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kevin2306 · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 8:58 pm Post subject: Car lifts

Has / does any1 here use a 2 or 4 post car lift as storage for a car in their garage?
I'm struggling to store a lovely eunos I own, don't really want to sell so considering forking out for a lift so I can stack my 2 cars the the garage.

Kev

christine lowery · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:32 pm Post subject:

sounds like a great space saving idea as well as a great asset when you need that b it of high't to work on your car there a a few bits online when you google the idea go for it
Christine Smile

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22782 Location: UK

From memory, 47p2 has a setup like that - might be worth a search.

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Peter_L · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 11:59 pm Post subject:

There are a couple of things one should consider, the most important is headroom

One can either make accurate calculations, vector the lift corners, and provide a roof with sufficient headroom

or........ option 2

draw a chalk line around the hole and extend the roof as required.

kevin2306 · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:17 am Post subject:

ka · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 600 Location: Orkney.

Car lifts are an excellent idea to get to the underside, and increase storage.
The choice between two post and four post is a little more complex, I have worked under both.
The two-poster requires sound floors to locate the lift, and good depth of concrete to drill into to mount the locating bolts. A four poster is inherently more stable, and does not require the depth of fixings a two-poster needs.
There are also two types of mechanics to raise the arms, chain or hydraulic.
Hydraulics are obvious, but the chain type rotates a screw the length of the vertical arm, and moves a threaded boss up and down, and therefore the arm. Simpler and cheaper than hyberbolics.
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Better three than four.

clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

The screw ones are fine....unless they jam when fully raised. What a bother getting it back down.
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47p2 · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 2009 Location: Glasgow

No problems storing a car on the ramp with another below.

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Rootes75 · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 12:25 pm Post subject:

I have the same storage issues. My unit is very tall but narrow, the only thing stopping installing a lift is cost.
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ka · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 600 Location: Orkney.

Some years ago, we stayed in a Hotel in Aachan, North Germany, and the car park beneath the Hotel had it's capacity doubled by the use of cassette type parking places, where they moved up and down as a unit, with a car on the upper, and lower levels. The main problem we encountered was the lack of headroom, as we were on a motorcycle, and the clearance between the screen, and me as a rider was quite tight.
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Better three than four.