Storing the 308 on the new Lift!

Just setup my new 4 post lift and relocated the door opener. The lift raises up high enough to pull the truck in under it.. Had to remove the light bulb....
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No leaks, thank god. The lift came with 4 drip trays. Nice to keep it high and dry, and away from the kids

 

I looked at a lot of different lifts and the number of them that had a 6' 9" inch clearance under the runways was limited. I don't like buying anything not made in the USA but after inspecting the the lifts I was happy with the design and quality of the DirectLift plus 8. I'm not operating it that often and the quality is very good. The 308 is far from the 8000 Lb limit. I installed the lift myself and it's far from cheap, each runway is about 400 lbs. The cables and pulleys are good quality as well. If had to use it several times a day for 5-10 years then I may have gone with something else.

 

Very nice, Germans know how to build them. I looked for a used one but not to many out there, got his one new for $2,200. Now I just need a TR or Boxer to take advantage of the motor out the bottom. Been wondering if it would be a good idea to place 1/16 inch wood paneling under each of bases to distribute the load across floor more evenly.

 

This is how it was stored last year... not ideal..but it worked..
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Thanks, 133" the beam is the problem.. I concidered striping the sheetrock of it to give a little more clearance, just not sure if they framed around it, I think it may be an I-Beam

This was my cheet sheet I used while I shopped for a lift.

115.5 floor to beam
133 floor to ceiling
17.5 ceiling to beam bottom

47 top runway to ceiling
29.5 top runway to beam
86 top of runway to Floor
Space between top of runway and beam 29.5
Car 164" bump to bump
136 Rear bump to lowest forward clearance point(29 - rear-headlight grills)
146 back wall to beam
car to roof 43.5
distance from floor to roof of top car at max lift 129.5
Car backed on lift to the rear wall will have 1.5" - 2.5" clearance to beam at max lift.
Denali is 74" inches tall.

 

The 133 inches is the distance of the the garage ceiling to the floor. The towers height is about 96 inches. The lift is also "Certified"..what ever that means. Here seethe actual loft dens.
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If your shopping for one, note mine is a little different in that it has taller columns for more clearence. You may be better suited with the regular DirectLift if your ceiling is lower. The other nice feature of these four post lifts are the caster wheels, they allow you to move the lift around to different position in the garage. I 've seen some guys roll them right out of the garage. Would make for a fun tune-up party..