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Final Checks & Workshop Configuration

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How to install an affordable automotive lift! Perfect man cave!

What happens here

The successfully installed 2-post lift is presented. The presenter highlights the importance of the planning stage, which took most of the installation time, to ensure the lift was perfectly centered in the 28-foot bay (within his 50-foot wide shop). This allowed for ample space for a long vehicle like a quad cab truck or dually on one side of the lift and another vehicle on the other side, effectively doubling the parking capacity. Additionally, enough clearance was maintained along the walls for toolboxes and workbenches (requiring at least 4 feet from the wall for the workbench and an additional 3 feet). The entire setup ensures maximum functionality and workspace in his large workshop.

Goal: The completed lift is showcased, emphasizing the importance of planning the workshop layout to accommodate the lift and other vehicles, with sufficient space for operation and additional equipment.

Tools and materials

  • Tuxedo 2-Post Car Lift
  • Vehicles (truck
  • tractor)

What they say

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[Music] well folks we've successfully installed a lift if you have to do this you're gonna need two people and it's going to take you probably about three and a half hours we spent the most time preparing to install the lift and again it's a tuxedo lift preparing it and making sure that we know exactly what we need to do so I wanted to have you can see my Dodge pickup right here I want to have enough room to park a vehicle a long truck like a quad cab truck or a dually right here and I wanted to have enough room on the other side right here to park another vehicle so I could double stack them basically the secondary process thought process here was tool boxes and workbench so we needed four feet for toolbox and workbench and another three feet out from that so what I can do here this is a 50 foot wide building I can fit two vehicles and have my workbench in here and have plenty of room to work so that's what it was all about all the planning we wanted to be centered on this door and again this is the Mega shop this is 112 by 50 foot shop and this is where we're going to be doing all sorts of awesome projects here on the Stoney Ridge Farm so guys thank you so much guys and gals for coming to see me here on the Stony Ridge hit that like button on your way out the door I'll post a link down the video description to that Critter right there I think you'll really like it the next lift we install will be the four post lift and we've got the Bronco project right over here I've got a Willy's Jeep project down in the other building we've got a lot of fun stuff to do in this shop this is your wintertime Fun Spot guys thanks a lot we'll see you next time on the Stoney Ridge Farm [Music] s some ways [Music] hey there folks this is in your own case here hold on there just a minute there we go okay something bit me nice 50 and it is a awesome [Music] thank you awesome pretty stout this is Josh Stoney rich farmer welcome to the mouthful of slobber here we go let me just walk up uh like a booger problem going on here I think I got a little bit done and we've got to and Total Control stop being a buttermouth here I know knee bear equipment we are installing Australian school yeah peanut gallery back here hey bud we're gonna get some cool bloopers on this one guys I got your butter in my mouth they said somehow what happened it's official everybody I'mma tell me

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