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RE: 2 post lift for both storage and repair?

To: Erik Quackenbush <erik@midwestfilter.com>,
Subject: RE: 2 post lift for both storage and repair?
From: "Spector, Larry" <Larry_Spector@NAI.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:32:53 -0600
So do you use a standard floor jack on your makeshift bridge? Do you jack up
the car before lifting it? I can't picture exactly how this would work. One
of the costs I was trying to avoid by going with a 2 post lift was the
$1500+ rolling jack I thought I'd need with a 4 post.

-Larry

> I've got an 11 foot ceiling and a 4 post Bend-Pak lift. I can 
> drive my TR6 
> onto the ramps, lift it up, and park my station wagon 
> underneath with room 
> to spare. I get oil drips on the station wagon when I forget 
> to put the 
> drip trays between the ramps.
> 
> I use a piece of steel channel as a plank between the two 
> ramps when I need 
> to raise a wheel for suspension or brake work.
> 
> -Erik

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