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Originally Posted by slowbutsure
Hello. Love the story. That's love man!
I like to have a lift at home also, would you mind sharing your setup at home (especially the lift)? Would you kindly post up pics? thanks
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I'll dig up some pics later for you. But basically I built a 30 x 26 pole building, which is a barn-style building with a concrete floor and the main service area is 18 x 26 where the lift is. The other side is 12 x 26. Above the 18 x 26 space is a loft. I got the plans off the internet for $45. The plans are ASA-certified plans and should pass most county building codes. The lift requires a 12-foot ceiling height, so I had to modifiy the plans and we made the ceiling 14 foot inside the 18 x 26 shop area. The floor is a minimum 9" everywhere but about 15" thick under the lift (just to be safe). The lift really only requires a minimum of 4" of high-pressure concrete. The roof of the barn is steel and the siding is 1/2 OSB covered with HardyPlank concrete siding.
Inside I have a Rotary SPO-A10, which is an asymetrical 2-post lift with a 10,000 pound capacity. It is one of the most popular commerical lifts on the market. It cost $3,500 installed in December 2004. I have a Ingersol-Rand SL55 air compressor. The shop is heated with a 65,000 BTU Hot Dawg shop heater that hangs from the ceiling in the corner and with a 100 gallon propane tank for the fuel source.
Thanks for asking. Once you have a lift, you never go back to crawling under a car. Hell, I even lift them just to wax the doors.
