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Positioning Lift Posts & Marking

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

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What happens here

With the help of a second person, the first lift post (Tuxedo lift from Northern Tool) is partially positioned. The presenter explains that one post contains the mount for the hydraulic pump and should preferably be on the 'driver's side' for easy access after a vehicle is on the lift. To ensure precise placement, string lines are run from the garage door edges to define the center of the bay. These lines, along with a laser, are used to ensure the posts are perfectly aligned. The concrete has existing cut lines, and the lift posts need to be at least 6 inches away from these, ideally 3 feet off one and 2.5 feet off another, to prevent concrete heaving. The thickness of the concrete slab (6 inches here, fiber-reinforced) is re-emphasized. Once the first post is aligned, its position is marked on the floor.

Goal: This step involves precisely positioning the lift posts using string lines and a laser, ensuring correct alignment and distance, and marking the locations for drilling anchor bolt holes.

Tools and materials

  • Chalk Line
  • Laser Level
  • Measuring Tape
  • String Line

What they say

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ain't afraid of life times like this if you mess with my freedom my team is what you can kiss first things first I want to tell you exactly how we're doing this this is my friend Josh I'm Josh and I'm not yeah I'm not joshing you about that it's still funny huh so Josh was in the military with me I was in the Air Force he was in the Air Force we worked in civil engineering he's a carpenter and I was an electrician so got a good Carpenter on hand right here to help me with this job really fun job and it's a two-person job for sure don't you think yeah you need two people these towers are heavy and for safety so we're gonna go over here and we'll show you the towers this again is a tuxedo lift from Northern Tool and Equipment that is Tower number one Tower number two you have one tower that has the mount point for your hydraulic pump we got our hydraulic pump sitting right there that needs to be on the driver's side or preferably on the driver's side so as we pull in to our lift right here we can hop out and it'll be real really easily accessible we won't have to run around the car in order to access it so this is Tower number two before we position Tower number two where we want it I wanted to show you guys exactly what we did so we have a string line right here you can see that pink string it goes from our garage door edges right here so we want to be in the center of the garage door we have a string line here and a string line here

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