Anyone have a hydraulic lift in their garage?

Just curious if anyone has had a commercial lift installed in their garage? I have a 15 foot ceiling in my garage and love to work on cars. Any ideas/thoughts are appreciated.

 

if you get a post lift you'll have to cut out your concrete floor and put in a footer under the posts for the posts to bolt to . They cant be bolted into just the floor as they will pull out and collapse when you have a car on them .... something to think about ??

 

no but i wish i did

 

Not entirely true. It depends on your concrete. I'm not sure what the "standard" pour is, but my garage floor didn't need anything--as determined by the company that sold and installed it for me. I had my home blueprints so they could verify that way as well. Ask the lift manufacturer what concrete specs are needed. I've been using it for over 10 years, and I plan on taking it with me when/if I move!

One thing I do think people forget when they start down this path is the electrical. Most commercial-level lifts require 240v. Only 110v lift I know of is the MaxJax. But it's not a full-height lift and it's grossly over-priced. I paid around half of that for mine installed.

 

Be sure to spend the money on a decent name brand lift. New or used. Some scary ones out there.

 

I wish!

 

On the short list..

 

No lift, but I love my storm shelter/oil change pit.