cant tell you how great it was to watch this video, i worked at an autoshop for over 7 years, im now in a new field and let me tell you life without a lift sucks. ive been doing months and months of research with different portable lifts and this by far has the best information available. great video, thank, to anyone reading all your answers are in the comments.
Jack Kaufmann i put my order in just this week!! Im excited!! They even had your youtube video on their wall, i was so close to ordering one from alibaba then i saw your video and it had me sold man!!! Gonna put it in my driveway haha
DUDE!!!! That is so awesome. I'm glad they posted our video too. They asked a few months ago to make sure it was OK, they're good guys. Hope your installation goes well. Post a video when you get it all together Jack and I would love to see it.
I've researched just about every conceivable lift for a home garage. I considered the Maxjax, but this one seems to blow it out of the water. I'll still have to do some mods to the garage for any lift I buy, but this may be the best option I've seen. 72" lifting height with posts that short is very nice.
+1. .. many thanks for the video install of the C-7000 Triumph hydraulic car lift. .. A garage ceiling at 112 inches or 9 feet, 3 inches. ..our MY98 911 coupe, ..MY06 Jetta GLI, ..MY79 Beetle convertible and MY06 Outback XT wagon should be cake to lift creating access underneath. .. Having a wide open property setting allows for secondary exterior concrete pads. ..An outside lift allows for power wash removal, ..degrease, de-road salt of the undercarriage in late spring with the cruddy water runoff in the surrounding treed woods. .. With movable lift columns and set-up ease an exterior use should be cake. .. Thanks for the video tutorial !!
Nice job on the install !,Jack I know you are a young man I’m not as I am approaching 60 pretty quickly watching you lift all the lift parts to demonstrate how you store them made my back hurt you really should try lifting with your legs and not bending over so much trust me those things will catch up with you and cause lots of discomfort years from now as we get older everything takes way longer to heal I didn’t listen when I was young but I wish I had in my fourties I lived in a WheelChair for. A little bit and some of that as related on how hard I played when I was young
I have only taken down 1 time since buying it. Really easy, disconnect the quick connections on the hydraulic lines, remove the arms buy pulling the pin, loosen a d remove the bolts with a breaker bar and ratchet, slide a dolly under the tower and move it. Or just waddle it over to where you want it. Not hard at all. Hope this helps
John Kaufmann I was thinking just running a 3" PVC pipe to both ends and putting a end cap on.. have the pipe come up about an inch off the concrete then drill whatever size hole in the end cap for the lines.. I was worried more about mice making a nest then snow and ice.. but I think that could solve both problems.. any way like your set up. Hope to do the same.:-)
Really old video...hopefully Jack is around to answer. Looking at this Triumph C7000 for my own garage and I'm reading reviews that aren't very good....from not lifting evenly (like 5" difference between sides) to it not lifting higher than 5.5'....not the full 72" advertised. What's your experience Jack...now that you've had it for ~7 years? Will it lift to 72"? Is it still working as well as it did in this video?
nice video. Could you measure the length of one of the arms from the silver pivot to the center of the lift pad? I have the same lift and can't lift a car the way you did because my arms are longer, very strange... thank you!
Nice demonstration. I have the Maxjax and it does the job with my nine foot ceiling, but if this would have been available at the time , I would have gotten this one. The ladder locks and arms are much safer and versatile. Space under the car is tight and it's hard to find jack stands and tools that work with the Maxjax. How high is your ceiling?
my ceiling is 9'9" so the VW goes up almost the full 6 feet. my fullsizebronco frame rails are 58" off the ground at maximum. I really like this lift and redoing the floor was well worth the work just for the piece of mind and learning. I looked at the maxjax but it had some limitations I was not able to accommodate. thx!!!
+1. Yeah, ..I hear that on the garage floor spec. ..After-all, hindsight is 20/20. ..Lift prep has started with a couple of 4x4 pads in the works. ..Hired a couple of community H.S. boys to assist,, making fast work of the garage/exterior pad creation. ..(H.S. senior's gas money exchanged for floor pads.... sign me up.) ..Critical Path Method.. 1,2,3.. etc. ..Can you imagine just winging it in terms of the existing concrete floor spec., and there's trouble down the line? .. No way.
Hey Jack! A few questions: 1) Do you know if other companies sell a similar lift- That's designed to fit in a normal garage (excluding the MaxJack, which according to many customer reviews is a sub-par product). 2) Can you make a video of removing one of the posts for "storage?" I'm curious how difficult of a process removing and installing a post is.
