Best home garage lift for Tahoe (and your other cars)!!

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Guys, I have had my 03 and now my 08 Tahoe's up on my garage lift too many times to count over the past 5 years. I decided to do a long term review on the Maxjax and share my thoughts on this product!

Hope you find this informative.


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I like it and see how the stand close to the wall is bolted to the floor but what keeps the passenger side post/stand from collapsing in against the side of the vehicle. If that was addressed during the video I missed it because I am at work. As tall as I am I was always still hitting my head under vehicles lifted in my shops. I would love to see a portable set that lifts higher.
 

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I like it and see how the stand close to the wall is bolted to the floor but what keeps the passenger side post/stand from collapsing in against the side of the vehicle. If that was addressed during the video I missed it because I am at work. As tall as I am I was always still hitting my head under vehicles lifted in my shops. I would love to see a portable set that lifts higher.
The passenger side is bolted to the floor with pre-installed anchor points in the floor.
 

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Ok. So you can unbolt and move to the wall and then move back and bolt back to the floor. If he did that or said that in the video, I missed it. Thanks

I just went back and watched and right near the beginning he did say unbolt from floor and move and then I saw where the camera panned over to show the attachments at the floor.
 

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I live where I work and because of the high vaulted ceiling in the car port cover area where I park my rig, if the owner here would let me I could install this kit. Doubt if the owner would let me though. If I pulled the rig forward of where I normally park I could get the most use of the space above the rig. I did not hear what the spec required is but I would assume that the floor would need a certain concrete thickness and a certain amount of rebar to meet a minimum standard to lift and be safe.

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Guys, I have had my 03 and now my 08 Tahoe's up on my garage lift too many times to count over the past 5 years. I decided to do a long term review on the Maxjax and share my thoughts on this product!

Hope you find this informative.


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That would be great, then I could use the creeper without my gut getting greased up by the undercarriage! LOL

Don't think my ceiling is high enough though, not in this house anyway. Need a shop again!
 

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Before I got into self storage I lived in a small town about 15 miles from here and my wife, when she was alive, and myself lived in a duplex. Behind that duplex was a high ceiling building that had a garage door at each end and was approx 100 feet across. It is 2 garage spaces wide. Has a toilet and sink. The landlord knew my background and said he would put a lift in the building if I did work on his personal vehicles and his business vehicles. The rent was $400 a month. My wife died and then I moved from there but the landlord was a fighter pilot in the Navy at the same time I was on an aircraft carrier in the Navy and he had actually been on the ship at the same time I was. We got along great. We still keep in touch. I have recently reached out to him about that garage. He still has it and the duplex. He said he is ready to do the same thing as before whenever I decide to leave the self storage business. This could happen.
 
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Guys, I have had my 03 and now my 08 Tahoe's up on my garage lift too many times to count over the past 5 years. I decided to do a long term review on the Maxjax and share my thoughts on this product!

Hope you find this informative.


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Good informative review!

What's the ceiling height in your garage? Also, is there only one lift height or can it be used at a lower height, like 24" or 36" instead of 46"?
 
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I live where I work and because of the high vaulted ceiling in the car port cover area where I park my rig, if the owner here would let me I could install this kit. Doubt if the owner would let me though. If I pulled the rig forward of where I normally park I could get the most use of the space above the rig. I did not hear what the spec required is but I would assume that the floor would need a certain concrete thickness and a certain amount of rebar to meet a minimum standard to lift and be safe.

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That is a unique looking structure!
 

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