Installing a 2 post hoist
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I've been subscribed since the very beginning. There's not one video of yours I haven't watched. And yet, you still manage to surprise me! I swore you were gonna get someone to install it, or someone to help you at least!! Good God Jeff!!
BTW, totally lol'd when you brought the Beetle, inmediately I thought "thank God it's not the 911 or 240!!".
Congrats on the lift!
PS: loved Mrs.Jeff idea of leaving the camera on the whole weekend, just in case lol!
Well done on the hoist! Loving the extra interaction with Mrs Jeff. She is looking more and more comfortable in front of the camera now. She might even take over! 🤣
Congratulations on getting the lift! I got mine about a year ago and it's made everything so much easier - from working on my Beetles to servicing my daily. Worth every penny, I reckon.
Just seen your channel for the first time. Mrs Jeff - wow
Nice, another item to complete the shop. I got to say though, seeing the Porsche from time to time is amazing!
Lifts are life changing. I have one as well and it made heavy maintenance more enjoyable and productive. Great work.
Jeff, your excitement is palpable! Just like a kid in a toy shop. Great job. 👍
What about a section of roof raised up for extra clearance. Just a thought is all😉😊👍👍
I could, but that gets messy and this should make life a lot easier as it is.
@@HomeBuiltByJeff perhaps 😊 at almost 6ft 2inch I really love not bending or sitting under cars.
LMAO mind you my 2 car hoists are in storage so I can't even use them.
Sooooooo frustrating😊
@@HomeBuiltByJeff I dont think it will get messy and I dont think it will cost much to box out a section of the roof, raise it with box metal. You can recycle the section of roof that you will be raising and just add on some roofing for the sides, and some asphalt patch to deal with the edges and corners. You have a welder, and you can use the lift to help give u access to the lower portions.
I could definitely do it, but it will look ugly and I am not sure it bothers me enough. I may later on, but for now this is a big win.
Congrats Jeff! I can see your genuine joy. This was a direct result of your great content and success.
Very nice, your excitement is something I'm looking forward to in a couple weeks, just ordered a 2 post floor plate for myself. Unlike you I do have an extra foot of clearance!
Very cool guys. 👍 I had a lift at my old house but let it go with the sale, I do miss it 😥.. A lift is on my Christmas list for next year.
Lift is looking good. Mrs Jeff is getting more confident every episode now too which is good to see
I wish my most expendable car was a Beetle like that!!! I love your videos!!! Shows how much one man in his shed can achieve.
Given the slightly awkward height you could save your back if you get an adjustable height stool with rollers to move around. That lift is a proper, proper man toy. With deepest jealousy, well done!
Congrats Jeff. Great addition to the shed.
a back-saver for sure. congrats! i was a mechanic in the early 80s and the shop i worked had one of the first of this type of lifts. frankly i didn't trust them at first but now people have them in their own garages.
Love it Jeff! Your happiness shines through on this one. Congrats on the lift! Definitely on my list.
You are now officially The Man! I'm putting a home garage lift on my personal bucket list!
I am green with envy!! Have been thinking of getting a hoist...have to make some mods to my garage door, though. Have to put in tracks that go to the ceiling. Fortuntely my garage ceiling is about 12 feet high. Nice job Jeff.
Nice to see you going up in the world Jeff
Mrs. Jeff - way to go. I had no idea, but the barber's chair. Very cool as a lift idea. Learn something new all the time from these channels. Heidi
Mrs Jeff's facts are very informative :D
Good Choice of a lift!
Thumbs up just for the excitement. I'd be smiling and throwing my arms up as well. Congrats
Jeff, this is awesome. I'm so happy for you. Me personally I would modify the roof just over the lift as I'm sure it would annoy me to death bending my head every time time I need to do something under the car.
Keep the great work. Can't wait for finished Z and 911.... 👍👍👍
Nice!!! I installed a C7000 Triumph lift that is very similar to this one. I love it. I'm sure you will like this one too.
