Time to order new lifts.

[John Pearson]

Right now as some of you know I have 1 rotary shock wave lift right now and it is BA. Towards the end of July our addition should be complete and you know how sometimes things just fall correctly into place, well I was offered a deal of 35,000 for 3 more shock wave lifts and a Rotary Y drive on alignment type that is an extended length.

 

Does anyone have any experience with the Rotary Y drive on? I really dont want a 4 post because they are wider than this one, and do you think 35000 is a good deal for all of this equipment brand new? http://www.rotarylift.com/Lifts/YA12/

Edited February 21, 2015 by John Pearson

[mspecperformance]

I have heard the Y- lift is pretty good. Assuming it is the rotary alignment lift we are talking about

[ATLAuto]

The shockwaves look great in terms of speed. However, I am nervous about their batteries wearing out long term.

 

We got our 7 rotary lifts (SP10's) slightly used for $3800/ea installed.

 

I was thinking the shockwave speed would be a big sell ... however, unless you are blasting through a LOT of quick oil changes on that lift, the additional cost didn't make sense.

[mspecperformance]

Same here as ATL, we have SPOA10 from Rotary and those have served our purposes well. I am not sure if I would invest in the shockwave unless I had a high daily car count where seconds matter

[alfredauto]

I'm running 3 rotary 9k lb lifts but I'm in a pickle, the sliders are worn out on all of them and the pulleys are pretty well rusted. To repair them means unbolting and disassembling the lifts and at that expense it seems like a no brainer to replace them. I'm worried that my 20 year old lifts might be built better than the new ones that will replace them. How do the new rotaries compare to the older ones? It seems every new piece of equipment I buy contains half as much steel as the old stuff.

[John Pearson]

I already have one shock wave and its a BA MOFO. I was more interested in any experience with the Y lift.

[John Pearson]

Well that sucks, the three twin posts arrived today and were not in very good condition. the good news is our addition hasnt even been started on yet so we will have enough time to get it corrected.

 

These are the battery boxes.

 

 

 

[xrac]

Premium Member Content 

This content is hidden to guests, one of the benefits of a paid membership. Please login or register to view this content.

[ATLAuto]

Wow. I cannot imagine that it is easy getting this stuff sorted out in Alaska ...

[Mario]

Ouch I hope you did not pay cash for them.

[John Pearson]

So we are still trying to get it figured out how they are going to get it fixed.

 

The worst part was they just showed up. I have access to a fork lift but it has not been run in 6months and was blocked in and dead. I had to call in the United States Army to get the job done and the truck unloaded. Being X military I still have a bunch of friends up here and they helped me on their lunch break. Keep paying those taxes fellas.

[alfredauto]

I finally got my lifts in, the guys that installed them took care of everything including delivery. The crew put up 5 lifts in 4 hours. Nuts.

[xrac]

Premium Member Content 

This content is hidden to guests, one of the benefits of a paid membership. Please login or register to view this content.

[mspecperformance]

alfred how many lifts do you have now?

[John Pearson]

Thats crazy fast.

[John Pearson]

Cross your fingers everyone, the Y lift is showing up tomorrow. rumor has it each ramp is 3000lbs so I have a forklift ready this time.

[alfredauto]

6 lifts total. 3 are new, 2 of the old ones got rebuilt and installed in the back shop. 5 two posts and one drive on alignment rack. Four guys did the work, I asked the boss how they do them so fast he said in 30 years they installed over 10,000 lifts. That's all they do. The only thing they didn't do was some drywall work in the back shop, they had to cut out the ceiling for the back shop lifts to fit.