Auto Lifts for Garage

[southernfriedcj]

I've got 3 Backyard Buddy lifts. Great product. I'm a cheap bastid, but if I'm gonna be under a car I don't want to be second guessing the safety factor of my lift. IMHO the BB is well worth the extra $$. I've heard horror stories about the cheap Chinney lifts.

Jim

[budnate]

I fully agree with you guys and dont want to get squished either!!...there all copied of the buddy or whoever before the buddy..there just steel welded together, with mechanical locks on all 4 legs, so it aint coming down once locked, and they all make the feet with the same offset to the inside to counter the outward force the legs are having from the weight, they all run the same pump...and all get tested by the goverment before they can sell them...

like I said before maybe its just me but that 12 inches or so of square pipe riding at the same level as the runways is supposed to keep the legs from going anywhere with the offset feet...now that dont look to good to me but is a easy fix to tie them together so they cant go outwards even if they wanted to, I think that would make any of these brands bulletproof...


I am concerned with the cable/pulley thing though and will double check that, one would think the cables can be tensioned so there is not crazy slack when the runways hit the floor??? or set the limit switch to stop the motor when it should???

anything else I am missing????

heading over to watch the backard vid and see what I may be missing when they compare to brand X.

[mockingbird812]

Rotary Lift- for a bit more you get 4 arms, 10K capacity, and with locking system can lock car in multiple "up" positions and park another below. You have "full" access to undercarriage vs. those you drive on. My rotary lift is my favorite tool in the shop.

[budnate]

I was rrrrrrrwrong ok I said it, there is a night and day differnace from the buddy and the others......

[Allen]

For those without high roofs to work with, has anyone used the lift at the link below?

http://www.kwiklift.com/

[Mr. Duece]

I bought this lift from Autolifters out of Hemmings about 3 years ago. Very reasonable shipped to my door and assembled by me in about 4 hours. All that for $2800 I am very pleased with it.

[TXZS]

Allen, I bought a Kwiklift about three years ago and love it. They are really tough and well-built! Tex Timberlake

[BradVV]

Thanks for all the good posts with info thus far. It's all giving me a good start on finding a lift that I'll be happy with. Keep it coming!