Mrs. Jeff seems to be just as excited as you!! She’s a good sport.
Great addition to the shed Jeff, I officially have shed/lift envy.
Congratulations! Very happy for you.
YEA! This is so huge. I am so excited and happy for you. I wish I could be there to help you with the install (although I would probably get in the way). Heidi
This is awesome! Once you have a lift you wonder how you ever managed without!
I paid someone to install mine. I just was not that comfortable doing it. You’re the man, as usual!
I took my time and did my research like I do with everything else.
So what's the deal with the 911? is the engine still MIA?
Great lift for the space! One thing I'd advise is to stability test when you lift a car. We call it a "shake test" because we lift about afoot off of the ground and then we shake the car a little by pushing on it. A buddy of mine actually lost someone he knew who never did a shake test when a car fell off of a lift onto him.
I actually did, that as I was super scared of it being unbalanced :D
So awesome! Congrats Jeff, this is gonna make things so much easier. Just make sure you keep and eye on those bolts, ours needed tightening again after about a week and one of them loosened up the concrete and started wobbling so we'll have to swap it for epoxy or something. Anyway, great stuff!
Good tip. I will keep an eye on them.
Great add to the shop! By the way, hasn't Mrs Jeff changed over the course of your videos? In the beginning she was somewhat shy and reserved. Now she is leading the way! You go girl.
Nice Jeff, I put one in also. Best. Day. Ever.
Congrats you. Looks so happy
Love your reaction to the lift, I had the same feelings the day I got mine! I see an automatic roof opening in your future LOL. They make a variety of rolling chairs that work great under a lift, I have a much lower ceiling then yours, it still makes life soooo much easier! They also make pucks with grooves cut into them that work great for the 911 floor pan seams so you don't damage them, you could make something i'm sure :)
Nice one mate. Getting serious. Bloody handy tool
Cut the floor out and put a shallow pit in under the hoist and cover with timber boards for when you are not using it. Quick easy cheap solution... VERY VERY jealous 👍🏻
Not that quick and easy ;)
I've seen a lift with half of that height available and it's still worth having one. You built the shed too? Is there nothing you cannot do?! Great video as always folks.
Actually I built the extensions on my house, but had the shed built ;)
That's insane there's only one crowd making to 2.7m. 2750mm or 9ft is a very very common stud height in Aussie, NZ & the US (maybe more. Those are the ones I know). Crazy crazy.
Only one I could find, but you are spot on. This hoist is 2722 and most seem to be 2820.
Definitely need to put a Y under that HAPP!
Hello from Dallas, Texas. Great video Jeff!
"Honey, how 'bout some help? No. OK, you just keep working on your oral report."
This was an uplifting experience.
It certainly was :D
I would have thought you would have used Chemical or resin anchors for the lift they are one of the strongest fixings for concrete.
I know they are an option but these are what it recommends and it doesn't budge
I just watched the episode where you lifted the yellow alFerrari into the roof.
Holy schamoley that's an effective cordless rotary hammer drill! Deserves it's own spot in the credits for that job.
Most cordless stuff now is really good. I did have to change to a corded hammer drill for the last hole as it was stuggling to get through a bit of reo.
i've been thinking about would one fit in a standard shed , thanks for answering my question. Cheers
Great job Jeff. I raise my glass to your lift.
I would use an office chair on castors so you can sit while working underneath.
Awesome! Too bad you are not closer, you could use a mate every once in a while to help with the heavy lifting. We just pulled a burned out 911 off a trailer onto a 2 post lift, and with 4 guys and a few pizzas it went incredibly smoothly!
Happ car lift made Jeff Happy.......careful not to ram the car roof into the shed roof.....maybe some kind of proximity sensor? or a custom bubble in the roof made from fibreglass?
