[dataway]

Excellent folks, thank you.

And the Rotary two post is what I've been looking at, not sure about asymmetric or not yet.

Redbird ... how high is the ceiling in your shop? I'm going to be 12'. But the door where the lift will be is 8' high, 10' wide ... so I'm going to have to close the garage door to put something all the way up on the lift. Kind of a shame, nice to work with the door open on a nice day. I might have the door replaced with a roll-up at some point ... but the building comes with standard type for now.

JS, thank you, downloaded that instruction sheet for reference.

I'll have another door 10x10 ... but can't put a lift there, it's an entry for tractors and such.

[mgarblik]

I measured my lift placement for you. The center of the post is 16 1/2 Ft. from the inside of the overhead door. That gives me about 1 foot to squeeze by the back of those big Ford and long wheelbase Sprinter vans I used to work on every day. They had 170" wheelbase. This also allowed me to lift crew cab, 8 foot bed dually pick up trucks with just enough room to get around the back with the door closed. My pole barn has 12' nominal ceiling height and a closed ceiling with R32 insulation above. My lift is asymmetrical. If your going to lift anything heavy like I had to, I suggest discarding the anchors the lift came with and get some longer ones that match the thickness of your floor. I had to dig out and replace a 20 square ft. area under one of my posts. I poured an 8" thick repair pad, used rebar, and keyed it under the existing floor that was only 4" thick. (minimum required for my lift". My new anchors are 7 1/2". Did this repair last April. No issues yet. I did the repair myself, it was allot of work. Took 43 bags of concrete.

[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by dataway

Excellent folks, thank you.

And the Rotary two post is what I've been looking at, not sure about asymmetric or not yet.

Redbird ... how high is the ceiling in your shop? I'm going to be 12'. But the door where the lift will be is 8' high, 10' wide ... so I'm going to have to close the garage door to put something all the way up on the lift. Kind of a shame, nice to work with the door open on a nice day. I might have the door replaced with a roll-up at some point ... but the building comes with standard type for now.

JS, thank you, downloaded that instruction sheet for reference.

I'll have another door 10x10 ... but can't put a lift there, it's an entry for tractors and such.

I would look into a side pull overhead door opener. That gives you allot more room in the center of the door area overhead where the pull track and attachments would contact the roof of a car or van. You would gain 16" to 2 feet of clearance. My door is 10' high, 16' wide. IMO, a symmetrical lift would be best if your going to lift mostly full frame, rear wheel drive cars and trucks only. Asymmetrical lifts, like the one I have is very versatile, and will lift about anything. Great for front wheel drive stuff. When lifting a long wheelbase truck or van, I use high stands in the rear for additional support, especially if pulling on stuff in the rear. Placing them near the rear bumper or trailer hitch helps allot.