Moving A 4 Post Lift (How to move a 4-post lift)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- WHAT COULD GO WRONG :) Welcome to our adventure of moving a 4 post lift fully assembled. You do NOT have to disassemble a 4 Post lift to move it! (NOTE: We only moved this lift 4 blocks and all back roads)
We purchased a 4 post lift form a friend who lives about 4 blocks away and we wanted to move the lift without breaking it down and we proved it is possible :)
This is a direct lift, the post are just under 7 ft and the footprint it requires is 18ft x 11ft at a minimum. We will have another video on size so keep en eye out. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I bought one of these and am moving it this way this weekend; only difference it's about a 33 mile move. Thanks for the idea.
Enjoyed watching, your guys were having fun, and wow, is it ever great; to have a 4 post lift....
Well done!
Doing this tomorrow hope it works
How did it go?
This was the silliest way to do this ever. The amount of jacking and strapping was ridiculous. I will say, for never doing this before, you guys pulled it off, but WOW!! Had you held the lowering valve in and pushed the top part of the cable above the cross rail, that’s connected to the top of the column laterally, you would have continued pulling the piston out and creating the slack you needed. You could have don’t this in 5 min total and had each column a foot and a half above the ground. The slack would have been equal at all four corners from one push of the cable.
Curt's the expert on this...lol but I will say that the lift was never perfectly square and the legs kept binding in the tracks. I theory it seemed easy. In reality... well you saw the video.once the lift was in its new location and level and square, everything worked fine... James
Full Octane Garage Hey man, it worked!! I was just so happy no one got injured. I’ve moved a couple hundred in the last 10 years and each one is a little different, for sure. You guys got it there, so kudos for that. It just seemed if you took a few min to slow down you would have realized the hydraulic piston was working against you. And when it’s designed to lift 8k+LBS you’re not going to be able to beat it into submission. All and all, well done. You had all the tools just not the experience. Now you know for the next one!! Good luck & stay safe!
Gotta cable tie back the rope break mechanism so you can lifts the posts like that. Now try doing all that with an old bradbury...
The ol' Square taking care of business!
Is that safe/recommended to leave the entry ramps on with the lift raised? I have a 4post that looks exactly like yours (mine is a 19 year old Greg Smith 7K) and I only once left the ramps on accidentally. Don't have the manual from when I bought it new, so never knew if that was considered safe or not. Curious how that's held up for you over the years. Thanks.
If you are using the steel ramps there is no issue leaving them on while lifting but if your garage floor has a finish it will rub and damage the finish. I have no manual but I do still have it today and it is working great.
@@Fulloctanegarage Thanks for the feedback. They are steel and I did accidentally leave them on once and they seemed fine. Just never knew if it was good long term. Thanks for your confirmation. Oh, my garage floor isn't even sealed....the ramps can't do any more damage than's already been done in 20 years.
I have a two car garage with 12 foot ceilings. I need to find one of these.
www.liftsplusdepot.com/
The price included shipping and install.
King of the Hill Dudes... lol
could you just ratchet all 4 corners up? I need to move 3!
It was a challenge on a few of the post but we were able to ratchet them up. On the back posts where we had issues after the lift was set down on the truck we tied the post so it would not fall then we hacked each up placing extra wood between the bed of the truck and the lift then strapped it down really good and all worked fine.
@@Fulloctanegarage can you shoot me your cell? would like to chat for a minute if you have time. This is the exact lift I need to move this week. Cell is 432-638-4200
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