[DeTomaso] Car lift group buy

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Hi All - I wanted to address Chuck's last paranthetical - "if they'll fit in your garage" - I recently bought a 4 post lift for my 2 car residential garage - prior to that, I spent months researching garage door manufacturers and installers trying to figure out how to make it fit - I have 10.5' ceilings and so am very lucky there - even so, no one could give me a solution to maximize that space - one problem was that folks wanted to stay with my traditional opener, which needs to hook on to the middle door - so to high lift it, they needed to add either a standard 18" or 21" door panel, which left a lot of inches on the table - the solution...a new "jack shaft" opener for residential use from Liftmaster, released to the market last November.  This opener mounts on the side of the door, right at the torsion bar - so no center rail (which connected the traditional opener to the door), no additional door panels, and the door is now 6 inches off of the ceiling - as an
 additional plus, because this solution does not require additional door panels (a cost savings in of itself and allows added flexibility), the entire door does not go over on the horizontal as far...meaning it goes up 33 or so inches up vertically before before curving to the horizontal...as a result, when the door clears the jamb and stops raising, it has gone 33 or so inches LESS along the horizontal track, so this allows more vertical, useable sq. footage, as less of it is bisected by the door - hope this makes sense, anyone please feel free to email me for more info on the opener or the installer for the SCPOCA gang - thanks, stephen


----- Original Message ----
From: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
To: David in Durango <adin at frontier.net>
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:46:19 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Car lift group buy


Dear David,

             When (circa 2000) I was in the market for a lift and checked 
around and learned that, for whatever reasons, there were three or more lift 
manufacturers in Wichita, Kansas.
             I took a day off and went up and toured the three facilities 
and inspected things.   AutoLifters was most impressive.  They gave me a 
good price on a package plus extras and then did not charge me shipping down 
the interstate to Oklahoma City.
            In the last seven years, there have been a few things happen and 
they have been very responsive and easy to deal with.
           Wichita is reasonably close to Durango.   You might make a road 
trip out of the Journey to Lift Land.......!

                     Lifts are very good (if they'll fit in your garage), 
Chuck Engles


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David in Durango" <adin at frontier.net>
To: "M Grillot" <msjaan at sbcglobal.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Car lift group buy


> Thanks for bringing this up at just the right moment - I'm interested in 
> all
> experiences that anyone has to offer.
>
> cheers,
>
> David
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "M Grillot" <msjaan at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 6:43 AM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Car lift group buy
>
>
>> For anyone that may be interested, Keith Goolsby who
>> owns Superlifts has offered a group discount to
>> deTomaso owners on his many types of lifts. They have
>> US built and a 4 post built in China.  He said the
>> discount would be between 5-10% based on shipping cost
>> differences.  His company is in southwest Missouri
>> were I live. You can reach him at
>> KGoolsby at superlifts.com or 1-800-526-9992.  Michael Grillot
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