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Old 08-08-2020, 11:35 PM
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Those are nice... I am researching lifts now..

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This lift is technically a single Post OFFSET lift. Run this past any seismic engineer and you will get the same answer the floor reinforcement needed to reduce the risk of the lift falling over will outweigh the value. Meaning it is very likely going to be cheaper, safer, and more convenient to just add on to your storage area and ground store the car.

4 Post lift with locks is always the safest option for seismic.

Here is an image from the seller's website. Absent significant structural floor reinforcement what happens? Answer? You could have three totaled cars when it falls over.
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Seismic simulations:


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Looks unsafe. No way.
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looks like there are several configurations. Some with wall or ceiling stabilizers. It does look like a neat way to conveniently store/display cars.
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Does anyone personally know of somebody who had one of these lifts collapse?

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I have never known anyone who had one collapse. A collapse is to fall down suddenly as in a structural failure. These lifts were originally developed for wrecking yards and designed to be portable. Like you I seriously thought about buying one 6 years ago now but performed due diligence and compared the lift to similar equipment specifications that we were installing at the plant we were then constructing. Offset lifts like this required an underground cage with a special concrete mix. Very expensive to build.

After speaking to Engineering I was thinking to do it I would need a minimum 6 inch thick floor with re bar reinforcement and Footing Keyways at anchor locations. Meaning I would have to tear out my perfectly fine 4 inch mesh reinforced floor and re-pour it.

The problem with the Offset design is not side to side motion but front to back stresses. Front to back motion is what has to be prevented as once it gets rocking at a certain point basic physics will take over.

I concluded it could be mounted safely to where I could sleep at night, But the cost to do so would likely exceed the cost of about any other lift on the market.

I ended up going with a 4 post with good locks. Even with that If I am putting a car up on the lift for storage I will strap it front and rear to protect in the event of a typical Ohio style earthquake that we have from time to time.

Here is a guy doing modifications to his floor for a two post.

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You are just a wealth on knowledge

Thanks so much for the info.

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