Car Lifts

What are car lifts? Well as the question suggestions, it has to do with cars. Well a car is defined as a wheeled motor vehicle for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor.  Lift can be defined as a mechanical force generated by a solid object moving through a fluid.  So in short, a car lift is an mechanical equipment that generates force by a solid object moving through a fluid that is able to lift a wheeled motor vehicle or any other object. Car lifts are also known as vehicle lifts, automotive lifts, storage lifts, alignment lifts, or car stackers.

Car Lifts can be used by automotive shops to work on vehicles or used by home hobbyist for storage of their cars or to do repairs in their garage. Now car lifts come in different styles or models and having different lifting capacities. Lifting capacities can range from 7,000 lbs. to  30,000 lbs. and even higher at times. The most popular styles are two post car lifts and four post car lifts.  As the names suggest, some lifts have two post and some have four post. So depending on what you are using the lift for will help determine which one best suites your needs.

The 2 post lifts are asymmetrical and symmetrical and need to be installed by anchoring or bolting to your floor . The 4 post lifts do not need to be anchored to your floor. But if there is a constant flow of vehicles on and off the lift, anchoring the lift is highly suggested.

4 Post Car Lifts as Storage Lifts

As consumers are shopping for garage storage ideas for their cars, home hobbyist are now looking at the automotive lifts industry to find solutions for safely storing their most prized collectibles at home in the form of car lifts. It was not imaginable that you could possible use an auto shop car lift to maximize your storage space in your garage, but take another look.

Lifting Capacity: 8,000 lbs.

The home hobbyist is now utilizing 4 Post Car Lifts as there means of maximizing their garage storage space for their corvettes, mustangs, Classic Fords and Chevrolets. Pictured to your left is a ProKar PK84P 4 Post Storage Lift with a lifting capacity of 8,000 lbs. With this lift, you can maximize your garage storage space by having a vehicle on top and one at the bottom.