This is the only one out there that is like this. The C7000 also goes by the name universallift. They have a video on how to move it.. You unplige the hydraulic line with your hands. Remove the arms. No tools required. Undo the 6 bolts holding it down. Move it with a dolly or walk I t across the floor. I've had it for years and kmky moved it 3 times. Just don't need to. It's easy
the post plates are 127" apart (outside of plate). It works great for various cars. I is adjustable for installation from 75" (lawnmower or something I guess) to about 135". Some guys have multiple sets of anchors in the floor so they can more one of the posts. I highly recommend this lift.
Jack Kaufmann Ah, thanks for the measurement info. My biggest car is the same width as the Passat, so It's a good point of reference. I'm going to rearrange my garage and see if I can make this work. Just about everything, except for one heavy duty storage rack, is on wheels, too. Also, I just scored a used Liftmaster 3800 full setup for $65 so I can gain about 13" in ceiling height then I'll do the major garage mods later.😀
@@JackKaufmann 127" outside edge to outside edge, bottom plates? Trying to get placement and measurement before I pull the trigger to see if the garage door opener has to be removed and replaced with a wall mount.
Hey pretty close to ordering the UNIVERSALIFT 2 which appears to be the same as this lift. Just curious how it is holding up? Still going strong? Any issues at all? Thanks man!
7/8" outer diameter PS58 from wejit www.toggler.com/wejit/power_sert.html here is our blog on the install alphabronco.blogspot.com/2016/07/lift-is-installed.html?q=2+post+lift
Hey man, followed alot of your demonstrations. Does the bracket holding the top of your hydraulic cylinder seem loose or flimsy? I purchased the same lift? Mine only has screws on it? Did yours recommend using bolts and replacing the screws?
We used bags of 4000 psi quikrete for 2 4x4x11” deep holes but we also keyed under the slab about 6" so the footing is actually bigger than 4x4. We poured the slabs with a rented mixer from the hardware store. Make sure you use seal and cure on the new pours so it cures right and is easier. We followed Mohawks instructions on how to do a slab for a hoist. That requires rebar and keying under. It's not hard. Just getting rid of all the old concrete is a pain. Here is a link to our blog on the process. There are updates on there for the total lift install too. alphabronco.blogspot.com
Al Senzick another link. alphabronco.blogspot.com/2016/07/lift-is-installed.html I'm Jack's Dad. This young man did a heck of a job helping me install the lift, prep the floor and RECORD THE VIDEO!! Good luck with your install
cant tell you how great it was to watch this video, i worked at an autoshop for over 7 years, im now in a new field and let me tell you life without a lift sucks. ive been doing months and months of research with different portable lifts and this by far has the best information available. great video, thank, to anyone reading all your answers are in the comments.
Thx!!!! Glad you liked our video. Good luck finding a lift. It's so great!
Jack Kaufmann i put my order in just this week!! Im excited!! They even had your youtube video on their wall, i was so close to ordering one from alibaba then i saw your video and it had me sold man!!! Gonna put it in my driveway haha
DUDE!!!! That is so awesome. I'm glad they posted our video too. They asked a few months ago to make sure it was OK, they're good guys. Hope your installation goes well. Post a video when you get it all together Jack and I would love to see it.
I've researched just about every conceivable lift for a home garage. I considered the Maxjax, but this one seems to blow it out of the water. I'll still have to do some mods to the garage for any lift I buy, but this may be the best option I've seen. 72" lifting height with posts that short is very nice.
+1. .. many thanks for the video install of the C-7000 Triumph hydraulic car lift. .. A garage ceiling at 112 inches or 9 feet, 3 inches. ..our MY98 911 coupe, ..MY06 Jetta GLI, ..MY79 Beetle convertible and MY06 Outback XT wagon should be cake to lift creating access underneath. .. Having a wide open property setting allows for secondary exterior concrete pads. ..An outside lift allows for power wash removal, ..degrease, de-road salt of the undercarriage in late spring with the cruddy water runoff in the surrounding treed woods. .. With movable lift columns and set-up ease an exterior use should be cake. .. Thanks for the video tutorial !!
Michael Schneider thanks. I really like having a lift. I know of a guy who keeps his C7000 outside.
