10' is likely a minimum for parking the pick up underneath. You'd need the
add the heights of the two vehicles, the ramp thickness (4"-6" typically)
then add ~ 6" to raise the lift up to a locking position and allow for
lifting it a couple of inches off the locks to then lower it.
>From browsing the forums at Garage Journal (www.garagejournal.com) BendPak
owners love their lifts. They have a great customer service reputation.
I bought a four post lift from Direct Lift. I wanted a lift that'd fit my
small cars (MGA/Alfa Romeo Spider) and also fit my F250 Super Duty. The
Direct Lift Pro Park 9 has ramps that are wider than other models. Thus they
are close enough together to fit the MG & wide enough to fir the truck. The
Bend Pak has a model that allows one ramp to be moved (made wider/narrower)
but that required unbolting/bolting and made the use of a jacking bridge
problematic. Our garage has 11'8" ceilings. I spec'd high lift tracks and a
jack shaft door opener. The door opener is mounted on either the left or
right side of the header above the door opening - nothing in the way above
the parking space.
As you compare prices be sure to include shipping. I contacted a local
distributor for Direct Lift. They were great to work with. They had the unit
I wanted but at another location. They told me they'd waive the usual
shipping fee if I was willing to wait until they had a truck coming from the
other location (a matter of a couple of weeks). I then had a friend with a
roll-back truck pick it up for me. Note that delivery to a residential
address can add a lot to the delivery fees. Then you have to have a way to
get it off the truck (like a fork lift).
Feel free to ask for more info or photos.
Eric Russell
Mebane, NC
http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Zwissler" <bjzwissler at gmail.com>
To: "Shop Talk" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:52 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Recommendation on Four Post Lifts
> 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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