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Bill Radford 12-20-2012 12:20:48 199.90.157.10 Report to Moderator	My shop is almost finished. Can anyone recommend a particular brand of 4 post lift? I have heard a lot of different recommendations and wonder if I could get some experience-based advice. Thanks! [Reply]   [No Email]
marloweg 12-20-2012 17:25:20 184.157.219.229 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Bill Radford, 12-20-2012 12:20:48   4 post suck . two post are way better and you can do more with a two post. 4 post you can not change tires or brake with out a big hassle and the da- beams are always in the way unless you have a real hard head. i have a 2 post and park a car under it all the time goes higher the a 4 post [Reply]  [No Email]
ASEguy 12-20-2012 15:32:24 68.186.162.134 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Bill Radford, 12-20-2012 12:20:48   We have an open front Hunter with two three cylinder swing arms. Two cylinder swing arms struggled to lift a 3/4 ton diesel. Open front is nice for alignments. I would buy it again. Only drawback is the air safety release. [Reply]  [No Email]
john in nebraska 12-20-2012 14:58:01 67.142.167.21 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Bill Radford, 12-20-2012 12:20:48   You can get by with a thinner floor with a 4-post. Four or five inches thick, whereas a 2-post requires something like eight or ten inches, due to the cantilever effect. Tires and brakes are a pain on a four post, transmission shops love em, very stable. [Reply]  [No Email]
bill mart 12-20-2012 20:29:28 69.204.65.189 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to john in nebraska, 12-20-2012 14:58:01   heres a link to rotary lifts specs.,8 or 10 inches is over kill. Bill concrete thickness [Reply]  [No Email]
glennster 12-20-2012 14:06:44 75.57.134.154 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Bill Radford, 12-20-2012 12:20:48   atlas are pretty decent too. here is a link poke here [Reply]  [No Email]
JD Seller 12-20-2012 13:08:10 208.126.196.144 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Bill Radford, 12-20-2012 12:20:48   You would never go wrong with Rotary brand. They are good. [Reply]  [No Email]
Mike M 12-20-2012 12:43:01 24.140.0.120 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Bill Radford, 12-20-2012 12:20:48   I was just wondering ? Are you sure you want a 4 post and not a 2 post ? Some are better at certain jobs then others.I would think for brake jobs the 4 post would not be near as nice as you still have to jack it up and then work around the lift ramps.2 posts seem more popular. I don't have much first hand knowledge about them though. I wish I'd of made my building high enough in one spot to put one in. [Reply]  [No Email]
Bill Radford 12-20-2012 12:56:31 199.90.157.10 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Mike M, 12-20-2012 12:43:01   Pretty much committed to 4 post because I need to store a car on it and park another beneath it as well as do mechanical work. Planning on a rolling jack to lift front or rear end of cars. Probably will want 9000lbs capacity lift because of wanting to ocasionally lift my F250 for oil changes, etc [Reply]  [No Email]
Iowa Barber 12-20-2012 16:03:39 208.126.1.78 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Bill Radford, 12-20-2012 12:56:31   Bill, I have two Mohawk 2 post lifts that I use in a commercial auto & truck repair shop. They are now about 15-20 years old. One cylinder leaked at 3 years and was replaced at no charge by company, I think they are 12,000 lifts, and are h.d. compared to other lifts on the market. They are made in Canada and cylinders are guaranteed for life. You can have one car on lift and park one under it, Brian Email open [Reply]  [No Email]
Bill Radford 12-21-2012 06:42:52 199.90.157.10 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Iowa Barber, 12-20-2012 16:03:39   Thanks for all the advice.. Now I've got to talk with my equipment dealer (here in Eastern NC) and see what we can get and what the cost is. He says he can beat on-line and has very reasonable installation charge for equipment he sells..Gave me the specs and location for wiring. Still looking at 4 post with sliding jack for tire and brakes. All I expect to do w/lift is storage, tire changes, brake work and fluid changes. Got 4 inch slab, so 2 post would be hard to do unless we added thickness in area of posts. Looking hard at Bend-Pak HD9 [Reply]  [No Email]
RobertMn 12-28-2012 15:19:57 67.142.177.20 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Bill Radford, 12-21-2012 06:42:52   Hello.. we have a Bend Pak 14000 # on the farm for 4 yrs. We love it. You can put wide frt TRACTORS on this set up too. The sliding air over/hyd. jack to raise some thing is some thing up is one thing that makes life easy! Also got the steel plate for the rear.....I use a couple of hyd. jacks for that . Good luck! Bobmn [Reply]  [No Email]
Lazy WP 12-21-2012 10:58:06 184.63.77.143 Report to Moderator	Re: 4 Post lift in reply to Bill Radford, 12-21-2012 06:42:52   I have a 2 post. Just use it on the ranch. My floor is 4 inches thick, and I lift Dodge 1 tons all the time with it. Never had any problems. I think we paid just over $400 for it, used, and I installed it, twice. Boss wanted it 1 place, and I the other. It is now where I wanted it. The only thing I don't like about it, is for exhaust work, the 4 post keeps the suspension in its "normal" place, where the 2 post allows them to fall. Right now I have a #22 Case loader hanging from mine. [Reply]  [No Email]