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Oh well. It never hurts to ask. Yeah, those 12,000's are pretty tall. You have to have at least a 12-14 foot ceiling. Thats not an issue for the building we're putting one in. It could be over 20 feet tall and still not go through the roof. Good luck on your getting a taller place. Once you do and get that lift installed, it'll become the most valuable pc of equipment in you shop. (assuming you don't already have a smaller/shorter one where you are) Later. Robert

Oh yeah ..... So where are those lifts now? Hopefully their inside your shop taking up valuable space meaning it shouldn't be too hard for me to finagle you out of one. Right???

We took some measurements of my nephews trailer today. He needs a minimum of 104 inches between the carriage/lifting arms to squeeze his trailer wheels between um. Nobody makes a 10,000 lb lift with that much drive through clearance. That being true, he's gonna have to go big and get a 12,000. Here's the two we're considering; http://www.derekweaver.com/update/Pro-1 ... aspx?id=19 Direct lifts are manufactured by the Dover corporation who also makes Rotary Lift, Forward Lift, and Revolution Lifts. Their said to be the largest lift manufacturer in the world. http://www.naautoequipment.com/tp12kc-d.html I really like this one. It's manufactured under two names. Complete Hydraulic and Nortech. I still need to call um for more details on it and to find out who actually manufactures it. By the pix I've seen it appears to be well built. Even more so than the Direct lift. The carriage and arms look considerably stronger. Here are some better pix of the Direct lift with the Atlas name on it. Atlas lifts used to be manufactured by Dover. Not sure who's puttin their name on um now. Anyway .... Compare the two carriages and lifting arms. Complete/Nortech verses Direct/Atlas. http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Photo ... e=TPPRO-12 I'm leaning heavily towards the Complete Hydraulic / Nortech lift. We haven't ruled out buying a used lift. Problem is finding a 12,000 that's in good condition. Most shops use 10's or less. Others use in ground or 4 post lifts for their heavy lifting. In doing so it keeps um from having to use up as much floor space as a 12,000+ lift requires. At 12 1/2 feet wide a 12,000 lb lift is a monster.

98% of all lifts sold in the U.S. are made in China. There is only a small handful built in the US. Mohawk, Gemini, American Custom, Panther and Superlifts is about all your gonna find.Call any company that sells the lift of your choice and ask um where their lifts are manufactured. Unless its one of the lifts listed above, the lift itself is gonna come from overseas and then the manufacturer supplies a supposedly US made power unit. Yes, the companies may be based in the US but their lifts are manufactured overseas. I was told this by three of the biggest lift suppliers in the country. http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/ http://www.bestbuyautoequipment.com/ http://www.derekweaver.com/update/index.aspx Still not convinced? Go to any lift manufactures web site (other than those listed above) and see if you can find anywhere that says their lifts are "Made in America". Sold in the US .... Yes. Manufactured in the US .... No. What they do is certify an overseas plant to manufacture their lifts. That plant is whats called an ISO9001 certified manufacturing plant. Those plants are supposedly overseen by US corporations to make sure the lifts are being made to their quality standards. That doesn't mean their lifts are certified. Only that they meet that companies quality control.

