Going to a 4 post Advantage lift.

[Cranky]

It is amazing how much stuff you can accumulate in a fairly short amount of time. When I built the garage I had eight Mopars and enough parts to fill about half of the loft,as of this year, before doing the lifts,the loft was so full that you couldn't walk around up there,and it's 34x60. And the back of the garage looked like the before pictures, the front work area was just as bad and non functional, and I have 24 Mopars! It is still 100 pounds of **** in a 5 pound bag,but it is getting better and in the spring I have a half dozen project cars I am hoping to get ready to sell.

The most I've ever had at one time was 12 and that was 6 too many! Basically, only have 1 now (my 66 Belvedere) but have 3 old pickups too. Old as in 25 years on the average.

 

[PlymCrazy]

The most I've ever had at one time was 12 and that was 6 too many! Basically, only have 1 now (my 66 Belvedere) but have 3 old pickups too. Old as in 25 years on the average.

I have (8) vehicles in my fleet. Only two are Mopars (Plymouths). All are of American make, or of American dissent anyway lol. One of those (8) only gets plated during the winter season up here as my winter beater. And 1/2 the fleet are makes that are now defunct (2) Plymouths, a Pontiac and an Oldsmobile. Maybe I should get a Mercury to finish off the American makes that went defunct during my time? (that I can recall offhand anyway)

 

[chargervert]

I have (8) vehicles in my fleet. Only two are Mopars (Plymouths). All are of American make, or of American dissent anyway lol. One of those (8) only gets plated during the winter season up here as my winter beater. And 1/2 the fleet are makes that are now defunct (2) Plymouths, a Pontiac and an Oldsmobile. Maybe I should get a Mercury to finish off the American makes that went defunct during my time? (that I can recall offhand anyway)

I only have one non Mopar vehicle. A 69 AMX 390 4 speed car.

 

[PlymCrazy]

I only have one non Mopar vehicle. A 69 AMX 390 4 speed car.

Alright, I'll let it slide...just this once lol

 

[chargervert]

The most I've ever had at one time was 12 and that was 6 too many! Basically, only have 1 now (my 66 Belvedere) but have 3 old pickups too. Old as in 25 years on the average.

The only pre 1968 vehicle I have is a 66 Belvedere.

 

[1967coronet]

Snook here is our two lifts.
The bendpak 9000 4 post is just great. We have a slide air jack on it also. Little bit of maintenance each 6 mo.
Oil the cables and grease it.

our old Unic 4500 we still use it also , very mobile with a car on it.
You will be glad you got a drive on.

 

[PlymCrazy]

View attachment 1368433 our old Unic 4500 we still use it also , very mobile with a car on it.

Am I understanding correctly? You can move that older lift around with a vehicle on it?

 

[moparedtn]

66 Pffft ! Call me when you get old !!! And stop your whining.

Sheesh, I can remember when Canadians were our nice, polite neighbors to the north....

 

[moparedtn]

You guys are great, hope someday I'll know as much as you and be as old, but I doubt it.

You'll make it.
Nobody escapes....

 

[moparedtn]

When I first built my shop I had 2 of my nicest cars in 2 different storage buildings and the places were packed full of parts with a couple more cars sitting outside at my new place. Bought the house on an undeveloped 1/2 acre lot with no garage at all. Once the shop was dried in, I brought everything home and promptly filled up the shop. Doing that was a mistake since there were no work benches or shelving in the place yet. Did something similar years later when I rented another storage building for all the extra stuff I collected over the next 15-18 years. After deciding that I had way more 'stuff' than I wanted and selling off about 75% of the contents of the storage building, I brought the rest home and filled up the shop again. Got rid of a lot of that but now my enclosed trailer is getting full to the point where it would take a pretty good effort to clean it out to actually use it as a trailer!

How heavy you reckon that trailer is now?
I need to make sure to bring enough truck....

 

[oldbee]

I find it easier to pick up tools that I drop when I'm already laying on the floor underneath the car.

Bad shoulders, I’d rather bend over. Too many years on a creeper. Neither is good.

 

[oldbee]

I grimace when I remember how much a semi-truck driveshaft weighs, flat on your back.

 

[1967coronet]

Am I understanding correctly? You can move that older lift around with a vehicle on it?

Yes , you have to lower it to a safe height and make sure the floor is swept.
We have had it for years. It has been a real work horse.

 

[Cranky]

How heavy you reckon that trailer is now?
I need to make sure to bring enough truck....

It's rated at just under 10k so no commercial license is required but I'm sure it's close to the limit as it sits lol

Bad shoulders, I’d rather bend over. Too many years on a creeper. Neither is good.

Oh man....can't even say what its like to get on a creeper these days.....

I grimace when I remember how much a semi-truck driveshaft weighs, flat on your back.

Everything over 25 lbs is heavy now!!

 

[DeltaV]

View attachment 1368438
Sheesh, I can remember when Canadians were our nice, polite neighbors to the north....

Maybe he wasn't born and raised in Canada.

 

[bandit67]

I have two , two post lifts, one outside for my 'dirty"work and one inside for my clean restoration work. But looking to get my first 4 post soon. As Chargervert has shown us , having the ability to put two cars in the space of one seems very advantageous to me at this time. Just sold my 72 as parking space has become limited.

 

[PlymCrazy]

Yes , you have to lower it to a safe height and make sure the floor is swept.
We have had it for years. It has been a real work horse.

That’s amazing! Never seen anything like that for vehicles.