[DeTomaso] 4 post lift recomendations or brands to avoid

[Julian Kift]

I did a lot of soul searching when buying lifts and despite preferring to buy US made, none of the US manufacturers could compete price wise, at least within my window of loyalty cost differential.
I have a Direct Lift in the garage which cost me just under $2500 delivered including two sliding jacks, drip trays and castors. It is used predominately as a parking lift, but IMO the jacks are well worth the extra $$ as they allow you to raise all four corners of the car for working on suspension etc. Then I purchased two cheapo $1600 lifts that I cut and narrowed in width to mount in my Kentucky trailer. They were rated at 7,000 lbs vs. the 4,000 lbs std trailer lift offerings and compared to buying trailer lifts I saved almost $7000 on the two. I took a bit of a chance but I must say I was impressed with the quality of these Auto Lifts from Best Buy Auto Equipment for the money.
Having owned a stacker trailer with a Gemini/Stinger lift I personally don't see a big quality difference any more. The early complaints about Chinese lifts were mostly in the locking/safety mechanisms and from the lifts I have that has been resolved (admittedly probably through reverse engineering and copying US designed lifts).
Julian

From: jjdetrich at gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:57:37 -0600
To: kenn_green at yahoo.com
CC: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 4 post lift recomendations or brands to avoid

I've had a Gemini Lift for 5 years that I am very happy with. Made in Texas.
When I was there a while back they were benchmarking a Chinese lift to compare quality. They weren't impressed.


Jeff6559

http://029b960.netsolhost.com/index.html




On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:


I'm in the market for one.  I'd like it to be wide enough for most cars to fit underneith, not necessarily a Hummer/ big SUV, and strong enough to lift a Pantera or similar car.  Willing to pay a little more ($200, $300 etc.) for US made, but not $1,000 more.


Thanks in advance for suggestions.
Ken
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