No delivery to the house on the XLT unless you have a dock you can drive your forklift onto the truck with. I don't think a pallet jack will move this in a truck or your driveway... it's huge (long). If you go to pick up the XLT at the freight terminal (mine went to the local ABF terminal) it is ALL of 15 feet+ and just shy of 2,000Lbs. Had to drop the front bar on our 12' Deck trailer and set it on the tongue frame almost to the crank handle and she still hung off the back of the trailer about 2 inches. Strapped 'er down good with 7 ratchet straps (two across the back, two across the front, and three over the top) - no problem, smooth sailing. It's packed well and decently balanced. If I had to do it again though, I'd take a 16/18 foot trailer if you're getting the XLT. Thanks for the video Larry, it'll help. Setting mine up tomorrow morning 12/16/23.
Just finished mine today. 1/24/2023 I paid $3789.00 delivered. Put it together myself with a compact tractor with forks on the loader. Seems to be a good lift so far.
Thanks for sharing. Mine should be arriving in a week or so. I have to pour 4 concrete pads at the corners for mine temporarily as i currently have a dirt floor in my barn. I'll pour the rest come summer. Is the widest dimension they list the width from the outside edge of the plates at the bottom of the posts? If not, could you measure that for me and also the post outsidevplate to plate length. It would help me get the pads in place before the kift arrives. I would be most grateful
The overall length and width are from the outside edge of the plates to the outside edge of the other side. 15 feet 10 inches (190") long and 9 feet 4 inches (112") wide on the XLT
I paid $3,870 for the lift, but I had to pick it up from a local freight company. I bought it from Wholesale Lifts, LLC (liftswholesale.com/), but I would not recommend them. They cost a little more after they added shipping, most other places have shipping included. They were helpful and responsive during order, shipping and tracking processes, but I had a few minor issues after I picked it up and they wouldn't answer the phone or respond to emails after I picked up the lift.
@@larrysgarage3225 Thanks for the reply. I just bought 2 of them. They dropped in price on Mech store. I did some negotiating and got them for $3600 each free ship. I forgot to ask, what type of oil did you use and how much did it take/? I don't see any comment on oil? They say ATF or Hydraulic oil
@J C I used 32W STP Hydraulic Oil that I purchased at AutoZone. If I remember correctly, it took 3 gallons. I believe the lighter weight oil, like I used, lets it come down faster.
I have a question. You started to reference how it states to insert the cross pieces from the top, demonstrating how difficult that would be. How did you end up getting them in the channels? I just talked to a distributor today and am about to order one.
I ended up laying the posts on the ground and putting the cross beam in while they were laying down. That wasn't terribly easy either. I put oil in the channels which helped some and used a rubber hammer. If you had a way to stabilize the posts standing up and a way to lift the cross beam to the top of the posts, I think that would be easier because you could use the weight of the cross beam to help get it in place. I think I mentioned that I had to trim the pads on the ends of the beam a little in some cases for various reasons. Some of the welds kept the pad from pushing up flush with the beam, some of the posts seemed to be to small. The tops of some of the posts may have been bent in slightly, I realized that when I inserted the caps on the top, I had to hammer those in as well.
@@larrysgarage3225 Thanks for sharing. I bought one yesterday and should be getting it in the next couple weeks. The dealer I got it from also delivers/installs. We worked out a deal where he will uncrate it when he loads it for delivery and for $300, he is going to help me stand up the posts, put in the cross bars and set the runways on the cross bars. I'm 69 years old so that little bit of help was well worth paying $300 for.
It probably varies a little by shipping company, but they wouldn't deliver mine because I didn't have a dock or something like a forklift to get it off the truck, so I ended up borrowing a trailer and picked it up from the local truck terminal.
