[Land-speed] Auto hoists

[jgmagoo at comcast.net]

I owned an 8-bay auto repair shop for 15-years. It was originally a Goodyear tire store built in 1965 and had eight in-ground hydraulic lifts. We used those for a while and they were OK but eventually began to leak and rust underground. We took them all out fearing (mostly) environmental contamination and replaced them with above-ground post-type lifts. We ended up with six 2-post lifts, and one 4-post. Four of the two-post lifst are a-symentric, two are symetric. We worked on all types of cars and light to medium trucks. The mechanics all DEFINITELY preferred the 2-post, 
a-symetric over any of them, and most of them complained about having to use the 4-post. 

The brands we had were Rotary and Bend-Pack. No problems with either of them. Not too much diference in cost as I remember. We bought a couple of them used, and who knows what kind of use/abuse they had had before, but we had basically no problems with them.   

In the end, far more satisfactory than the in-ground hoists that the building came with. 

JGMagoo