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russcc · 08-10-2019, 06:45 PM

My shop is a vintage stable, built in 1910. It is rugged post & beam with real 2" x 8" joist on beams & wood columns set on granite pads. The floor is rough sawn under with a 1" x 4" pine floor deck. Its not going anywhere, but installing a 2 post lift would require some steel plating of the columns. I was thinking of a scissor lift, which would also require a large steel plate for it to operate on. Anyone have experience/opinions. One I saw lifts to 56". Tnank you Fordbarners.

08-10-2019, 06:45 PM	#1
russcc Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,871	scissors lifts My shop is a vintage stable, built in 1910. It is rugged post & beam with real 2" x 8" joist on beams & wood columns set on granite pads. The floor is rough sawn under with a 1" x 4" pine floor deck. Its not going anywhere, but installing a 2 post lift would require some steel plating of the columns. I was thinking of a scissor lift, which would also require a large steel plate for it to operate on. Anyone have experience/opinions. One I saw lifts to 56". Tnank you Fordbarners.