[Region Warrior]

Anyone have experience with this brand?
Price seems to good be true.
Getting to old crawling around floor jack and sliding in q.5' high 50lb jack stands.

[67Lemons]

Absolutely not! There are plenty of areas to save some pennies but a lift is not it. I sold Rotary lifts for years (up until Dec 2025) and some of the garbage I’ve seen out there from supposed reputable mfrs is scary enough never mind the fact that there is zero support for common wearable items like lift cables and guide blocks means that these types of lifts get thrown away when they need service and the service interval happens real quick with actual use.

A decent lower cost safe option is a set of QuickJacks, I own a pair and they aren’t bad for DIY. The regulating body and minim spec in professional lifting is ALI certified, most DIY products won’t meet those specs but if the manufacturer has other lifts that are ALI certified then you have reasonable chance of purchasing something safe for home use.

https://www.quickjack.com/

https://www.autolift.org/ali-directo...ied-car-lifts/

[sdbob]

I inquire about repair parts also. I want positive lock stops on good thick steel. Ive been looking. Just other expenses now. How much is your life worth to your family? Just a broken bone takes
time to heal. Dont take my comments as being smart, I don't want anyone to get hurt been there!

[Region Warrior]

Thanks. What thought.
Like buying anything. Research.
Qiuckjack should be range few months.

[242177P]

[sdbob]

Guy on my back country road is using one those I guess quick jack to lift his Ford 150 on a dirt gravel drive way. Seems scary to me.

[Joog]

We have an Advantage 4 post, good stuff.

[turbo69bird]

I always had rotary or bendpak lifts been really happy with them. Have heard horror story's about others and rotary / bendpak is all I'd buy unless I inspected it myself

[67Lemons]

I always found it funny when talking to a prospective shop owner about lifts and they’d tell me that my Rotary was “too expensive” in that case I’d look around and see their $20k tool box and say something like, so you spend more to support your screwdrivers than a 4,000lb vehicle and stand under it? Usually at that point they’d realize how ridiculous the conversation was and we’d order the lift. Also, I never once in over 15 years have a customer tell me that they spent too much money and wish they didn’t buy my Rotary.

[Cardo]

I've had a Challenger for 13 years. No problems at all. We have about 60 Challengers where I work. Outside of replacing cables about every 7-8 year, I've never seen one out of service for any reason. I wouldn't hesitate to buy one, just make sure it's not the Chineese version.

[RocktimusPryme]

I have a buddy, who has a single post lift in his home garage, which seemed sketch when he told me about it. But hes had it for 6-7 years now and its never had a problem as far as I know.

Id have to ask him the brand, I dont think its Temu levels of cheap, but it was a budget brand for sure. Ive been thinking about one of those lately because it would be friendly for my 8 ft cielings.

I do my little YT channel videos and I often skip filming any work under the car just because of how challenging it is to get any camera work done under a car on jackstands. I want a lift both for my back and ease of filming.

[mgarblik]

Rotary lifts are very expensive. That's a fact. But boy are they well made and really last a very long time. My school has 28 Rotary lifts. Asymmetrical, symmetrical, 10K and 12K models. They were installed in 1998. That's 28 years of daily use. Each one goes up and down about 10 times a day minimum. Many times operated by the very green, just out of high school age users. If there is anything they can possibly do wrong, they have and will do it. Not a single lift failure in all those years, with all those lifts. Not a single hydraulic leak, or repair part has ever been needed. They are inspected and certified once a year. Do you need a Rotary lift for DIY home use, probably not. But I would buy a 20 year old Rotary before a Temu new one. A couple more budget minded brands are Forward Lift, Direct Lift, and Revolution Lift. These three have the same parent company as Rotary, Dover MFG. They are Chinese but at least they are certified by the ALI and have excellent USA based service. I have 2 Forward lifts at home and they have been very good. Both required some service in the first year, but the service was excellent and everything was under warranty. Buy the best lift you can afford.

[67Lemons]

Rotary lifts are designed for high volume use in high production shops, think at least 30 times up and down per day for years but it’s definitely overkill for the home use. I would look at some of the Chinese lifts out there like Forward, Direct, Challenger and BendPack before buying a used lift.

Unfortunately most lifts aren’t maintained regularly and see some serious abuse, the most common issue is bent lift arms which leads to bent carriages which are high dollar repairs so proceed with caution on a used lift, also understand that most of the time when a shop is selling a lift it’s beat and near the end of its service life so it’s going to require an investment that may cost more than the lift is worth, of course there are those rare occasions where you find a great used lift but that’s getting as rare as real barn finds so do your research and have the lift inspected by a qualified installer (which will also add to the cost) The link I posted above will have contacts for installers in your area. If you contact one they may have a good used lift in stock so it never hurts to ask, they won’t sell junk typically since they understand the safety implications.

Next thing to check is a minimum of 4.125 inches of quality concrete which means no cracks near the bases, not wood floors (yep, I’ve seen it done) and fairly level so factor that into the equation as well when considering a lift. Typical overhead height for a standard 10k lift is 12’ as a minimum, you can purchase low ceiling height lifts, these usually have the baseplate on the floor and while they’ll typically fit a 8-10’ ceiling you run into how high you can lift the car and the baseplate on the floor is a PITA when trying to use a tranny jack, not a deal killer but not as convenient.

Finally you can do a four post lift, these are typically sold as DIY lifts or parking lifts since they aren’t designed to be used in production shops. They claim to be moveable on wheels but they’re pretty sketchy when moving and expect to not really move the lift around. Also you’ll want some sort of bridge jack so you can get the wheels up in the air off of the lift runways to remove the wheels or do any brake service. The good news is that they are typically 110v so you can make a simple whip with a cord to plug into an outlet. Not a bad way to go for parking but not ideal for any service where the wheels need to come off.

[grivera]

Weaver makes great lifts at reasonable prices. I’ve had a W-Pro10 in black for 5 years- one of the best purchases I’ve made. https://www.derekweaver.com/2-post-lifts/

[Region Warrior]

4 post movable drive on lifts look good.
Have 6" concrete garage floor. But only 8' rafters.
Fine for winter oil change etc.
Only take a day for 12x12 6" deep concrete pads in frontof paved garage
Then top offwitha 20' wide by 12' deep carport.