Lovely job; I'd love to have a hoist like that, but I'm in the UK and there's a limitation to how high you can build a workshop in your garden, so when I built my workshop, I knew the idea of the hoist wasn't going to happen. Oh well, I'll just admire yours; perhaps I should move to "down-under". Oh, I was going to suggest raising a section of your roof, but someone already has. :)
Looks like you need to do the original version and dig a pit ;)
@@HomeBuiltByJeff LOL, yep. I'll get my spade out. ;)
So... Just to make sure... Are you happy with it? 😂😂😂
G'day great video love the lift I'm so jealous 😡
I would modify the roof just that little bit. You know you want to . You won't sleep until you do😊
Sick, congrats! But I reckon you could just about fit under it were the lift in the center
Very nice Jeff! I looked at Happ a while ago but haven't been able to spring for a set yet. I ran into (Wingecarribee) council when building my shed so the result is 3m at the front but only 2.4 at the back, not sure how i'd get on.. maybe nose to the shallow end!
You can do a lot (probably everything!) without a lift, so interested to hear what a difference it makes to you as time goes on.
The 2.7 lift would fit in the centre of yours then. Even not being able to get the car clear of your head, it is still going to be a heap easier than jack stands.
Good on you mate!
Well Hallelujah, Thank You Jesus!!! It is about time!!! Congrats...
Need to get you a sensor on the ceiling to beep as you get the car's roof closer to it... lol
I went over to see a good friends new house, It was nice, a little bit of property. He took me out to the rather large garage, he didnt say a word. He opened the double garage door with a clicker, while it was opening he pointed out a real nice tree, and said look at that tree isnt it nice, I looked at it, and when I turned back around the door was open. And there in all its glory was a unbelievable shop, and it had 2, yes 2, basically new lifts, A/C and Heat, checkerboard floor, that shined, and a I-Beam crane across the whole place, With a Hoist ! Large built in metal work benches, AND restroom W/ shower. I asked him if he wanted to adopt me. He said Charles your old enough to be my Grandfather, my response was. SO what "Dad"
Take your shoes off, it will give you a extra inch.
Somehow your excitement travels through the screen. After watching I walked into the kitchen, my 46 year old son was having breakfast, Im excited, and said alright he got a New Lift, he looks up from his Wheaties bowl, and said who. That guy I watch on the other side of the earth. He said great, do you know where my car keys are ?. I said well if they were...never mind.
Congrats, kinda like having a child, but no crying and burping. And you just thought you had friends !
Sorry I read real boring writers, and it reflects in my typin.
No mention of the house, of course. Could have been a single-wide trailer with a hole in the roof and it would still be the ultimate home. You can sleep in a garage but you can't change a clutch in a house.
Oh, It was a least a 1 1/2 million house, with a very large pool and a high dive. The guy made and makes alot of money selling medical Ins to the middle class poor, with such a high deductible they never get used. He says Obama Care was his ticket to wealth. The garage also has a nice high up platform for a large flat screen, apparently the last owner took that. But left all the cabling. Plug and Plug. The new owner has 2 new cars under warranty and a really small box of tools, the ceiling in the place is at least 20 foot tall, with great lighting, Im sure the garage costs more then my house did, but If I remember the last owner left me a busted floor jack, which I repaired. Thank You, who ever you were. Still use it 8 years later. Forgot a rusted hammer, yes its used most everyday, by my son as a door stop. Useless paper pusher. But he pays all the bills, door stop away my friend. He grips about paying 35 dollars a month for VA medical, no deductible free drugs, well he did type reports in the Air Force for 4 years in Virginia. Spent the night in strip clubs. And for this we pay for his Med till the day he ...never mind.
