Suggestion, why not use long 2x12's and get out of the car while you can
open the door. Then push it into position.
Bill
Wayne Farrington wrote:
>Well, as of 8 pm pst I have a mostly functional BendPak MX-10AC
>http://www.gesforless.com/product_info.isg?products_id=343 in my shop.
>
>The good:
>The lift fit perfectly in my space. 2" clearance on either side between the
>lift columns and the rafters. 2.5" between the end of the roll-up door track
>and the air reel. 1.5" between the top of the lift and the bottom of the
>florescent tubes.
>The lift arms fit perfectly to the lift points on the race car and the lift is
>solid as a rock at full height with the car on it, very well balanced. The
>whole lift/race car combo fits very well in the shop space - there is enough
>room to walk/work between the rear of the car and the closed roll-up door.
>There is a lot of room at the front, between the front of the car and the work
>bench against the wall. The car can be taken to full height with the roll-up
>open.
>
>Many years ago I worked in my Dad's service station which had an in the ground
>single center post hoist. What a nice difference these two post hoists are.
>Lots of room to work under the car. The entire center section of the car is
>open providing easy access to just about every component. No more wrenching my
>back out rolling around on the creeper with the car on jackstands. No more
>monkeying around with floor jacks and jack stands to get the car in the air
>~1ft. I suspect this is going to be one of those "why didn't I do this sooner"
>type deals. I think I may have a ceremonial burning of the creeper this
>weekend.
>
>The bad:
>When I picked the lift up at the terminal the forklift driver did not use the
>long forks, although there are no markings on the package that require it, the
>package is 12' long. He had the short forks with a 2x4 across the tips and
>when he took a second bite on the lift to "push" it farther onto the trailer,
>the block did not stay on the fork tips. Instead of the lift being pushed
>forward it resulted in a 1.5 foot gouge to one of the columns. I could have
>refused the package at this point but I had my father in-law on his way up (3
>hr. drive) to help me for two days, and I had taken some time off for the
>install as well. I needed to get this job done this week so I accepted the
>package. I can't really fault the forklift driver. The packaging of the lift
>is very, poor. After I got it un-packed I discovered several areas of shipping
>damage.
>
>The manufacturing quality of this unit was absolutely terribly. Misaligned
>brackets, bent plates, paint falling off with no evidence of any surface prep,
>hydraulic hoses that are way too long, massive runs in the paint job, razor
>sharp edges on some of the formings. I still have not got the safety chock
>mechanisim working properly. They provide a small bottle of touch up paint but
>I'm going to need a lot more of it. I realize that it is a piece of industrial
>equipment but I expected a lot better quality for a $2500 unit. I will be
>writing BendPak a letter with my concerns..... as soon as I calm down enough
>to write a rational letter.
>
>The instructions were very poor. I doubt seriously if they were written by
>someone who had actually assembled one of these things. Major details were
>left out that resulted in re-work to the tune of about 4 hours wasted.
>
>I knew going into this thing that I probably would not be able to pivot the
>arms under the race car, as the car has very low ground clearance. The
>published minimum lift pad height is 4", the actual minimum lift pad height is
>5.5". I think a 2x12 under each tire will give me enough room to position the
>arms. I guess I need to mark the spots on the floor and put 2x12's down before
>rolling the car into position. I can't drive the race car into position as it
>is very hard to get out of the car (rollcage, race seat etc.) without being
>able to fully open the door. So I just push it into position. Hopefully I can
>push it up onto the 2x12's without too much trouble.
>
>That's my story.
>
>Wayne
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