Man cave

[Jetfixr757]

Folks, i know i've been real quiet since i moved to Florida, but that's about to change, any body on the board here have a lift in your garage or man cave? I am hopefully about to get set up and will need to get a lift i was wondering who had what as i have been looking and the choices and they are affordable. Just looking for thoughts on this.
Thanks in advance.
Jet

 

[BlackDevilSupra]

Buddy of mine got the MaxJax to work on the Supra along with his other vehicles in his garage, http://maxjaxusa.com/
It's ideal for garages with low ceilings, and if you're just tired of laying on your back. No standing room under the elevated car though, but just enough for a rolling seat.

 

[suprarx7nut]

I've been looking at Bend Pak and plan on one (or similar) in my next house. Crawling on the ground is getting old and it looks like $4k buys a pretty decent 4 post lift.

http://www.bendpak.com/car-lifts/four-post-lifts/

Those Max Jax make me a little uneasy for use with a real heavy, off-balance car like a truck or SUV. The 4 posts are inherently a lot more stable and only another couple thousand, not to mention you could use them as parking storage without having to align frame rails and jack points.

 

[3p141592654]

I've got a maxjax. Bought it from Costco for ~$2k.

http://www.costco.com/Dannmar-MaxJax™-2-post-Portable-Auto-Lift.product.11589445.html

[edit] looks like the deal they were running has expired. Price is a little higher now.

 

[Jetfixr757]

I liked the Max Jax was wondering if anybody had one how you liked it then i saw the MSC-6K single post lift very portable and a few more $ good for a low ceiling garage.
http://www.naautoequipment.com/MSC-6K_mobile-single-column-lift.html

Now that car on the lift is a heavy old Rolls....
Jet

 

[suprarx7nut]

I liked the Max Jax was wondering if anybody had one how you liked it then i saw the MSC-6K single post lift very portable and a few more $ good for a low ceiling garage.
http://www.naautoequipment.com/MSC-6K_mobile-single-column-lift.html

Now that car on the lift is a heavy old Rolls....
Jet

Whoa. Never seen anything like that before. How does the lifting actually happen? It's got a motor... but it's a pallet jack. Does the motor just assist the lifting power of the manual hydraulic pallet jack style handle? If so, I wonder how long that takes to lift. A regular pallet jack is maybe an inch per pump. At that rate that would be a pretty good workout getting a car 72" in the air.

 

[3p141592654]

The MSC-6K is just too big for the space I have. The maxjax gets out of the way when I don't need it which is great.

 

[Silver MK3]

I never knew that these types of lifts were so affordable. I always thought they were a super luxury item for only the very wealthy guy who likes to work on his own cars. Good to know for the future for sure.

 

[akito]

A buddy of mine has the maxjax from costco and he loves it. It's pretty compact too.

 

[Supra mn]

Whoa. Never seen anything like that before. How does the lifting actually happen? It's got a motor... but it's a pallet jack. Does the motor just assist the lifting power of the manual hydraulic pallet jack style handle? If so, I wonder how long that takes to lift. A regular pallet jack is maybe an inch per pump. At that rate that would be a pretty good workout getting a car 72" in the air.

The lift is mobile, so the motor on the side does all the hydraulic lifting of the car; the pallet jack handle on the side would raise the whole lift assembly so you could move it wherever it's needed.