[Shop-talk] jack stands

Marc smarc at smarc.net
Wed Apr 30 13:32:29 MDT 2008


Hi -

The ceiling slopes from left to right, not back to front. Good idea 
though!  Herndon is about an hour & a half from here. I have to go there 
occasionally to lay hands on some servers and stuff we have over at 
Cogent...

That Bendpak looks nice... what did it set you back?

Marc



Larry Spector wrote:
> Marc,
>
> You can slope the garage door tracks to follow the ceiling contour, I 
> had this done to accommodate my 4-post (BendPak HD9XW). You also don't 
> need much space between the lift and the door. I bought optional 
> aluminum ramps that I just pick up and set on the lift when I need to 
> close the door- the end of the lift itself is ~1 foot from the door. 
> No floor anchors are needed either, in fact casters are an option.
>
> If you'd like to take a look, I'm in Northern Virginia (Herndon)- it's 
> a little closer than Grand Rapids!
>
> -Larry


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