Max Jax installed (sorry Nick)

[wdfifteen]

Nick offered to help with this job so often that I feel bad for going it alone. I need to give him a shout out for being so kind. Our plan was for him to come do the heavy lifting ( and there was a lot of heavy stuff to lift) while I sat on the beer keg and gave him orders (right Nick?). That sounded like a lot of fun. In the end the confluence of time, need, and opportunity arrived Sunday and I went for it without his help.



I started out with a dry fit of the shortest car I expected to use the lift for, in order to get the posts far enough apart.



I rented a rotary hammer with a 7/8 bit to drill the holes for the mountings. The concrete is 12" thick in this area, so I pushed the instruction's "minimum 5" deep" to 6".
The holes for the floor plate mounting bolts all had this slot. I'm assuming it had something to do with manufacturing, as I don't know of an engineering reason to do this.





All installed, ready to go.



As soon as I get some other projects out of the way I'm going to put a 90 degree street ell on this hose fitting to mitigate this trip hazzard. This is really a bad place for a loop of hose to be.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Great job!

I really need one of these so I'm a little jealous

Slots around the holes are because the steel plate is cut in one pass of the water cut/plasma cutting machine which speeds up manufacturing

[wdfifteen]

i needed to do a quick check of the brakes on the '65 VW so it was my first patient. If anything went wrong I thought the VW could weather a little damage better than one of the Porsches.
The lift works smooth as glass. No problems at all.



'56 coupe on the lift and ready for surgery. I'm pulling the engine tomorrow and installing new transmission mounts.

[john70t]

This post is why I still believe. Even sans accoutrements. Thank you.

[aschen]

very nice, I installed mine a few years ago though I must admit I don't use it as much as I would like. I went with the epoxy set anchors.

I do get some funny looks from neighbors walking by with a car on a lift in a residential neighborhood.

[dad911]

With all that ceiling height. why not a full height lift?

[cabmandone]

Oh suuuuuuuuuuure... strip me of the joy of work during the summer in a warm garage

Hey wait! I thought I was supposed to be the one sitting on the keg of beer while barking orders ??

BTW.. I have been fighting a cold (yes it's just a cold... but I can't taste my beer for some reason ) the last few days so I wouldn't have been able to come help anhow.

Glad you got it installed.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by cabmando

Oh suuuuuuuuuuure... strip me of the joy of work during the summer in a warm garage

Oh it was a hot garage - 90 degrees and 90% humidity. I would have relished watching you "help" (ie carry heavy stuff) and I'm sorry you couldn't have enjoyed the experience.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by dad911

With all that ceiling height. why not a full height lift?

The ceiling is only 10' so i wouldn't have been able to stand under a car and work on it if I wanted to. I'm OK with scooting around on a wheeled stool.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

The ceiling is only 10' so i wouldn't have been able to stand under a car and work on it if I wanted to. I'm OK with scooting around on a wheeled stool.

I find myself doing that even though My lift will go high enough that I can stand under the car.

Word of advice: Get yourself a couple support stands to put under the vehicle. I'm not sure there's any such thing as being too safe. I always have a set under my vehicles when they're up on a lift. They don't have to hold the vehicle unsupported by the lift. They just need to be able to keep the car from falling on you if something should happen to the lift.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

The ceiling is only 10' so i wouldn't have been able to stand under a car and work on it if I wanted to. I'm OK with scooting around on a wheeled stool.

I love those little chairs/stools on wheels!

Really nice work, Patrick. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

Please continue posting more pics, where possible. Would like to see where you placed the jack pads, especially.

Stay safe!

[fastfredracing]

What is the capacity of those max jaxs? they look like a well built product Nice job,

[Baz]

Just looked it up....$2,875 for the standard package.

That's not bad!

https://www.maxjax.com/maxjax/

[Baz]

Patrick - how did you get this unloaded from the delivery truck? Thanks!

[wdfifteen]

^^
It was shipped in a wooden box weighed about 1000 lbs. It cost about $2800 inc standard shipping plus $75 for a truck with a lift gate. The truck driver was great, but wouldn’t try to get a 40 ft trailer down our lane. Unloaded it on the road. I moved it the last 500 feet with the pallet forks on my tractor. He didn’t report use of the lift gate since he couldn’t get near the barn, so +$75 !!

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

What is the capacity of those max jaxs? they look like a well built product Nice job,

They claim 6000 lb capacity. They seem basically well made, but the pre-rusted hardware and the poor installation instructions make me wonder where else corners were cut.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

They claim 6000 lb capacity. They seem basically well made, but the pre-rusted hardware and the poor installation instructions make me wonder where else corners were cut.

Don't feel bad. My Challenger CL10 v3 didn't have the best instructions either. But no rusty hardware. I got lucky and bought my lift from a dealer that did his own installs.

[MBAtarga]

I'm more than slightly disappointed that Mrs. WD wasn't called in to aid installation and model the lift.

[dad911]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

The ceiling is only 10' so i wouldn't have been able to stand under a car and work on it if I wanted to. I'm OK with scooting around on a wheeled stool.

Sorry, looked taller in pic. I had 10-6", barely enough for my 4 post, and I had to notch the ceiling to fit a 2 post.

[aschen]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

They claim 6000 lb capacity. They seem basically well made, but the pre-rusted hardware and the poor installation instructions make me wonder where else corners were cut.

You will likely have to replace the hydraulic quick connects if they are still the same cheap ones i got. I called tech support for clarification on the epoxy anchors and got some of the most nochalant answers which seemed technically incorrect to me as an me.

I think it is a good and unique product but definitely unimpressed with danmar as a support company, hopefully its better under bendpack now.