No delivery to the house on the XLT unless you have a dock you can drive your forklift onto the truck with. I don't think a pallet jack will move this in a truck or your driveway... it's huge (long). If you go to pick up the XLT at the freight terminal (mine went to the local ABF terminal) it is ALL of 15 feet+ and just shy of 2,000Lbs. Had to drop the front bar on our 12' Deck trailer and set it on the tongue frame almost to the crank handle and she still hung off the back of the trailer about 2 inches. Strapped 'er down good with 7 ratchet straps (two across the back, two across the front, and three over the top) - no problem, smooth sailing. It's packed well and decently balanced. If I had to do it again though, I'd take a 16/18 foot trailer if you're getting the XLT.
Thanks for the video Larry, it'll help. Setting mine up tomorrow morning 12/16/23.
Just finished mine today. 1/24/2023 I paid $3789.00 delivered. Put it together myself with a compact tractor with forks on the loader. Seems to be a good lift so far.
Thanks for sharing. Mine should be arriving in a week or so. I have to pour 4 concrete pads at the corners for mine temporarily as i currently have a dirt floor in my barn. I'll pour the rest come summer. Is the widest dimension they list the width from the outside edge of the plates at the bottom of the posts? If not, could you measure that for me and also the post outsidevplate to plate length. It would help me get the pads in place before the kift arrives. I would be most grateful
The overall length and width are from the outside edge of the plates to the outside edge of the other side. 15 feet 10 inches (190") long and 9 feet 4 inches (112") wide on the XLT
@@larrysgarage3225 thank you! Perfect timing, I'm installing mine tomorrow!
Got mine all set up in a day by myself thanks to your video and comments!
@larrysgarage3225 can you tell me link for the jack that slides on ur lift or name. Thanks again great video.
Larry, how about an up date on the lift???
What would you like to know?
What did you end up paying for the lift? Who did you buy it from? Nice assembly video, Thanks
I paid $3,870 for the lift, but I had to pick it up from a local freight company.
I bought it from Wholesale Lifts, LLC (liftswholesale.com/), but I would not recommend them. They cost a little more after they added shipping, most other places have shipping included. They were helpful and responsive during order, shipping and tracking processes, but I had a few minor issues after I picked it up and they wouldn't answer the phone or respond to emails after I picked up the lift.
I ran across the shipping paper work for my lift and it was shipped from National Auto Tools, if that helps any.
@@larrysgarage3225 Thanks for the reply. I just bought 2 of them. They dropped in price on Mech store. I did some negotiating and got them for $3600 each free ship. I forgot to ask, what type of oil did you use and how much did it take/? I don't see any comment on oil? They say ATF or Hydraulic oil
@J C I used 32W STP Hydraulic Oil that I purchased at AutoZone. If I remember correctly, it took 3 gallons. I believe the lighter weight oil, like I used, lets it come down faster.
I have a question. You started to reference how it states to insert the cross pieces from the top, demonstrating how difficult that would be. How did you end up getting them in the channels? I just talked to a distributor today and am about to order one.
I ended up laying the posts on the ground and putting the cross beam in while they were laying down. That wasn't terribly easy either. I put oil in the channels which helped some and used a rubber hammer.
If you had a way to stabilize the posts standing up and a way to lift the cross beam to the top of the posts, I think that would be easier because you could use the weight of the cross beam to help get it in place.
I think I mentioned that I had to trim the pads on the ends of the beam a little in some cases for various reasons. Some of the welds kept the pad from pushing up flush with the beam, some of the posts seemed to be to small. The tops of some of the posts may have been bent in slightly, I realized that when I inserted the caps on the top, I had to hammer those in as well.
@@larrysgarage3225 Thanks for sharing. I bought one yesterday and should be getting it in the next couple weeks. The dealer I got it from also delivers/installs. We worked out a deal where he will uncrate it when he loads it for delivery and for $300, he is going to help me stand up the posts, put in the cross bars and set the runways on the cross bars. I'm 69 years old so that little bit of help was well worth paying $300 for.
Very informative ty
How do these ship ? Can I have them dropped off in my driveway? I don’t have an open trailer to pick it up
It probably varies a little by shipping company, but they wouldn't deliver mine because I didn't have a dock or something like a forklift to get it off the truck, so I ended up borrowing a trailer and picked it up from the local truck terminal.