Nice job on the install !,Jack I know you are a young man I’m not as I am approaching 60 pretty quickly watching you lift all the lift parts to demonstrate how you store them made my back hurt you really should try lifting with your legs and not bending over so much trust me those things will catch up with you and cause lots of discomfort years from now as we get older everything takes way longer to heal I didn’t listen when I was young but I wish I had in my fourties I lived in a WheelChair for. A little bit and some of that as related on how hard I played when I was young
Thanks!
Wish there was a tear down of the system to show us how it stows away!
I have only taken down 1 time since buying it. Really easy, disconnect the quick connections on the hydraulic lines, remove the arms buy pulling the pin, loosen a d remove the bolts with a breaker bar and ratchet, slide a dolly under the tower and move it. Or just waddle it over to where you want it.
Not hard at all.
Hope this helps
Great video Jack! That was really fun.
Yeah!!!
Those footings are WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY overkill.
I agree - and glad to hear that! My new install was on 5" of floor and it works great.
Awesome lift. I have an 8' ceiling with a MaxJax but I really want to pick up one of these bad boys. Seems like a much better machine.
Nice set up. You should of just ran a 2-3" pipe under the concrete for your hydraulic lines.. just a thought..
The Hrysler Garage thought about that but the pipe would fill with salt water and stuff from the snow and ice.
John Kaufmann I was thinking just running a 3" PVC pipe to both ends and putting a end cap on.. have the pipe come up about an inch off the concrete then drill whatever size hole in the end cap for the lines.. I was worried more about mice making a nest then snow and ice.. but I think that could solve both problems.. any way like your set up. Hope to do the same.:-)
The Hrysler Garage great! I love having a lift and this an excellent options if you don't need to be lifting big diesels.
Have a longer hose made and run it overhead.
Really old video...hopefully Jack is around to answer. Looking at this Triumph C7000 for my own garage and I'm reading reviews that aren't very good....from not lifting evenly (like 5" difference between sides) to it not lifting higher than 5.5'....not the full 72" advertised. What's your experience Jack...now that you've had it for ~7 years? Will it lift to 72"? Is it still working as well as it did in this video?
nice video. Could you measure the length of one of the arms from the silver pivot to the center of the lift pad? I have the same lift and can't lift a car the way you did because my arms are longer, very strange... thank you!
I can do that. My arms are 3 pieces. I'll do it in the morning.
Sorry my lifts arms are totally different than yours. Probably won't matter. If I measure.
Did you figure it out?
@@JohnKaufmann I have longer arms, I tried to get shorter ones like your, unfortunately they are saying they don't exist :(
Nice demonstration. I have the Maxjax and it does the job with my nine foot ceiling, but if this would have been available at the time , I would have gotten this one. The ladder locks and arms are much safer and versatile. Space under the car is tight and it's hard to find jack stands and tools that work with the Maxjax. How high is your ceiling?
my ceiling is 9'9" so the VW goes up almost the full 6 feet. my fullsizebronco frame rails are 58" off the ground at maximum.
I really like this lift and redoing the floor was well worth the work just for the piece of mind and learning.
I looked at the maxjax but it had some limitations I was not able to accommodate.
thx!!!
my son was a huge help with the installation and the filming of the video.
+1. Yeah, ..I hear that on the garage floor spec. ..After-all, hindsight is 20/20. ..Lift prep has started with a couple of 4x4 pads in the works. ..Hired a couple of community H.S. boys to assist,, making fast work of the garage/exterior pad creation. ..(H.S. senior's gas money exchanged for floor pads.... sign me up.) ..Critical Path Method.. 1,2,3.. etc. ..Can you imagine just winging it in terms of the existing concrete floor spec., and there's trouble down the line? .. No way.
Michael Schneider right on! And it's not that difficult. Peace of mind.
John Kaufmann Did you ever modify the ceiling? If so, I would love to see video of it. Thanks.
Great video ..Thanks
Glad you enjoyed
Hey Jack! A few questions: 1) Do you know if other companies sell a similar lift- That's designed to fit in a normal garage (excluding the MaxJack, which according to many customer reviews is a sub-par product). 2) Can you make a video of removing one of the posts for "storage?" I'm curious how difficult of a process removing and installing a post is.
This is the only one out there that is like this. The C7000 also goes by the name universallift. They have a video on how to move it..
You unplige the hydraulic line with your hands.
Remove the arms. No tools required.
Undo the 6 bolts holding it down.
