Make sure whatever lift you buy is ALI certified. American Lift Institute also has lots of info on their website. BendPak would be my choice. Another good idea is to plumb some conduit in the floor pour so you can have an outlet or two right at the lift.

I have a four post lift. It’s probably 15+ years old. I believe it is made of USA materials.

Go for 220v. I have 110v and didn’t know any better. It lifts faster. Go hydraulic.

If you’re going to bolt them into the concrete, why do need the dolly system? Mine is in a single car garage and I can’t/don’t ever move it. My dolly gather dust and rust.

My garage floors are 5-6”. I don’t think it’s an issue. I used 1/2 or 3/4” anchors. It’s not going anywhere.

Bendpak is out of Santa Paula, CA. But I believe they’ve moved production to China. It’s still a great product. When I was looking around, there were only a couple USA made brands. Pricey too.

A four post lift is great for storage. If you’re going to work on brakes and suspension stuff, you’ll need the sliding jack bridge. I did all my suspension bits on an old 911 on my four post lift. Nice.

I think you’re in EDH. I’m in Roseville. I’d be happy to show you my set up. There’s an outfit in West Sacramento that does installs and maintenance.

I've had a Bendpak HD-9XW for about 13 years now. I ordered it from ASEDeals.com.

I had to rent a forklift to remove it from the truck that delivered it.

Mine requires compressed air to release the locks. I ran a drop off of my compressed air system to it.

It uses 240V so I put an outlet in the ceiling above the pump. It has a decently quick lift time, probably less than a minute to full height with a 4000 pound car on it. Definitely faster than my father-in-law's 120V (different brand lift) but as a matter of convenience if you already have a 120V close it wouldn't be a deal breaker for me.

The assembly took me and my dad about 5 hours to do. Beyond the basic tools, 2 hydraulic floor jacks with a 20 inch rise and a furniture dolly were helpful.











You do not need a 2 post to do brake work. It is only slightly inconvenient to raise the car and drop it onto stands. For as frequently as I have the wheels off it's no big deal for me. I'll eventually get the bridge jack.

Can't add much to what flesheating virus has said. I'm another vote for bendpac. I've had mine, 2 post asymmetric for about 15 years. It's used more for overhead storage of vehicles than working on them,but when I do I thank goodness I made this choice.

I worked in a service station for 9 years before vet school so I've spent a little time under vehicles and would and do trust this one with my life. Lots more safety features than the old ones.

Tommy

Pretty sure you want to steer clear of Advantage right now - bankrupt as of 8/2026. Here's a synopsis of the situation.

My brother from another mother has a 2 post and a 4 post in his car barn. Started with the 4 post which includes the two center trolley lifts. After a couple of years, he added a two post, because (as mentioned earlier) the runways do get in the way all the time, unless all you're doing is oil changes.

Both of his are Bendpack, and he swears by them.

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Pretty sure you want to steer clear of Advantage right now - bankrupt as of 8/2026. Here's a synopsis of the situation.

Yikes!

I saw a thread at garage journal that the owner owed the Chinese $10M and they refused to make more components for them to assemble. They still took orders for 7 months to the tune of $22M but only delivered a handful of units.

I'm deleting my original post as I don't want to support crooks.

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Originally posted by motor59:
Pretty sure you want to steer clear of Advantage right now - bankrupt as of 8/2026. Here's a synopsis of the situation.

Yikes!

I saw a thread at garage journal that the owner owed the Chinese $10M and they refused to make more components for them to assemble. They still took orders for 7 months to the tune of $22M but only delivered a handful of units.

I'm deleting my original post as I don't want to support crooks.

Todd-

I removed the quote from my post, so I think you can nuke your initial post entirely now, if you want.

LS1 GTO, any updates? I’m late to this thread, but I just built a pole barn and installed a 10,000lb Olympic lift with built in scissor jacks. What lift did you go with?

I agree with slab requirement. When We poured concrete for garage floors it was always 6".

I would also choose Hilti anchors. I would not trust Home Depot, box store, brand anchors.

So the slab requirement is 6", not 6'. That's inches, not feet, as the original post says. Georgeair quoted it to point it out but nobody seems to have mentioned it after that.

I know it probably doesn't need to be said but I feel I have to mention it because nobody else is acknowledging it. It's in the back of my mind every time I read a reply and it's not mentioned. Feel free to ignore it now. Thanks.

LS1 GTO's post right after Georgeair's post addressed the typo enough for me.

LOL - I never caught that error but considering I am not going to have some uber exact milling machining mounted there - the depth will be in inches, not feet.

On the plus side, shop is up and concrete should be formed and poured this week/into next.

Oh and when we tell people we bought a dump - we're not be sarcastic. It was a dump site where the shop is. Been finding Coke and prescription bottles from the 30, 40, and 50s

If you find any Coricidin bottles from 1950s, I know a monkey that would be very happy to obtain one...

LOL. while tearing out a set of steps, I found a blue bottle with pills in them. No label though. Cork still in it.