Being able to park two cars in one spot appealed to me what i forgot to check it how much room under the lift there is for a car when the lift is up.
Ceiling height for truck lift.
Capacity base plate low clearance style automotive lift with symmetric style arms.
Thankfully home car lifts exist.
With an overall column height of 9 3 these car lifts are perfect for low ceiling shops or garages.
I have a 12 ceiling in my garage.
Higher ceiling height is required for some of the four post storage lifts and anything designed for larger trucks.
The type that you drive up on does require a higher ceiling.
For personal or hobby shops many people purchase or reference behm design plans.
The direct lift pro 9f is a 9 000 lbs.
It includes the required height of your garage ceiling what to look for in a low rise car lift and more.
Clearance to lowest obstruction b top vehicle height inches c runway thickness d drive under height from step 1 inches.
Edit i should say that a 12 ceiling height works with my type of lift that lifts the car from the frame.
My 29 pickup won t fit under the 2 post lift with it up the arms hit the truck roof.
This article has all the information you need about the height requirements for home car lifts.
Measure the height of your suv or pickup truck and add 2 inches.
Required ceiling height or.
Atlas atlas platinum pvl 9bp ali certified baseplate 9 000 lbs.
Measure the total height of the two vehicles that you want to store one above the other.
The runways on these lifts go high enough to park most suvs and pickup trucks underneath but you need to make sure that you have enough ceiling height to raise the runways to the needed height and still have enough room to park a car on top.
Add 8 to the total height this allows for the 4 thickness of the platform plus 2 for raising the platform off of its locks and another 2 for clearance.
It has a maximum length of 88 9 16 inches and a width of 78 inches.
To help place this in context many of their plans utilize 12 foot high framed walls while others use 8 foot to 10 foot framed structures with.
Edited july 11 2013 by reg evans.
Capacity 2 post above ground car lift 3 600 00 3 245 00.
My ceiling height is only 12 and i have no problem lifting any car or truck to my lifts highest position.
The ceiling height you need may vary slightly depending on the lift model you select but here s the general rule of thumb.
If ceiling height isn t an issue the pro9f can lift vehicles up as high as 81 6 9 with the included truck adapters.