4 Post lift

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.
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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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
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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
 
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
 
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.
 
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
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