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website www.liftking.ca
Tell them to contact me directly and I’ll offer a discount for py His name is Ross. |
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Yes, but he may have connections to get it shipped directly there or may know of a USA distributor.
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I am thinking of buying a 4 post lift. I have been told the "Backyard Buddy" is a very good lift. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks, Eric....and Happy , SAFE, New year to you all.
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I bought an Advantage lift 9000 lb 4 post about 3 years ago and I love it. Thanks for the reminder to safety inspect it.
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Whatever you do, don't shop price. It'll be your and perhaps your kid's azz under it. |
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Thanks Chief.....just want a good one.....fortunately I can afford a quality product...but don't want to get screwed!
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BendPak has a quality product, I just can't get myself past that name.
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Bend-Pak IS a well known and respected name in the lift business....my friend has 2 of them in his shop (professional service )....just looking for options...as the one I need is for my 67 GTO..and 71 Riviera...home garage use..storage and working on !!!
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Bend-Pak has a wide range of 4 post lifts. The most affordable versions are no better than many other mfg'ers lines. Have over a dozen friends with 4 posts even 2K proced Atlas's, just have pay attention to whatever brand you buy. I'd love to own a BackYard Buddy, they are definitely expensive. if I could find a smokin deal on a used one, Id drive 600-800 miles to pick one up.
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Most 4 post lifts I have seen use the rod end of the cylinder to do the work, (pulling) this is contrary to good hydraulic system design. It reduces the mechanical advantage because there is less area on the rod end for the fluid to push on making the hydraulic pressure higher to do the same work as opposed to using the blank end.
So now the pressure is greater and the seal is being used incorrectly by using the most inefficient side of the cylinder to do the heavy lifting. A double acting cylinder is meant to do the work with the blank end, the rod end is used to return the cylinder back to the retracted position. Almost every 4 post lift I have looked at has this backwards engineering placing the load on the wrong end of a double acting cylinder. It's also a safety issue as on the opposite end has no seal to fail causing the load to drop uncontrolled checked only by the safety latches, damn poor engineering. I repacked a leaking lift cylinder on a 4 post lift for a former friend that had a Midas Muffler franchise, and wondered WTF the engineer was thinking using the rod end of the cylinder to lift the load, if the cylinder was reversed even if the seal failed there isn't a lift failure/load drop..... A lower hydraulic pressure would do the same work if the cylinder was engineered properly with less stress on the whole hydraulic system.
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Brad Yost 1973 T/A (SOLD) 2005 GTO 1984 Grand Prix 100% Pontiacs in my driveway!!! What's in your driveway? If you don't take some of the RACETRACK home with you, Ya got cheated Last edited by Sirrotica; 12-28-2017 at 10:31 PM. |
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