I owned an 8-bay auto repair shop for 15-years. It was originally a Goodyear
tire store built in 1965 and had eight in-ground hydraulic lifts. We used those
for a while and they were OK but eventually began to leak and rust underground.
We took them all out fearing (mostly) environmental contamination and replaced
them with above-ground post-type lifts. We ended up with six 2-post lifts, and
one 4-post. Four of the two-post lifst are a-symentric, two are symetric. We
worked on all types of cars and light to medium trucks. The mechanics all
DEFINITELY preferred the 2-post,
a-symetric over any of them, and most of them complained about having to use
the 4-post.
The brands we had were Rotary and Bend-Pack. No problems with either of them.
Not too much diference in cost as I remember. We bought a couple of them used,
and who knows what kind of use/abuse they had had before, but we had basically
no problems with them.
In the end, far more satisfactory than the in-ground hoists that the building
came with.
JGMagoo
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