Havent been on in a while.. My new project a hydraulic lift

[x98boardwell]

Here is the details. Dug down and poured a new pad 7 inches lower than my existing floor using high PSI cement and rebar. It is a Greg Smith Equipment TD6MR 6000lb scissor lift. This has already saved me some time and will work great when I drop the motor. The only down fall is the central drive assembly where the lift would be... but hey, this is in a normal garage and has helped.

Let me know if you have any specific questions. The main idea came from a user "coreseller" on another forum.

Cheers,
Bryan

Cutting


Jack hammering


digging


The crew.. beers and food were served until they said stop after.


5,770 lbs of goodness came out of that hole dug down around 20 inches


a little cement after the rebar install


my baby outside during all the madness


roughed in. Sides not done yet. We went 7" down but the original garage cement was only 2-4 inches thick.. guess the lowest bidder won that job back in 89'


curing time and the addition of new shelves over the xmas/NY holiday. They look good from about 6 feet.

[x98boardwell]

I picture framed the inside with fake decking so the cover can sit on top. I framed the outside with 1/4" Stainless Steel angle iron




Sorry about the "unrotated photos".. I took all these with my Iphone and didn't edit before I emailed them over.

I tucked all the lines inside 2" PVC pipe for the release mechanism and the hydraulic lines so you wouldn't trip on them.



Ready for the approach



All jacked up


Chilling outside after:

[Bob Harriman]

You gotta web-site address for the lift? BTW, good job. I'm a concrete contractor and have installed many holes for smog tech machines. Trick for thickness issue is to cut square 6" larger on perimeter and set a form around perimeter for a new wall that will be monolithic to the new floor. Good job remembering dowels and rebar

[JJ 911SC]

[QUOTE=x98boardwell;...Sorry about the "unrotated photos"... [/QUOTE]

Fix that 4

Looking good, enjoy.

[Uwon]

Jealous. Nice job.
Johan

[O' yeah"74]

^^^^^^^^ What Uwon said

[Flojo]

very cool indeed; what a handy tool to have at home!
Congrats!

functionally and maybe stylewise also, I'm missing a nice coverplate (steel)?

[redridge]

looks good, how are you handling the power for the lift? you need to plug in or is power routed through those PVC pipes?

[Shuie]

Very nice install. Do you have any issues lining the car up and pulling over the pit? The narrowest pit width dimensions I can find for a recessed scissor lift like this is ~41-42". I only have ~45" between my wheels so it seems like it would be kinda tight.

[nickyclyde]

Yeah ,how does power or hydraulic or pneumatic power get to the lift?

[x98boardwell]

Answers:

1) Power source. It is at the pump by the wall, not at the lift. I ran a 30 AMP breaker in my fuse panel and adapted the appropriate new style outlet next to where I was going to mount the pump. It did come with a roughly 4 foot cord so you have some options. Also, the wire is bare so you can hardwire or put a plug on the end which is what I did. Power to the lift itself is through the hydraulic fluid.
2) The lift is from gregsmithequipment.com
3) It isn't difficult lining it up. I cut at 46" wide and that's fine. If you're alone you may have to get out of the car a couple times to ensure you are good but that's it.


JJ911SC, thanks for rotating!

Bob, yes, in hind sight... always 20/20 I would have cut extra width out and formed a perimeter. That would have made it much easier to form the sides to the old cement.

[NoLift911]

Trying to understand that PVC pipe arrangement...how did that work on the install?

Looks like magic...

I am thinking of doing the same thing...

If you were not going to use the PVC pipe - are there quick disconnects at the lift so that if you wanted to cover it with a board everything comes apart?

[x98boardwell]

I took the PVC and cut it at an angle. Mostly for the first 3-5 inches under the garage floor there should be softer cement. I pushed the PVC in and rotated and then removed and emptied the sand. I kept repeating until I tunneled all the way to the wall. Took maybe 40 minutes total... It was surprisingly easy but I can't say that will be the same for everyone.

There is no quick disconnect that I am aware because there is hydraulic fluid in the lines and you would constantly add in a little air and would have to cycle the lift again. I think of it like my brakes. Imagine if we had a quick disconnect at the calipers. When we reattached it wouldn't as closed of a system as it was before. Then you would have to bleed the system and that would take time. Also, if you're going through this trouble you may as well spend the time so when it's done you are happy and no issues.

My .02 anyways. Hope this helped.

[x98boardwell]

Not softer cement... soft sand.

[NoLift911]

Originally Posted by x98boardwell

I took the PVC and cut it at an angle. Mostly for the first 3-5 inches under the garage floor there should be softer cement. I pushed the PVC in and rotated and then removed and emptied the sand. I kept repeating until I tunneled all the way to the wall. Took maybe 40 minutes total... It was surprisingly easy but I can't say that will be the same for everyone.

There is no quick disconnect that I am aware because there is hydraulic fluid in the lines and you would constantly add in a little air and would have to cycle the lift again. I think of it like my brakes. Imagine if we had a quick disconnect at the calipers. When we reattached it wouldn't as closed of a system as it was before. Then you would have to bleed the system and that would take time. Also, if you're going through this trouble you may as well spend the time so when it's done you are happy and no issues.

My .02 anyways. Hope this helped.

OK that is what I thought...just didn't know it would be possible. For the vertical portion you just drilled a hole? Is there an elbow you put in?

[rusnak]

Hey Bryan, how's it going? That looks really neat, and it looks like you had fun doing it! Very very nice looking garage and shelves!

[x98boardwell]

I cut a 6" by 6" hole so I could put the elbow down, connect and backfilled with concrete when the guys were pouring turned out great.

Rusnak, thanks for chiming in. Things are good. Been quite the project but it's coming together slowly. Hope all is well!

Bryan

[beren]

That is cool - nice job!

Where did you get the lift?

[x98boardwell]

beren... look up ^^^ gregsmithequipment.com

[Jack Olsen]

Great job. You will love having the lift.