Best home garage lift for Tahoe (and your other cars)!!

[Big Mama]

Go for it Ron, sounds like the landlord is in your life for a reason if he’s still willing to set up the shop. I’d bet he’d add a compressor and other things attached to the building. It’s a win win. You get to enjoy getting dirty and he gets a personal mechanic. Though you get along great put expectations in writing so you remain friends. Good luck.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

A fabricator buddy kinda did the same thing with his tubing bender until the holes in the concrete wore out. He could only drill a bigger hole and move up to a larger bolt, so I gave him some anchors that we use to bolt down safes. They leave a threaded sleeve in the concrete so you can screw in a regular bolt. He set them a little below the surface level of the concrete so when not in use, he snaps plug covers over them to keep dirt and debris out.

Once you cinch those down, can you completely remove the bolt and then reinstall later or is it like a "double" that can only be spread once?

 

[OR VietVet]

Go for it Ron, sounds like the landlord is in your life for a reason if he’s still willing to set up the shop. I’d bet he’d add a compressor and other things attached to the building. It’s a win win. You get to enjoy getting dirty and he gets a personal mechanic. Though you get along great put expectations in writing so you remain friends. Good luck.

The move away from where I am at would be my second choice. I like living here and working at the same place in a very upscale neighborhood. I pay no rent or utilities here. I get a great salary and I walk thru a door for work. I am here alone. The Max Jax lift under the carport with the vaulted ceiling would be great. If I did move to the other that would mean I had an obligation, at 67 years old, to work on his rigs when he needs it. If I stay here I control it all and work on other vehicles when I damn well please. If I did move I might want to enlarge the business side and hire a tech to do the heavy lifting and such but again, at 67, I don't know if I want to take that on. It is an option but clearly a second choice.

 

[wjburken]

Once you cinch those down, can you completely remove the bolt and then reinstall later or is it like a "double" that can only be spread once?

They are kind of like a nutsert for concrete. Once they are anchored, they stay and bolts can be taken in and out.

 

[iamdub]

Once you cinch those down, can you completely remove the bolt and then reinstall later or is it like a "double" that can only be spread once?

That's the beauty of these things- You can remove, reinstall or replace the bolt as many times as you'd like. The anchor is a separate part and, really, you can screw anything into the hole that has that thread, which they use standard bolt threads. It literally creates a threaded boss in the concrete that you can use however and still have a flush surface when nothing is screwed into it. If it's no longer wanted, just fill it with epoxy or concrete patch. We use them for safes since we can mount the anchors then slide the safe over the holes rather than having to lift the safe over a threaded stud such as what a wedge anchor would have.

You drill the hole, drop the anchor in and use a punch to drive a slug (already captured inside at the bottom of the anchor) downward which spreads the bottom outward like a rivet. Screw in a bolt, allthread rod, eyebolt, etc.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

That's the beauty of these things- You can remove, reinstall or replace the bolt as many times as you'd like. The anchor is a separate part and, really, you can screw anything into the hole that has that thread, which they use standard bolt threads. It literally creates a threaded boss in the concrete that you can use however and still have a flush surface when nothing is screwed into it. If it's no longer wanted, just fill it with epoxy or concrete patch. We use them for safes since we can mount the anchors then slide the safe over the holes rather than having to lift the safe over a threaded stud such as what a wedge anchor would have.

You drill the hole, drop the anchor in and use a punch to drive a slug (already captured inside at the bottom of the anchor) downward which spreads the bottom outward like a rivet. Screw in a bolt, allthread rod, eyebolt, etc.

Awesome. Gonna get these for the racks in the new shop. Where do you buy them?

 

[OR VietVet]

I just downloaded the installation manual because I was curious as well... it says "The floor on which the lift is to be installed must be 4-inch minimum thickness concrete, with a minimum compressive strength of 3000 psi. (Reinforced steel bar optional)"

This is definitely on my radar....

I can only assume at this point, especially since I am not a contractor, but I would assume that the required compressive strength of the concrete is if you had the maximum weight allowed for the lift at 6000 pounds. Or is it that the concrete is of a different density and certain amount of rebar to make that happen and if is less compressive strength of say 2500 psi, the concrete could be made or mixed differently and ANY weight pulling at it with a vehicle in the air could pull the anchor out because of the concrete being a different density at 2500 psi. I have no idea what the wording is but hopefully you understand.

 

[iamdub]

Awesome. Gonna get these for the racks in the new shop. Where do you buy them?

Any good hardware store. Home Depot has them and the setting tool. Pretty sure Amazon would have them as well. They're common in commercial and industrial electrical when mounting things overhead in concrete. Search for "concrete drop in anchor".

What kind of racks? How big you need?

For example:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Red-Head-3-8-in-x-1-5-8-in-Steel-Drop-In-Anchors-50-Pack-01891/100154222

 

[Fless]

Any good hardware store. Home Depot has them and the setting tool. Pretty sure Amazon would have them as well. They're common in commercial and industrial electrical when mounting things overhead in concrete. Search for "concrete drop in anchor".

What kind of racks? How big you need?

For example:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Red-Head-3-8-in-x-1-5-8-in-Steel-Drop-In-Anchors-50-Pack-01891/100154222

Gotta love how they mix the spec formats, in decimal and fractions. Why not just list the length as 1-5/8? Or the diameter as 0.375?




That also reminds me of seeing a toll road sign displaying the cost of .75 cents. I've been overcharged all this time?

 

[OR VietVet]

Anyone ever seen or know of these or own one of these? Or know of anything even better?

https://www.griotsgarage.com/produc...MIuJOInufq5gIViB-tBh15GgzLEAQYASABEgKFnfD_BwE

https://www.mechanicstoolswarehouse...MIuJOInufq5gIViB-tBh15GgzLEAQYCyABEgKMrPD_BwE

https://www.zoro.com/shopsol-creeper-adjustable-back-500-lb-capacity-1010484/i/G0725129/