Ben,
I bought a Bendpak HD9-XW (extra wide/tall) about 5 years ago from
asedeals.com. It's a very well made lift, solid and heavy. Mine's the 220V
version, and it requires air to operate the safety lock releases. You can
get a 110V version if you ask, but I've heard it runs more slowly. I use it
to store whatever car I'm not driving at the time- either my MR2 or my
Integra, with the other parked underneath. I had mine drop shipped to a
local hydraulic shop, and they delivered/installed it. In hindsight- I
could've done it myself, as long as I had help to raise things into place
(did I mention that it's HEAVY?).
There were a couple of options that I went with at the urging of other
owners- and they've definitely been worth the added cost. One was aluminum
ramps. It comes with steel- but they hang down in normal use and get in the
way of parking underneath. They're also very heavy and a pain to remove. I
also bought the RJ45 rolling jack. It's not cheap, but it's very handy for
doing suspension work.
Let me know if you have any questions.
-Larry
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Ben Zwissler <bjzwissler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm looking to acquire a new project car for the winter, but if I do it'll
> displace one of my LBCs from the "shop" and I'll be out of space to get my
> daily driver in the "non-shop" garage. It seems a four post lift would be
> a good solution to double up. The shop is not suitable for the lift due to
> low ceilings, but the "non-shop" garage has 10 foot ceilings and is
> otherwise a pretty typical home garage with a single, double wide overhead
> door and little extra length. Even with the typical garage stuff stored at
> the end, I've got 220" of length and 114" of width for parking. I've got a
> roll up standard overhead door and I'd have to do something with it to get
> it to hug the ceiling.
>
> The "top" car would be the TR4A or TR8 and the "bottom" car would be my
> short cab, standard bed, 2WD Ford Ranger. I've been looking at the Bendpak
> HD7P and I'm interested in any suggestions, alternatives, lessons learned,
> etc. before I go further.
>
> Thanks, Ben....
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