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Car lifts

Four inches of concrete decides everything.

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Car lifts

The three we would put in your room

Meridian Two-Post 10K

The one we lead with

Meridian Two-Post 10K

Asymmetric arms, 10,000 lb, 12 ft column

$4,295

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Stanchion Four-Post 14K

Also worth the room

Stanchion Four-Post 14K

Drive-on, 14,000 lb, storage capable

$6,850

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Lowline Scissor 7K

Where it starts

Lowline Scissor 7K

Flush mount or surface, 7,000 lb

$3,980

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What decides one of these is concrete slab thickness, ceiling height, power and bay width — measured before the order, not after it.

What decides the fit

Concrete slab thickness
Above about 4.25 in you are within the published range for most two-post lifts, assuming the concrete strength and cure meet the sheet as well. Higher-capacity lifts ask for more, and asymmetric loading changes the requirement.
Ceiling height
11 to 12 ft suits many two-post lifts, but confirm the overall height of the specific model and then subtract anything that hangs below the ceiling - lights, door tracks, an opener.
Power
Most residential lifts run on single-phase 220-240 V, though some are available in 110-120 V configurations at reduced speed. Commercial equipment is more often three-phase. This is worth settling before the lift arrives, because it decides whether an electrician visits before or after delivery.
Bay width
About 12 ft and up is the usual comfortable bay for a two-post, measured between obstructions rather than wall to wall.

Worth knowing before you order

Why slab

Because the anchors are the whole safety case. A two-post lift transfers the entire load of the vehicle, and the leverage of the columns, into a handful of bolts set into the floor. Concrete that is too thin, too weak or too young lets an anchor pull a cone of material out under load, and the column moves. That is why the specification is always a pair of numbers — a minimum thickness and a minimum compressive strength — and why edge distance matters too: an anchor near a control joint, a crack or the edge of the pour does not have the cone of concrete around it that the rating assumes. A slab you cannot verify is a slab to core-test, not to guess at.

Two vs four

Two-post lifts take the vehicle by the frame and leave the wheels hanging, which is what you want for brakes, suspension and wheels, and they take up less floor. Four-post lifts take the vehicle by its own wheels on runways, which is easier to drive onto, much better for storage and parking one car over another, and the usual choice where anchoring is limited — many are free-standing. Scissor lifts trade height for a small footprint and are often portable. The honest question is not which is best but whether you are lifting to work underneath or to store above.

Clearfloor

On a two-post lift the two columns have to be tied together so they rise evenly, and there are two places to do it. Overhead or clearfloor lifts run the equalisation across the top on a beam, which leaves the floor between the columns completely clear — a transmission jack rolls straight under — but costs you ceiling height and puts a beam where a tall vehicle wants to be. Baseplate lifts run it across the floor instead, which suits a low ceiling but leaves a ramp you step over and roll equipment over all day.

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