Boy I need one of those bad.  I'm pretty sure my ceilings are high enough though.  I like what you did with your garage door tracks and motor in Ovilla.  That would be what I'd have to do if I were to get a lift.

Last edited by mustangermike (1/13/2018 7:48 PM)

Just curious what brand of lift allows you to move it with a car on it?

The wall height above the doors is 10’- 4”. The ceiling is vaulted to about 14’-6” in the center.

The lift is an Atlas 8,000 -ext that has casters that can go under it to move it. You drive the car on it without the casters installed, then raise the car about a foot. Then install the casters and lower the car all the way down. It holds the runways about 2” off the floor, supported by the casters.  Then it can be rolled around.
My old lift had the same caster system, but I never planned to move it and gave the casters to Ernest since he got a lift that did not come with casters.

This is the house three car garage. I decided to see if I can make it work before I drop a bunch of cash on a new garage separate from the house.

I do not plan to be doing such extensive projects, so hopefully I can make do with what I have.

The 4 - post are gold !!!  We have mine double stacked as we speak.

DC wrote:

Now that I have had them, I couldn't do without!

Which...the lifts or the kids.  LOL

BB

 

Bullet Bob wrote:

DC wrote:

Now that I have had them, I couldn't do without!

Which...the lifts or the kids.  LOL

BB

 

Both or all three, I am working with the Grandkids now!

Those double wide, four post lifts are neat, but one lesson every new lift owner learns real quick about double stacking cars is that you have to move the lower car out of the way in order to use the lift to work on the upper car. And if you want to drive the car parked on top, you have to move the lower vehicle waaay out of the way so can get the car out. This turns out, in reality, to be a real PITA.

WITH A DOUBLE WIDE, you have to move both lower cars way out of the way in order to lower it and get one upper car off the lift.  If you have the typical residential driveway, this means you put two cars out on the street until you get back from the car show in the car you want to put back on top.
The logistics of it all can make your head spin.  Plus your wife is not going to want to navigate and park her ride under the lift. It is a real tight fit.

So, double stack parking is great if you have a dedicated place for it and enough alternate parking spots to put the displaced lower cars.  I had considered the double wide setup, but two singles side by side would make alot more sense to me.  That is unless you are Jay Leno with hundreds of cars to store long term.

My two post is extra tall extra wide so I can pull my 102 inch wide trailer through it. It also doesn't require folding mirrors on the truck. With the Mustang on the lift I can get it high enough to drive the truck through pulling the race car into storage. My four post is in an 8 foot ceiling place so I can only get the hood of a car under it with a Mustang on the lift. That is enough to get two cars in that bay though.

I am redoing my roof at the house and will be hand framing a 6/12 roof on the garage. this will let me lift my Stand up to 6-8 so I can walk under the lift. Cant wait for late summer. 
Which lift would you all recumbent. Benpak or the atlas, I need adjustable colum stops too.
 

Last edited by Cab4word67 (5/27/2020 1:16 PM)

I bought a Direct Lift 4-post and have had it for a few years and love it. A few friends have also purchased Direct Lifts and all have had good luck with them. They are made by the same company that makes Rotary and, as far as I can tell, other than the color and price tag, it appears to be identical to Rotary. I am not sure if they offer adjustable stops, though. Worth a look.

Last edited by Chaplin (5/28/2020 8:38 AM)

I have had several visitors in my garage that, after hanging out in the shop for a while, ask where my Mustang is.  I just point up in the air.  They are surprised they never even saw the lift.