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| dcheek |
 Dec 25 2013, 04:42 PM
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I just purchase and picked up a 2 post lift. It's an Atlas BP 8000 symmetrical lift. I have 27" on either side of the posts. I want to position as close to the front wall as possible, but still leave enough room to walk around the front of my 914. Any suggestions as to the distance from the post to the front wall ? My initial guestimate is 10 feet???
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| r_towle |
Dec 25 2013, 05:54 PM
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Pick your longest car or truck and mount it for that....
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| dcheek |
Dec 25 2013, 06:33 PM
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Dec 25 2013, 03:54 PM)  Pick your longest car or truck and mount it for that.... My longest vehicle is a Vanagon, 180" or 15 feet. Divide that by 2 and that's 7 1/2 feet. If I add 1 1/2 feet, that comes to 9 feet away from the front wall. That should do it. Dave |
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| Eric_Shea |
Dec 25 2013, 10:54 PM
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QUOTE(dcheek @ Dec 25 2013, 05:33 PM) QUOTE(r_towle @ Dec 25 2013, 03:54 PM) Pick your longest car or truck and mount it for that.... My longest vehicle is a Vanagon, 180" or 15 feet. Divide that by 2 and that's 7 1/2 feet. If I add 1 1/2 feet, that comes to 9 feet away from the front wall. That should do it. Dave Yeah but, you may not want to balance a Vanagon in the middle. |
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| KELTY360 |
Dec 26 2013, 12:04 AM
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QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Dec 25 2013, 08:54 PM) QUOTE(dcheek @ Dec 25 2013, 05:33 PM) QUOTE(r_towle @ Dec 25 2013, 03:54 PM) Pick your longest car or truck and mount it for that.... My longest vehicle is a Vanagon, 180" or 15 feet. Divide that by 2 and that's 7 1/2 feet. If I add 1 1/2 feet, that comes to 9 feet away from the front wall. That should do it. Dave Yeah but, you may not want to balance a Vanagon in the middle. Amazingly, the Vanagon has almost 50/50 weight distribution. |
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Posts in this topic
dcheek 2 Post Lift Positioning Dec 25 2013, 04:42 PM
brant I think the 914 is about 14 foot
on my 2 post, th... Dec 25 2013, 05:04 PM The Cabinetmaker The post of mine is about 12 inches aft of the fro... Dec 25 2013, 05:12 PM Eric_Shea From my experience installing ours, consider the c... Dec 25 2013, 05:32 PM
Woody
You would do yourself a disservice if you thought... Dec 25 2013, 08:32 PM Eric_Shea Also. Our cars are so light you could pretty much ... Dec 25 2013, 05:33 PM r_towle You WILL be under a vanagon.... Dec 25 2013, 06:39 PM euro911 You WILL be under a vanagon.... :lol: Dec 25 2013, 09:23 PM MMW Below copied/pasted from Greg Smith website --(I... Dec 25 2013, 09:18 PM MMW Dave please do a review on this when installed as ... Dec 25 2013, 09:20 PM euro911 It doesn't after you drop the drive train :( Dec 26 2013, 12:12 AM Cairo94507 I sold my last house and 4-post lift and know I wi... Dec 26 2013, 09:10 AM rhodyguy the greg smith site didn't open for me.
some... Dec 26 2013, 09:49 AM MMW The site opens fine for me. Here is the link.
ht... Dec 26 2013, 10:22 AM patssle I'm also looking at lifts for my 914 and Boxst... Dec 26 2013, 10:38 AM rhodyguy finally opened for me, just slow i guess. very att... Dec 26 2013, 11:10 AM dcheek Okay, after much measuring and thought I've de... Dec 27 2013, 06:32 PM r_towle Put it in the garage and he'll yes it's ap... Dec 27 2013, 06:40 PM dcheek Okay, here we go. If you're a car guy this is... Dec 27 2013, 06:53 PM dcheek Here we are loaded and ready to go. They are VERY ... Dec 27 2013, 07:32 PM euro911 My Corvette bud (Kohle) just got one of those inst... Dec 27 2013, 08:53 PM zambezi Here's my Atlas from GregSmith. Went up in le... Dec 28 2013, 12:33 AM euro911 Austin Healey clock? Dec 28 2013, 12:50 AM zambezi Yup, my last one was the original door of my 1953 ... Dec 28 2013, 01:02 AM rhodyguy what was the minimum slab thickness for the model ... Dec 28 2013, 07:05 AM zambezi Mine was 4" minimum. The anchors were includ... Dec 28 2013, 09:24 AM MMW Any updates? Jan 11 2014, 08:10 AM dcheek The lift installation is done. My electrician wire... Jan 12 2014, 08:00 AM euro911 You installed it in your spare bedroom? Jan 12 2014, 11:31 AM dcheek
You installed it in your spare bedroom?
Spare wa... Jan 12 2014, 02:50 PM dcheek 4 gallons of primer, 18 hours of wire brushing, va... Jan 30 2014, 02:50 PM |
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