RE: 2 post lifts

[Bill <hemirr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I bought my 2 post 2 years ago from "Team Lift", in Ft. Worth, TX.  However, 
I would have to say, looking at the picture in the listing you gave, it is 
the same thing.  (I did go for a 9000 lb model though, wanted plenty of 
margin for the Imperial and the Rams).  Also, I ordered the regular-ceiling 
model, and they accidently sent me the low ceiling model like you are 
looking at.  They then sent the different parts to make it the regular model 
and didn't want to pay the freight to get the low-ceiling parts back, so I 
still have them too.

I chose a 2 post because a transmission shop employee-friend told me that 
his shop had both, and the 2 post was much easier to use for many jobs, and 
when changing transmissions, even though he'd been doing it every day for 15 
years, he still had trouble banging his funny bones on the edges of the 
ramps working on the transmissions.

The 2 primary negatives I found on this cheaper lift are (1) you have to go 
to both posts to unlock the safety locks, while more expensive lifts let you 
stand at one position to unlock both sides (2) I didn't bother with the 
"assymetrical" arms, nor the "3 piece arms", just got the standard 2-piece 
arms; I wish I had gotten 3 piece arms for the extra dough.  When putting a 
shorter car like my wife's Neon on the lift, the arms are not short enough 
for all four sets to swing underneath the car at once, so I have to swing 
either front or rear arms under, then move the car a few inches, then swing 
the other set under, and reposition the car, kind of a pain on shorter cars. 
 One of these days I may get with the company and spring for one pair of 
the 3 piece arms to make that easier.

The price for the 9000 pound model was $1699 plus shipping from Ft. Worth, 
too bad I didn't pick up on the existance of the company you found, as I am 
about 45 miles from Franklin.  They delivered to a buddy's body shop, and he 
and three body men helped me load the parts onto my trailer.  Then, another 
friend who needed the transmission changed in his '91 Tracer helped me 
install the lift.  I bought a hammer drill and two 3/4" bits (nice excuse to 
buy a new toy!), five gallons of the proper fluid, a roll of #10-2 wire, 
etc, and the company had already supplied the anchors and anchor studs along 
with all other bolts and nuts.  It took us about 5 hours to install the lift 
from unloading the parts (using my cherry picker for the columns) to driving 
a car onto it and test lifting it.  Then he got his transmission changed out 
the next day, in one afternoon!  Wow that was nice.  (I'd already bought a 
cheap lift-style trans jack off eBay in anticipation).

Since then I've bought a pair of OTC underlift jack stands and one OTC "foot 
pedal" underlift jackstand, which is nice for positioning axles to install 
shocks and stuff like that, and an underlift oil drain outfit, it just gets 
easier and easier.


Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana
'56 Chrysler Windsor; '60 Chrysler Saratoga; '62 Plymouth Max Wedge; '64 
Dart convertible; '65 Barracuda \6; '65 Imperial; '68 Barracuda FB 340-S; 
'69 Barracuda FB now 360; '70 Challenger; '72 Cuda '340

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