Hello, I just had a pole barn built and am wanting to purchase a lift to lift my car and trucks up to work on them. My ceilings in the barn are 12 feet high. I do not know the advantages of the two post lifts and four posts lifts and the scissor lift. Also would like to know someones positive experience with a product and which lifts are the most reliable and longlasting. Are the american made lifts made better and perform better. which ones have the best warranty that a company will stand behind? These are the kind of lifts that attach to the pole barn concrete floor. Your help would be appreciated, as there are so many brands, not sure which one to buy or what to look for.
Buy one from an American manufacturer, If you buy off-shore you will have problems getting parts, I prefer the twin posts, because you can pull the wheels off without setting extra blocks, however 4 posters give you ramps to set tools on . Also 2 post is easier to pull engines. All depends on what work you do mainly. You have less to trip over with a 2 post. The last shop I worked in had both and I hated the 4 poster.
get a rotary tm lift two post is good for lifting and working on cars4 post are good for storing one car on the lift and another undr it and oil changes. a scizzor lift is gay unless you just do brakes and change tires and stuff. cant access the under side of the car so well.