Move it with a dolly or walk I t across the floor.
I've had it for years and kmky moved it 3 times. Just don't need to.
It's easy
looks like it fits perfectly in asingle car garage spot. What distance between posts did you use?
the post plates are 127" apart (outside of plate). It works great for various cars. I is adjustable for installation from 75" (lawnmower or something I guess) to about 135". Some guys have multiple sets of anchors in the floor so they can more one of the posts.
I highly recommend this lift.
juicedh22 - this is the poster's Dad - it would be great for your vette. And the fact you can remove the post and slide it into the corner is awesome.
Jack Kaufmann Ah, thanks for the measurement info. My biggest car is the same width as the Passat, so It's a good point of reference. I'm going to rearrange my garage and see if I can make this work. Just about everything, except for one heavy duty storage rack, is on wheels, too. Also, I just scored a used Liftmaster 3800 full setup for $65 so I can gain about 13" in ceiling height then I'll do the major garage mods later.😀
@@JackKaufmann 127" outside edge to outside edge, bottom plates?
Trying to get placement and measurement before I pull the trigger to see if the garage door opener has to be removed and replaced with a wall mount.
At max height how high is it to the undercarriage? I know everything says 72" but i am curious on exact height at max with or without locks.
Probably about 65
Where did you purchase and MSRP? Thanks for posting.
Matt A $2399 I recommend this this with full confidence
Big Boy Garage Toys
Any reason why you used 5/8" wej-it anchor bolts instead of 3/4"?
The specifications called for 5/8" and I wanted to be sure the bolt fit through the hole on the base plate.
@@JohnKaufmann
Thanks John, I was thinking of going with 3/4" but it may be overkill. My C7000 should be delivered this week.
@@ericvincent8960 how'd your install go?
Hey pretty close to ordering the UNIVERSALIFT 2 which appears to be the same as this lift. Just curious how it is holding up? Still going strong? Any issues at all? Thanks man!
kevkel33 this lift has been very good with zero problems. I'm very happy with it. Thx for watching
Just bought mine. How far apart did you locate each post? Im building my garage and want to know wherw to fill with good concrete
J C hammer I think it was 127 inches
On your lift did you have issues with the base plates being warped?
Nope the plates are flat. Can’t imagine the hardware we not bring it true when torqued down
How much did it cost to cut and pour the concrete pads?
rent saw $25
Cut bust and remove $0
Pour bagged crete about $150
Not too bad. $175
what size wedge it anchors did you use?
7/8" outer diameter PS58 from wejit www.toggler.com/wejit/power_sert.html here is our blog on the install alphabronco.blogspot.com/2016/07/lift-is-installed.html?q=2+post+lift
May I ask you wich size is your garage?
That was a three car garage with 9.5 foot ceilings. We now have this lift in a 40x60 shop. With 12 foot ceiling. Thx for watching
How far apart do you have the lift post? What's the total width ?
127" from outside edges of the posts.
Hey man, followed alot of your demonstrations. Does the bracket holding the top of your hydraulic cylinder seem loose or flimsy? I purchased the same lift? Mine only has screws on it? Did yours recommend using bolts and replacing the screws?
N. Chappy mine has a little strap held in with two machine bolts. Seems pretty solid
hi did you buy bags of concrete or have a truck come out? I'm looking to do the same thing
We used bags of 4000 psi quikrete for 2 4x4x11” deep holes but we also keyed under the slab about 6" so the footing is actually bigger than 4x4. We poured the slabs with a rented mixer from the hardware store. Make sure you use seal and cure on the new pours so it cures right and is easier.
We followed Mohawks instructions on how to do a slab for a hoist. That requires rebar and keying under. It's not hard. Just getting rid of all the old concrete is a pain.
Here is a link to our blog on the process. There are updates on there for the total lift install too.
alphabronco.blogspot.com
Al Senzick another link. alphabronco.blogspot.com/2016/07/lift-is-installed.html
I'm Jack's Dad. This young man did a heck of a job helping me install the lift, prep the floor and RECORD THE VIDEO!!
Good luck with your install
You've never worked in a shop have you
Nope
how big is your garage leagth and width
Pretty standard size 3 car garage. About 25 ft deep on the side with the hoist. 35 feet wide
How high is the ceiling and how high will the lift go and who makes the lift?
R Bell 9.5 feet and made by National Auto Tools. Thanks for watching and sorry about the late response.