t.sopow

i am thinking of buying a 2 post (or 4 post) lift for my 98 first gen truch will an 8000 or do i go to 10 000 got a good deal on an 8 any comments?

thanx for your reply (tired of creepers)

cbrahs

i would go 10k. 8k is putting the lift at near max every time you use it. when I put my truck on the 8k lift at work, it sure tells me it hates me.

Asher

Not sure about a 4post but with a 2 post you have to have a certain level of concrete floor (not the typical one poured in residential garages) for the lift to be bolted down properly...

If I had a choice I would have to say 4 post...

diesel_burner

My truck weights 8 k full of fuel, 80 gallons. I like the 2 posts, they take up less room and are easier to work around. I would go with the 2 post. but like they said before make sure the floor can take it.

patdaly

I have had mine on both, and for the sense of security, I like the 4 post.

My truck as I drive it, ( toolbox, fuel,etc. ) is dangerously close to 8K already, I use a 9K ALM lift for the 2 post and a 14K for the 4 post. On the 2 post Asymmetrical she bounces more than I would like.

RowJ

I see no problem with the 2 post, 10K lift..... with the solid floor mounting. Lots of truck shops use them a lot harder than you ever will.

RJ

farmer0_1

a neighbor lifts his crew cab long box powerstroke on a two post and it bobbles back and forth about and inch all the time. i wouldn't use it without a couple of tall jackstands. i came across a cheap four post 22000 lbs motor home lift i have been wanting to get installed. I worked for ten years under a two cylinder in ground lift. i really loved that the most.

cbtumedic

I prefer doing most work on a 2 post lift (except oil changes and such) because you don't have much stuff getting in the way, and you can remove wheels and such without having to have 2 rolling jacks that also get in the way. I've worked off of both types of lifts in the automotive field and just generally prefer 2 post style. But if your floor can't take a 2 post lift then you are limited in your options.

high bid

why would one consider a 2 post w/a weight limit restriction when compared to 4 post? Think about the sway of 8k lbs in the air w/you under it when working on your truck. Most all of the garages won't put my truck on a 2 post lift. Just my $.02.

patdaly

LOL, That's why I pucker whenever I have to use the 2 post.......... I even have the stand under the rear hitch, still consider my moves before I really put the torque to the wrench.

blackdiesel

We have a 9000# ben pearson 2 post in our shop. and it's all it wants to put one of our trucks on it. You go to beating, and pull on something and it gets to swaying.

blackdiesel

exactly. two post lift is much easier to work under, and short of building exhasusts, a two post lift is much more practial.

cbtumedic

The shops I worked in all had large capacity 2 post lifts so we could put nearly any truck we serviced on them and if you lift them right you will have little to no sway, but this was on 10-12K lifts that we had. Also Ford Super Duty's are the worst to lift because of the shape of the frame and the fact that the rocker panels extended below the level of the frame, Late model chevy's are the easiest to put up on a lift.