a great place to view and talk with the various lift vendors. I purchased my first Kwik Lift at Goodguys on a show special and it did not include sales tax. Input only no selling. Colin
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Chris, I have one of the Derek Weaver jobs, and it is just sitting there, not bolted. It does walk around a few inches over time and it has to be re-positioned using it's dolly wheels.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...78_Medium_.jpg but they are inexpensive ... about $2K installed. Sam |
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I have a question, how do you rotate tires, do brake jobs etc.. on this 4 post lift? Is it just for storage purposes? I like the storage aspect, but went with the maxjax because it is portable and made for low ceilings. I have a 25' deep garage and placed the lift deeper into my garage so when I do have a car on the lift I can pull another car in underneath it up to the windshield/roof-line and get 2 cars in the same garage. I had some of the same concerns that some others have voiced. Relying on the drop in bolts, so I had a engineer friend look at the Anchor Bolt Stress Analysis on Maxjax website and he said it is well engineered, as long as the concrete is in good shape and the bolts can be torqued to 100LBS, it will hold. He also said you wouldn't put any 2 post lift on poor concrete, right? I have never taken apart my Maxjax, but other owners say it takes 15 mins to disassemble. Craig |
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I have the exact same lift Sam has. I also purchased an internal hydraulic jack and internal jack stand tray. It lifts the whole car off the rails. If you're trying for speed records to perform maintenance, it's a small inconvenience. But as a hobbyist, it does just fine. I work on my cars a lot, so some days the lift travels up & down maybe 10 times. For piece of mind I fastened the lift to the floor with four grade 8 expansion shields (bolts) each post. That baby ain't movin'! http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...allation_5.jpg These clowns helped me install the lift two years ago. Beer was extra! |
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Craig,
The Jack Tray, Caster kit (steel wheels) and 3 Drip trays are included with the Lift. The hydraulic jack is listed at $495.00. They always have special pricing on these items at the Goodguys show in October. Like LovDaBlues, I got the sliding hydraulic jack so servicing the brakes and/or removing all wheels is very easy. Use the sliding hydraulic jack for one end and use the jack tray with a couple jack stands on the other end. Here's how I accommodated an 8' 6" height ceiling. I can stand under the car but I'm not very tall.;) http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...13CIMG0340.JPG :3DSMILE::3DSMILE::3DSMILE::3DSMILE: |
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I think the majority of us folk's in the DFW are have purchased our "Pro-Park 7" (now "8") from Derek Weaver in Fort Worth. http://www.derekweaver.com/update/index.aspx |
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