Anybody in the auto lift business? My nephew is looking to put a 10,000 or 12,000 lb lift in his personal shop. A 10,000 would be more than enough but he wants the addition width that normally comes with the larger 12,000 pounders. He wants it wide enough to be able to back his goose neck trailer between the columns without hitting them. (107") That and to be wide enough to clear his tires/wheel between the carriage/lift arms. We're not sure what brand to buy. I've been doing quite a bit of research for him but haven't decided on who's lift to purchase. He needs to stay under $3000 bucks including shipping. (a few companies offer free shipping) Experience and or suggestion are welcome. Keep in mind this is going in a personal shop and will get minimal use. I'll be surprised if he/we lift more than a few vehicles a month. That being said doesn't mean we wanna sacrifice quality. (or our lives while standing under a 8000 pound truck) Although it would be a tight fit for his trailer, here's a few in the 10,000 lb range we're considering. http://www.bestbuyautoequipment.com/Dan ... er10cx.htm http://www.bestbuyautoequipment.com/FOR ... -dp10a.htm http://www.bestbuyautoequipment.com/Ben ... r-10cx.htm Here's a couple of 12,000 pounders. http://www.bestbuyautoequipment.com/Dir ... t12vsm.htm http://www.bestbuyautoequipment.com/Aut ... 12k-fp.htm (pictured is the base plate model, it comes in the clear floor model for $2995 delivered) There's a few others but these are getting close to the top of our list. I know these aren't top quality lifts. Top quality lifts come with a somewhat higher price tag. Like double. Thats why I'm in favor of him getting one of the bigger better more bang for his buck 12,000 pounders. I'm pretty sure he'll agree considering he and I both tend to over kill everything we get our hands on. Why should a lift be any different??? The columns on those lifts are made with either .187 thick material or .240 material. Naturally we'd prefer the heavier .240 (the columns on most top of the line lifts are made with .187 material) Thanks in advance for your pro's, con's and opinions on auto lifts. Keep on truckin!!! Robert

Nice Elk. I'd like to do that some day. Too bad we don't have free ranging elk in Texas. :( We're headed out on a doe hunt in the morning. In certain counties we have a special 4 day period (26-29) when during gun season you don't have to have doe permits to take antlerless deer. We figured what the heck. You can't eat horns so we're gonna take advantage of the opportunity.

Look what I got ......... and then let it go. That isnt the first deer or even the first buck I've caught in on of my hog traps. This one makes at least a dozen or so. I open the door to let it out but in it couldnt find its way. Since my traps don't have bottoms, we rolled it up on one side and out through the bottom he went. (see video below) You may wonder why I let it go. Because I'm trapping hogs on federal land therefore I'm not allowed to hunt or shoot the deer on it. Although I have keys to the property and a permit to trap hogs, if caught killing a deer I could be arrested and prosecuted as a poacher. It would be like going into a state park and getting caught shooting a deer. No, I'm not trapping in a state park but its federal land just the same.

You have no idea what your missing. I'd take a fried turkey over a baked one any day. Plus it only takes about 45 minutes to fry one verses 4-5 hours in an oven. There's lots of sites out there on how to do it. You REALLY need to try it. Ask around and see if you can find a friend, relative, neighbor that'll fry one for you. Once you've tried it, this time next year you'll have a cooker and be fryin your own. Speaking of pies, my wives been in the kitchen all day baking pies. She's baked .... 2 pumpkin, one pecan, one lemon, one cherry, one chocolate, 2 peanut butter fudge, two cheese cakes and a banana trifle. Now considering the fact I'm diabetic ..... anybody besides me think she's trying to kill my a-ss??? :dunno: :rotf:

HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A SAFE AND FILLING THANKSGIVING. PLEASE BE CAREFUL IN EVERYTHING YOU DO ..... ESPECIALLY FRYING YOUR BIRDS AND DRIVING TO GRANDMA'S HOUSE. We aughta have a fried turkey contest. The prettiest bird gets .... :hmm: .... nothing. :clapping: :banana: :jump:

Thanks guys. I'm not in a hurry to do this but when the time comes I'll know what to do. Since I have to pull the carrier, I'd like to get my 4.56 gears and locker and do everything at one time. Thanks again. Robert

Yes it does. Thank you. OK, so I'll need to install an inner seal in which means removing the carrier. No prob. Question .... will my disco axle tube have an inner seal seat machined into to? Reason I ask is because if it was designed/intended to use an outer seal, why would it be machined for an inner as well? No CV joints on the 96 ZJ axle however it does have something my 88 axles don't. That being the ABS ring or collar sticking inward from the hub. I assume it won't interfere. The 96 axle is like the one on top in this pic.

