This is the first time I've heard of this. Does not look very safe. What do you think?
https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/tl...654103293.html

 

My friend has one at his house. He uses it for a Porsche 944 and parks a 69 Firebird below. So far no problems

 

Is the one that your friend use mobile or fixed to the concrete floor?

 

Am I seeing this right ? It looks like giant pallet jack that pics up your car. I love my car - I would never trust that.

 

I am assuming the reason for the long arms on the floor/ground is to prevent tipping. At the same time I do not see how one could put a vehicle on that lift and then drive a second vehicle over the floor support arms. That does strike me as dangerous/risky?

 

Looks to be stout enough... I'm kinda liking it, the price seems reasonable also.

I think this is it with more detail;
https://www.redlinestands.com/catalo...-lb-lift-p-917

 

You won't get me to drive under it and over the support feet (legs) to store a car underneath. I wouldn't want to work under it either. The price looks attractive, but other car lifts rely on 2 or 4 posts that are safer. I believe I'll spend a bit more to have something I am confident to work or stand under.
.......Just my two cents worth

 

These have been around forever. They show up on Craigslist periodically. I'd like to have one for things like pulling the body off the frame, but then you'd need to store it and I don't have room. It is not intended to be used as a storage lift. As with any lift, you would want to use tall jackstands under the vehicle if you were working under it.

 

My friend's is permanently mounted in his garage floor

 

My thoughts exactly.........

 

Then there are these which Im sure some of us remember were in most service garages when dinosaurs roamed.

 

Had 2 of those in the family gas station as a kid.

 

That style was just after the extinction of the dinosaurs. The single center cylinder style with ramps and channels (similar to the new 4 post style) was the standard of the day.

 

my dads shop had 7 globe single post frame contact with adjustable arms,man now i wish i had just 1 of em

 

What could possibly go wrong?

 

 

I used one of those at a Phillips 66 station that I worked at in the summer of 1963.

 

I'd probably insist on the tall jack stands also for "backup" security, especially if it was made by the same outfit as Harbor Freight's floor jacks.

 

 

They use them over here too. Some are capable of lifting 7-1/2 ton trucks.
I would imagine there is a massive safety margin built into them, As long as they are used properly by someone who knows what they are doing they should be as safe as other lifts, this applies to any lifting device of course...

Roger.

 

 

And certainly a 1 post that rolls around, the legs have a narrow "footprint" and ISN'T bolted down.
.....Just my two cents worth

 

I know this is a old thread. Just seeing if anybody has gotten one since 2018??. Just can not crawl under a car anymore! Need a car lift, Garage is a two car. 10'-4'' tall. I am only 5'-6'' on a good day. If I bolt something down, only one car can fit. So I am looking at this one https://www.amgohyd.com/product/sml-...gle-post-lift/

Still need to find out where it made. I would put 4 tall jack stands under the car. Life is too short alreally. It would come in handy for my other classics to work on.. Thanks

 

Oh, you already know where it's made, especially given the glaring absence of any COO info on the brochure.

Here's another version of the same thing.

 

Just as its not china.

 

I think he's saying that it is.

 

All look like from china. as i google

 

Let me try this again...

 

I'd never be comfortable under that lift... Single center posts, twin posts and four posts all resting on their safety catches for me. Seen too much through the decades.

 

Well I hate giving up! But I will admit defeat. It will be chinese made. I would put 4 tall jack stands or more if needed under the car. There a lot of guys using them with no problems for many years now- NO tall jack stands. I would feel safe with the stands.

Looked online for single post car lift fails. Only found every other lift fails. I an OK being buried in my car, but not under it! I an careful anytime I am under a car, even foot and a half off the floor. Jack stands. floor jack, 6''x 6'', bottle jacks. Better safe than sorry..

 

Amen. Looks so unsafe. I am nervous just looking at that picture.
Of course it is China made. Where else? I am sure plenty of people use them them. I would be nervous raising a heavy car everytime. Single post lifts that are built into the floor are ten times safer I would bet. That blue lift looks so sketchy to me. What do they sell for?

 

3,000 to 6,000. only way to have a lift and still get two car in the garage. Have one of my Sevilles in my Daughter garage, Another in a storage place. Eldo and cutlass with me.

 

Which is why the OP said he would use tall jack stands. This isn't rocket science.

 

I thought "Rocket Science" is what you're all about!

 

All I asked. Just seeing if anybody has gotten one since 2018??.

 

I didn't say it was "rocket science", I've worked with the tall jack stands professionally and they were constantly in the way of footing and access to the vehicle components. When working on long vehicles e.g., pickups on a twin post I'll go as far as to put a post jack under the rear of the vehicle to stop any rocking motion.

My position remains the same, I wouldn't be comfortable working under that lift. If others are comfortable then they can work under one.

 

One more thing I see wrong with it. The arms going all the way across both frame rails would make it impossible to pull the trans, maybe even the drive shaft.

 

Agreed, follow all instructions, you will be fine. Nobody designed this lift so they could spend all the r&d money, production costs just to get sued because its a faulty design.

 

The videos I watched, it was not a problem except a guy with a BMW. There standoffs of different sizes..

 

There are still companies selling in-ground single post lifts if you are just looking for a way to have the lift take up only one bay.


This one was used when it went in 35 years ago and it is still going strong. In-ground lift prices are not bad if you can install it yourself.