My Triumph 11,000lb lift came with Triumph 9000lb instructions. The drive-thru is wider on the 11,000lb, we had to reinstall. The instructions recommend drilling through the pad so the anchors can be driven down if you need to move it.
Great video Lucas! Its hard to believe this is the first time you`ve done this. You touch on so many good points. All i can add to it is, watch for cable stretch. It DOES happen. So keep checking all the cables for the time being just to make sure everything is settling properly. You will likely have to do an adjustment once in awhile. Watch your cables for wear too. I would spray them with some lube of some sort too, to keep them from rusting. Any type of spray grease should work just fine. Very nice shop brother. It will make life so much easier for sure.
I didn’t know about cable stretch. Thanks for sharing. I forgot about mentioning lube on the cables. I actually rubbed mine down with gear oil. I appreciate the comment! 👍
You're absolutely right about the truck weight not being the only number. A lot of 1 ton and 3/4 ton diesels are very close to 5000 lbs in the front which exceeds even a 10000 lbs lift capacity on the front 2 arms. It's in many manuals warning about this case. I've weighed my '06 3500 duramax at CAT Scales and it is close to 4500 lbs in front, add a huge grill guard or plow attachment and you now pushing it on even a 10000 lbs lift.
I would say you did a good job with your install. I had a forward I10 10k lift installed in my garage. I had bought mine from Napa and had there installer put mine in. I was there and helped them stand the post up. I just didn't want to deal with it, and it gave me a longer warranty having them do it. I had a Ashton 8k scissor lift, but i didn't trust it and needed bigger for trucks and SUVs
@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead I went with this lift because I can lift symmetrical or assemitrical with it. That and a buddy of mine with another garage has one and hasn't had any issues with his in 9 years.
Companies make 2 pole (220v) 30a light switches. I plan on, and recommend others to install one as close as possible to the lift control. After studying the wiring diagram for the lift, a faulty push-button or a stuck contactor will keep the lift going up after you let go of the button. The worst of the two is a faulty contactor - that will bypass the overhead safety switch, just using full pump pressure to raise the car as high as possible. The 220v switch can take full power away from the unit in an emergency.
@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead I don't know how common of a failure it is, but I'm sure the parts are cheap plastic parts that get hot and can fail. My luck it'll be when there's an expensive car on it lol.
Any issues with lifting a crew cab dually long bed? Im on the fence between this one and the 15k lift. Looks like downside to 15k is needing more ground clearance so lifting little cars would be an issue. This one seems like the happy medium.
I have no issues lifting my crew cab 2500 and it is very stable. I don’t think your truck would be over about 9k lb. I think this would handle that just fine. Good luck!
I recently installed this exact lift in my new shop a few days ago. I ran into the same little issues and discrepancies as you but all went fairly smooth. I do have a question, why do they want the triple extension arm towards the front part of vehicle and the the double extension arm towards the rear? They both reach almost the same distance so my thoughts were the double extension would be stronger and need to be up front to the heavier part of the vehicle. Please let me know your thoughts on this.
So I Am no expert, but I assumed there must be something stronger about the triple arms. 🤷🏼♂️ Either way, we sure love ours! We are getting tons of use out of it.
28’ deep 36’ wide. Yeah, I’m thrilled with it, but bigger is always better. lol. I don’t think we could have handled trusses that were any bigger so that was the main deciding factor in depth. We wanted to do it all ourselves…
My Triumph 11,000lb lift came with Triumph 9000lb instructions. The drive-thru is wider on the 11,000lb, we had to reinstall. The instructions recommend drilling through the pad so the anchors can be driven down if you need to move it.
That is a good idea!
I like the tip to install the one fastener the square everything up from there.
Good video, Lucas. You do a great job!
So many good channels. I watch much more TH-cam than TV because of this channel, yours, and several other great ones.
Great video Lucas!👍🏻
Great video Lucas! Its hard to believe this is the first time you`ve done this. You touch on so many good points. All i can add to it is, watch for cable stretch. It DOES happen. So keep checking all the cables for the time being just to make sure everything is settling properly. You will likely have to do an adjustment once in awhile. Watch your cables for wear too. I would spray them with some lube of some sort too, to keep them from rusting. Any type of spray grease should work just fine. Very nice shop brother. It will make life so much easier for sure.
I didn’t know about cable stretch. Thanks for sharing. I forgot about mentioning lube on the cables. I actually rubbed mine down with gear oil. I appreciate the comment! 👍
You're absolutely right about the truck weight not being the only number. A lot of 1 ton and 3/4 ton diesels are very close to 5000 lbs in the front which exceeds even a 10000 lbs lift capacity on the front 2 arms. It's in many manuals warning about this case. I've weighed my '06 3500 duramax at CAT Scales and it is close to 4500 lbs in front, add a huge grill guard or plow attachment and you now pushing it on even a 10000 lbs lift.
Great information! I appreciate the comment!
I would say you did a good job with your install. I had a forward I10 10k lift installed in my garage. I had bought mine from Napa and had there installer put mine in. I was there and helped them stand the post up. I just didn't want to deal with it, and it gave me a longer warranty having them do it. I had a Ashton 8k scissor lift, but i didn't trust it and needed bigger for trucks and SUVs
Thanks! We are super thrilled with it. I’ve had several Ram 2500s up on it now with now issues.
@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead I went with this lift because I can lift symmetrical or assemitrical with it. That and a buddy of mine with another garage has one and hasn't had any issues with his in 9 years.
Companies make 2 pole (220v) 30a light switches. I plan on, and recommend others to install one as close as possible to the lift control. After studying the wiring diagram for the lift, a faulty push-button or a stuck contactor will keep the lift going up after you let go of the button. The worst of the two is a faulty contactor - that will bypass the overhead safety switch, just using full pump pressure to raise the car as high as possible. The 220v switch can take full power away from the unit in an emergency.
That is definitely a danger I wasn’t aware of. That sounds like a smart solution.
@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead I don't know how common of a failure it is, but I'm sure the parts are cheap plastic parts that get hot and can fail. My luck it'll be when there's an expensive car on it lol.
Great video. Thanks for the tips
You doing an install soon? Good luck!
@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead I’m hoping to build a shop in the next year, then yes a lift or two eventually 👍
Great advice! Keep up the good work!
Thanks, Logan!
Any issues with lifting a crew cab dually long bed? Im on the fence between this one and the 15k lift. Looks like downside to 15k is needing more ground clearance so lifting little cars would be an issue. This one seems like the happy medium.
I have no issues lifting my crew cab 2500 and it is very stable. I don’t think your truck would be over about 9k lb. I think this would handle that just fine. Good luck!
I recently installed this exact lift in my new shop a few days ago. I ran into the same little issues and discrepancies as you but all went fairly smooth. I do have a question, why do they want the triple extension arm towards the front part of vehicle and the the double extension arm towards the rear? They both reach almost the same distance so my thoughts were the double extension would be stronger and need to be up front to the heavier part of the vehicle. Please let me know your thoughts on this.
So I Am no expert, but I assumed there must be something stronger about the triple arms. 🤷🏼♂️ Either way, we sure love ours! We are getting tons of use out of it.
24, 28 ? There never was a man who built a garage who wouldn't have built it bigger if they knew then what they know now. ;-)
28’ deep 36’ wide. Yeah, I’m thrilled with it, but bigger is always better. lol. I don’t think we could have handled trusses that were any bigger so that was the main deciding factor in depth. We wanted to do it all ourselves…
@@PeeksPeakHobbyHomestead Well, It looks great.
Thank you!