Oh forgot I did rebuild a Harley in my Living Room when I was 18, my Mom said why is all this stuff in your living room, Mom its a apartment get real, Im 66, and she just turned 97, I tell her she looks more like 96, she lives with my sister, thank God. And still dosent approve of me drag racing across the local bridges, this is what you get when you kick your kid out at 15 mother Dearest. She just quit driving 4 years ago, 6 smash ups in 1 year, the insurance company said sure we will extend your policy for 1 pound of gold every 6 months, she said she wasnt quite sure but it sounded a little more then the 643 dollars a month she gets from her Uncle Sam. But she is getting a 3 dollar raise this year, so you never know. I wish everyone the experience of driving your 97 year old Mother to Wal-Mart. Were there 3 hours, she rides in a cool electric cart, I push and walk.Shes gotta talk to her Peeps. Hey Mary how you doing , Jesus Mom can we please get going already. And once every 2 months we take her sister along, she a young 88. We normally start a traffic jam with the electric carts. Sorry I get carted away sometimes, what were we talking about, Oh the house, yea it was passable. Like a can of Tuna fish in a cat cage.
I am definitely excited, and I am glad it was infectious :D
Good stuff jeff!
Nice, you deserve it man. Standing under a car to work on it is overrated, its all about the rolly stool! Also you have more room for fan stickers!
Thought of an idea Jeff, put a big button on the roof of the garage or parking censors, then you can crank it up and either the button would be pressed and a light comes on or a censor would go off 🤷♂️🇬🇧🙋♂️Phil
Congrats Jeff. Very jealous. My garage is even lower in height so no joy for me. But have 2 x hoists at work which will have to do.
At least having access to one is a big plus
yay!!!
Hi jeff, how much did your lift cost, including shipping ?
In the next episode, jeff gives his shop a “sun roof”
Seriously, this is the point at any home builders life where they say “fkin hell ive done it!”!!!!!
Since you're going to be lifting the same cars all the time, you should make a little height gauge so you don't need to keep checking for the roof. Draw a line with a marker pen on the arm where it meets the pillar , then make some height labels with painters tape for each car on the pillar. Then you just have to line up the arm line with the tape line for that car when lifting it.
Someone else said the same thing. I will be doing that for sure ;)
I love the part where you used john lemon for testing the lift. I was actually thinking the same thing
If you swivel the posts 90 degrees and move them to the center line of the shop would you be able to get a car in sideways and gain clearance?
Then I could never get the car into them ;)
What a cool new toy ^^
Ive always wanted a lift but my whole shed is only 8 feet tall aha, hope the lift makes your life easier! :D
You can get smaller portable ones or scissor lifts.
Great vid again and great lift , if you were my size of 5ft 3 then you would be able to walk under it :)
I am only 5'8 so I go close ;)
Do these lifts have the ability to integrate a maximum height switch that the roof of a car could hit stopping the lift?
It does, but depending on the car, the highest point could vary. I am happy going by eye ;)
I want a Whiskey-powered car hoist.
Can Mrs Jeff find me one?
Me too!
Jeff - you know you could reframe that roof pretty easily. It's right between two rafters and on just the one side of the ridge beam. You would just need to continue the same pitch, up from your ridge all the way to the sidewall . Just saying...lol
Don't worry I have thought about it ;)
Awesome Jeff.
No more groaning on the floor 😉
Standing from now on😊👍👍
That is the plan :D
I have to lift mine up a bit to disengage the safety locks.
The thickness of the floor cement is surely just one factor. How do you assess the strength of the concrete is up to the job? Can you have a sample tested or do you really just rely on warning cracks to appear? I have drilled into concrete floors that are a weak sandy mix and full of air bubbles, up to the other extreme, being super hard concrete floors, that bunts a drill bit in seconds.
The rating of the concrete used in the first place was what I went from
Hi Jeff. 4 months on can you give feedback on your satisfaction with the HAPP? Have you had any issues with it? I'm a few months off buying a hoist (need to make a new footing for it in my existing slab) and the price point of the HAPP units is very appealing.
It has been good, and the guys are great to deal with.
Thanks for your reply and update. Might be time for me to get on board the HAPP train :)
Congrats on the lift. I put one in years ago, I wish I did it sooner. Any future plans for a larger garage?
