Re: Please recommend the best lift
 

OP is looking to buy a TWO POST lift.........

NOT four Post !!!!!!!

Re: Please recommend the best lift
 

BYB is a great hobby 4 post lift. They set the benchmark for that category.

There isn't such a clear option when considering 2 post lift- though I might lean towards Rotary for that.

I used to install lifts about 10 years ago. My favorite value lift was a Power Rex lift- most popularly brought in by Complete Hydraulic as an SL10000. It was an import. Not Rotary quality but certainly far above all the value priced competitors. I would put it simular to Challenger- which is likely also an import.

I really think Mohawk or Rotary are you only options to consider, given your original post. Whichever make can give you the best local support is likely your choice.

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Paul, you hit the nail on the head. I called both Mohawk and Rotary today and got quotes. Mohawk 10,000 lb. System 1 is delivered for $6,800.00 and I install. Rotary 10,000 lb. is delivered and installed by their tech. for $4200.00. I called Rotary's factory in Texas and they had a dist. within 100 miles of me. I still have not decided on which one. Quality vs. Close.

Thanks for the help!

Bryan

Re: Please recommend the best lift
 

Bendpak for both 2 post and 4 post we had in the shop in BG and we installed them ourselves. Fairly easy.

Re: Please recommend the best lift
 

I had a new Rotary 2 post lift put in my home shop and am very satisfied with it after 5 years of trouble free service. I had the dealer install it. Did not want any accidents with 3,000 to 4,000 lbs. over my head.

Re: Please recommend the best lift
 

Thanks everyone, for your help and suggestions. I have decided on a Rotary 10,000 lb. symmetrical. I seriously considered Mohawk and Bendpak. One of the winning factors was the distance in shipping, dealer locations and the installation and service.

Thanks again,
Bryan

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sorry about misreading the original post earlier, I think that rotary is a great choice.
I am kinda interested in checking out the ben pearson 2 post asym lifts. It takes them forever to get raised up, which is a negative I could live with. On a positive note, I notice a similar component as a mohawk (pump). Not sure yet how much of their 2 post lifts are made in USA (maybe another chinese rebrand), their 4 post is made in the USA.
I like the fact they have been around for a while (61 yrs) and you could get parts/service help down the road.

I dont know what it is, I would be nervous buying the Bendpak. I would have to get a rotary over that. And if money was no object, then hands down, mohawk.

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I agree with your choice. Once you get the equalizing cables seated and adjusted, the Rotary will be very easu to own. I actually think it has an easier equalizing system for a hobbyist to maintain than the Mohawk.

If a lift is slow to raise, often it just because they are supplied with economy power units (even if made on the USA they are often maginally applied) with weak or less than ideal HP motors that operate lower volume pumps. You can up size the power unit to help- but won't have that issue with a Rotary. Add enough of these correcting measures and the true delta really narrows.

As for how long a company is in business being a reflection of current health- there are plenty of situations where name only have been purchased and maintained. GLOBE for example has been around for a long g time. Many of the old in ground lifts in 1960'some and older stations in the North East. Other than owning the name, current company has little connection to its past.

Fwiw, the best resource for all lift repairs I'be had to do on both domestic and flavor of the month imports us this company - SVI.

http://www.sviinternational.com/