Installing a 2 post hoist 

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.

Mrs Jeff's facts are very informative :D

Only one I could find, but you are spot on. This hoist is 2722 and most seem to be 2820.

Actually I built the extensions on my house, but had the shed built ;)

I took my time and did my research like I do with everything else.

Good tip. I will keep an eye on them.

I actually did, that as I was super scared of it being unbalanced :D

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 know they are an option but these are what it recommends and it doesn't budge

It certainly was :D

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

Looks like you need to do the original version and dig a pit ;)

@@HomeBuiltByJeff LOL, yep. I'll get my spade out. ;)

Not that quick and easy ;)

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.

At least having access to one is a big plus

Then I could never get the car into them ;)

The rating of the concrete used in the first place was what I went from

That is the plan :D

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.

Me too!

It does, but depending on the car, the highest point could vary. I am happy going by eye ;)

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!

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.

I am only 5'8 so I go close ;)

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 :)

Someone else said the same thing. I will be doing that for sure ;)

You can get smaller portable ones or scissor lifts.

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.

Don't worry I have thought about it ;)

I have the plasma, but a lathe and a mill and a...

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.

It's been uploaded just now, gotta wait!

@@jdmfreak22 Thank you!

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.

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.

:D