For those of you with home garages (LOW CEILINGS) and work on your own cars

[330i ZHP]

For those of you with home garages (LOW CEILINGS) and work on your own cars, which lift would you further consider?

http://www.maxjaxusa.com/images.html

http://www.naautoequipment.com/mid-rise-scissor-lifts.html

http://www.bendpak.com/P-6.pdf

[bimmerteck]

a Bend Pak set flush with the floor.

[blocke]

That is so sweet. Only thing that bums me about about the house I bought. 2 car garage, and low ceilings. Wish it was 3 and taller.

[Cletonius]

a Bend Pak set flush with the floor.

Sweet! Yours? What kind of concrete work is required?

[nrubenstein]

I'd just get a DK13HLQ.

[bimmerteck]

Sweet! Yours? What kind of concrete work is required?

Not mine, but it's an acquaintance's from another board. One of the best lift setups I have seen for a low ceiling work space.


Here's his Garage Build Thread.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25148

Currently advising on a friend's garage build here in town and Bend Pak has been extremely helpful in getting the specifics to the guys doing the pour on the pad.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I thought this was a good idea, the folks in Japan work with tight spaces well.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/05/do-luck-a-behind-the-scenes-look/

[330i ZHP]

I have thought about modifying the rafters/roof supports - how hard is it to re-channel the garage door?

[TobyB]

I keep thinking of moving to the country.

And buying a place with a nice, big barn.

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[Farbin Kaiber]

^ That's what I did, I've got an ~2800sqft. shop in town with a 300sqft office for 1/3 what I was paying for a 500sqft. studio apartment in Los Angeles County. I also live on just under 15 acres next to a river, with 10 neighbors on a mile long dead end country road. It's not for everyone, but it is wonderful.

[330i ZHP]

I lived on 50 acres in my teens and at times in my 20s - loved it

but

my wife is the real bread winner (dr) and she will likely never live outside the DC beltway = so I have to make do

[canadiankid]

ughhh I have infloor heating. No cutting into the concrete for me.

[330i ZHP]

that is why a post lift would work for you - find the lines and make certain to drill elsewhere

[canadiankid]

Can't put a post lift in as the garage is also a part loading dock for the family business. Skids being moved around alot. It has to be flush to the ground or movable. I have pretty much accepted that there will never be a lift there.

[330i ZHP]

One of the things I like about this low rise lift - it can be moved (supposedly fairly easily)

I only have a 1.5 car garage and I have recently moved everything not CAR related out - garden stuff to a new shed and anything else (non-flammable) to the very large laundry/storage area