Last year, Costco had a great price on a max jack 2 post mid rise lift. I bought one. But the garage at my home had a beat up, cracked and uplifted garage floor and parking area.

So this past month, I've been working with a crew to demo the old concrete, pull out 10 yards of dirt and pour a new slab. There are 3 grade beams so I can put the lift in different places to lift my fleet of 5 vehicles. Yes, I am driving the bobcat. I am an original redneck Asian.

It looks like I will be spending near 20K to install a 2k lift. What I will do to keep the cars on the road. But looking forward to the first lift. Am I crazy?

 

You'll love it. I got my MaxJax from Costco, too. I'll never go back to jack stands.

 

No, you're living the dream!

 

Not crazy and its best to do the job correctly. Do not believe it would cost near that here with the people I work with..

 

Top work brother

 

Nope...Car Guy. Love it. I had my contractor move a few load bearing beams around in my sF garage to ensure I could park 3 cars. Wasn't as pricey as your project, but it wasn't cheap at all.

 

Lifting my garage roof and installing a better electric service etc. cost me $16k so not too bad and your floor will look great! Do epoxy, stay away from plastic tiles...

 

Congrates dude, its right and safe. 20K wont replace your beating heart. Not to put fear in anyone.


I've, considered a similar option for next summer. Drop the floor slightly, increase ceiling distance will give me a 4 car garage but, I need to do it right once.

 

The maxjax is the best mechanical device for the garage I have ever bought.
Using epoxy for the bolt anchors is definitely the best way.
Also I highly suggest to have two people install the maxjax.
With one person it can be very dangerous as you have to pull out the inside of the post that slides up and down. It is very heavy and when it slides back in it can smash or cut off anything that is in its way. I was lucky that I just smashed the nail on my finger as I did the install by myself.

 

Did you have the post standing up or laying parallel to the floor?

 

I had to orient the post at a slight angle to get the hydraulic cylinder out.
That was not the issue. Putting it back in was.
When I put the cylinder back in it slid very fast due to the weight and it being lubricated. I could not get my finger out in time and fortunately just cracked my nail. It could have been much worse.

 

Ah. It's much easier if you lay it parallel to the floor for assembly.

 

I've already spent more than that restoring my barn. I have an in-ground lift and a 15' ceiling but the lift is still in pieces and needs to be installed and I do not have a concrete floor yet

So, in my mind you are in no way crazy.

 

I spent over 20k putting stone on my garage and all told spent 35k on resto= its all how you want to spend your money. Its not cheap if you do things correctly.

 

That's what I was going to say. I have no problem pulling the hydraulic rams out by myself with the posting laying down. Had to do it twice after install because of a pesky hydraulic leak from on of the fittings. I installed my MaxJax myself a couple months ago. Best thing I've ever done to my garage. All I needed to do was rent a good hammer drill and buy a good brand new bit to drill clean holes.