I have two D30 front differentials. One disco thats in my 88 MJ and one non disco in a 96 ZJ. Can I swap out the two pc axle in my 88 with the one pc axle from the 96? Back up ..... would there be any advantage in swapping a two pc disco axle with a one pc non disco axle if you've already eliminated the disco and have the two pc axle locked full time?

I was sitting at a red light today and noticed a little puff of smoke come out from around my horn button. I'm concerned weather the smoke was coming from the horn button itself or from something further down inside my steering column. The only thing that was turned on in the column was the ignition. I've never smelled smoke in the cab including the smoke I saw today. It had no odor. We all know what it smells like when we let the smoke out of something electrical including wire. I didnt smell anything. Anybody seen or had this happen before???

If so, P/M me.

As u can see : Jeep Is a global language man Actually this location is in Baja Mexico , Wich is well known by hosting the SCORE International "Baja 1000"(Youtube it) a race that gathers pilots from everywhere, As you can imagine this is a motorsports land, and having so many diferent enviroments like Mountain, desert, beach, rocky hills and more , makes Baja a great place to enjoy driving 4x4´s, dirt bikes or whatever you can imagine....Of course feel free to come and take a look and I can give you a guided tour around the place :cheers: Ahhhh Baja, now thats a different story. Anybody who's into off roading knows about Baja and its races. I didnt know it had giant dunes like that. Having all the different terrains you pointed out it sounds like an awesome place to ride. Its just too far from home to be do-able.

Thats an awesome pic. But ..... I think it needs the JEEP name or logo in it somewhere. If that red XJ was facing the camera so you could read the front Jeep logo it would be perfect. Thats one h-ll of a hill. Looks like yall have an awesome sand box to play in. Where is it? I gotta say I would have never expected there to be that many Jeep enthusiast in Mexico. (much less having big meets) Kinda funny how you expect certain things to be going on in certain places but not in others. But Jeep gatherings in Mexico? I think its great!!! Just goes to show no matter where you live you can have fun in a JEEP. :thumbsup:

Since he beet me to it ..... What "Rymanrph" said. :rotf:

You think it might be because you've made 563 post in less than 3 1/2 months and need to slow down a little by not being in such a hurry to make a comment or put your two cents into every thread somebody starts? :dunno: Just guessing.

Awesome!!! Thats exactly what I need. :thumbsup: Where do you park your truck at night? :peek:

Get that one worked. A new head is gonna cost ya. As far as parts, are you talking about just an upper end head gasket set? If so, whichever parts store you prefer. (sometimes the head/machine shops will have good prices on gasket sets)

Same here. Bow season runs throughout Oct. and gun season runs for two full months starting the first weekend of Nov through the first weekend of Jan.

We have both but there's only white tails where I hunt. xjrev10 is right about Texas having big white tails. The biggest ones are usually found in the western part of the state although there's been some real nice ones taken throughout. As far as mulies, there in the western part of the state ranging from Mexico all the way up through New Mexico, the Texas pan handle and north into the planes states.

Yeah, thats kinda what I thought but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. To complete my conversion I'm gonna need two drive shafts. One 4x4 shaft for my MJ and a 2x4 shaft for my 89 XJ Limited I'm taking the AW4 and 242 out of. The XJ (in background of pic above) is a running/driving vehicle so after I take the 4x4 trans and t/c out of it I'm gonna put the 2x4 trans thats currently in my truck back in it. Hence the need for an XJ 2x4 shaft. This way I get 4x4 in my truck and the XJ will still be 2x4 drivable.

HONK, HONK ........... I think I'm gonna be old and gray before I find a dang drive shaft. :dunno: Wait ........ I'm already old and gray. :( :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

Went out last weekend and had this young 10 pointer come dangerously close to getting an arrow through him. He was behind some bushes and a few yards out of bow range so I figured I'd shoot him with my camera. This would have been a different story if I'd had my 308.