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Jedi Hopeful
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Pops Garage Update

Its almost done with just the floor to do. 42 inch flat screen on the wall and the lift was installed yesterday. We can't wait to start working in it! The lift is a Challenger E10 series and looks nice as heck.

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OK, now you guys are REALLY startin' to tick me off! :madder:

VERY NICE!
 
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That's a mighty fine lookin' garage there, Mate!

I might recommend that you carefully keep your location a secret on this website. If we learn where you live, we will come over and never leave that garage!
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Very nice.
 
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Oh, man - even I have garage envy over that one!
 
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Only one word, WOW!
 
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Down here in Johannesburg,

That's a personal garage? Like double WOW.
 
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Just for grins, I just checked my local "want ad digest" there were all sorts of new and used lifts. Anything from $300 to $2000. Makes one think!
 
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John - I only paid $2,000 for my 4-post lift - new!! & its made in the USA!
 
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That lift will hold about anything you'd care to put on it. It'll raise a Rollie SS with no strain atall.

Had the Benz on it last weekend for an L.O.F. change. Ours is pro'lly 20 years old, been moved once, needed new cables a few years ago. The switch is finally getting "temperamental" so I s'pose they aren't COMPLETELY bullet-proof. It should last a lifetime in non-commercial use. VERY nice facility, BTW! :wink:
 
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I now have a severe case of garage-envy!!! :thumbsup: :cheers:
 
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I'm not worthy. The flat screen's just plain insulting.
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The lift is 10,000 lbs. so it will work on everything in the family fleet. We don't like to miss F1 and Moto GP and sometimes golf. Wait till you see the beer fridge Drew.

Ray are you going to British Motorcar Day in Rome this year?
 
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Got five of those greg smith lifts at my shop. same one. Works on all our stuff from golf cars to desiel vans.

Reccomend you put footings in the floor though as a 4" slab is not the best to rely on a two post lift.
 
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blkcorvair said:
Reccomend you put footings in the floor though as a 4" slab is not the best to rely on a two post lift.
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I decided on a lift...then built a garage around it. The entire floor is 6" and under the two columns are concrete pads that are 4'x4'x12"...that should do it.

Ray

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Very Smart Idea Ray. Although I highly doubt a midg will affect it when you put a large vehicle on the lift for the first time a see how offset the weight can be front to back, you begin to wonder :wink:
 
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My 4-post lift has wheels I can put on it to move it around in the shop.....then, I set it up wherever & my concrete is only 6" thick all over the garage.
 
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