Good news everyone! Reply #15 – July 11, 2013, 09:02:53 PM Meh. Beats lying down under a car lifted by a Chinese jack and supported by Chinese jack stands. At least standing up I can run out from under it if it looks like falling :hick: I wouldn't put anything heavier than the 300 on it, either. It's rated at 7000 pounds, but those are probably Chinese pounds, which are much like internet horsepower. One thing I did do was throw all the concrete anchors that came with it away and bought some good ones Quote Selected
Good news everyone! Reply #16 – July 11, 2013, 09:20:29 PM Lol that's funny ..... I'm sure it's fine with some good anchors Quote Selected
Good news everyone! Reply #17 – July 11, 2013, 10:01:24 PM Here's the lift I bought:http://www.princessauto.com/pal/2-Post/2-Post-Vehicle-Lift/8316283.p Quote Selected
Good news everyone! Reply #19 – July 14, 2013, 01:36:20 AM good math there ,, 35psi lifting a car,,, never thought of it that way.but, thats 4 points, not two Quote Selected
Good news everyone! Reply #20 – July 14, 2013, 07:09:46 AM True, but also think of this: The old air powered one post hoists with the buried pneumatic cylinder would lift a car with shop air pressure (typically about 125 PSI). Of course there's much more to it than that - the diameter of the pistons in the hydraulic rams play a huge part - but still, it's not hard to lift a car. I'd imagine the hard part, probably what limits the weight rating of these things, is keeping the whole thing from toppling over when lifted. The feet aren't very big, so there'd be a lot of stress on those anchor bolts (which is why I replaced them with good ones) Quote Selected
Good news everyone! Reply #21 – July 16, 2013, 11:06:28 PM i would still brace it,, those things scare the living shiznit out of mein my work,, the considerations of such a piece of equipment come to mind are rebar constructiontype of concrete the floor is made of ie- the recipie of the concreteI saw your pics of construction, i think you had 1/2'' rebar?not sure on what centers you tied them but i do have to admit,, you are a very lucky man!I would never trust my floor to something like that,, i would have to saw cut and redo the pad for bay #1 in my garage with 4000psi concrete and #12 rebar on 12'' centers in a grid pattern.my garage is 3'' now LOL Quote Selected
Good news everyone! Reply #22 – July 17, 2013, 06:25:51 PM I know the guy that did the floor. When I was going over the plans with him I told him a hoist was going there, so he made the concrete 6" thick (instead of 4") and added extra rebar in that area. I trust the floor more than I trust the Chinese hoist... Quote Selected
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