This is as big as I can fit where I live, but maybe a move in the future to somewhere I can build a bigger one :D
I said the same years ago, moved into a bigger spot and find I'm running out of space. It can never be too big! I hope your youtube will one day afford yourself some warehouse like space.
So much easier now . But you will wish you put it in the middle,so you have 2 foot more lift and can walk around hoist and under the car.
Drive cars though under cars and use 'go jacks' to move the cars around
No, mainly because if it was in the middle I would never get cars around it. As it is there is just room. Next shed will be bigger.
I'm mates with the owners brother hope he looked after you there good guys and you shouldn't have a problem dealing with them motorsport guys looking after motorsport guys
So happy for you! Now you just need a plasma cutter and a lathe and mill and a ...
I have the plasma, but a lathe and a mill and a...
125mm thick slab and friction anchors. I would not get underneath that.
These two post lifts are scary, why isn't there a cross brace at the top of the two posts??? Without that, there are massive forces pulling on the post outer concrete mounting bolts .. and those bolts are only held into the concrete with bolt expansion gizmos (concrete is not strong in tension, a crack at an anchor hole = disaster). I'm surprised a lot of these 2 post units don't fall over, which would be a very dangerous situation! Can someone convince me these 2 post type units are safer than they appear?
There are some clear floor hoists that have a top bar, but they are VERY tall. I am with you on the forces, but these have been used for years and years, so they are pretty well worked out.
@@HomeBuiltByJeff understood .. but a quick look on youtube will show you several of these 2 posts lifts collapsing on people, because the concrete anchoring system failed. Seems risky, would seem monitoring the anchor bolt tightening torque before every use would seem wise .. at least for the first couple years of use.
Jeff, odd question but any chance of a picture of where you placed the arms on the Beetle when you lifted it? Going to be working on my 74 at a friend's place with a 2 post and wondering best locations to use. Thanks.
The Beetle is a pain. I placed them on the factory rear jacking points and then on the bolt points on the pan behind the front wheels. The car has to be a long way towards the back of the hoist, and the arms only just reached.
THAT is some garage porn. Question: what’s the process for installing bolts into concrete? I get the drilling, but how do the bolts mount? Do you need anchors like you would for drywall?
There are specific fasteners made to fasten bolts in to drywall. They expand as you tighten them down (which is what the torque wrench is for). I believe they are called concrete wedge anchors.
They are big dyna bolts so as Mr Flakes mentioned they expand as you tighten them and they bite into the concrete. Once they are in you can't get them back out.
Actually @@HomeBuiltByJeff you can sometimes get them out if you are lucky!
Angle grind most of the protruding bolt off, tap the rest into the sleeve with a centre punch,
and long-nosed pliers on the metal sleeve. Wriggle it around enough to get vice grips on the sleeve. Pull sleeve out, then a magnet on the bolt
I have done that on some, but these ones have the top of the collar deep in the hole so you can't get at it. I think these are in there for good ;)
@@HomeBuiltByJeff we use these a lot, they're actually called tru bolts or true bolts. Much better than dynabolts!
Hey Jeff, how wide is your garage?7mtrs?
Yep 7x12
@@HomeBuiltByJeff thanks for the reply Jeff. I was looking at getting the same hoist and I have the same problems with the wall height. The other problem is my garage is only 6m wide. Cheers Scott.
At 6m wide as long as you have nothing on the sides you should still be able to get a car past. Smaller car anyway.
You will have to dig a pit below the ramp to gain full standing height
👍, really cool
Bit close to the wall isn't it. Haven't left yourself much room to work in the wheel wells
There is still a bit of room, at least on my small cars. Any further over and I wouldn't be able to get a car past.
Do you even lift bro?
:D
It's my dream an hoist!
P.S. why the new videos are just 360p?
It's been uploaded just now, gotta wait!
@@jdmfreak22 Thank you!
Now you just need a new garage, about 4 feet higher and at least twice the floor area.
Just don't forget and lift a car with the bonnet up ☺
At last!!!!! Haha