Paul's incident was a wake up call.
But I've heard of cars falling off lifts (though rare) so, still gotta be careful. Luckily noone was hurt in said incident.

 

These have been on for over 4 months now so they're a little bit warped.
But basically it was a 1/2" hose that I cut into two 1/4" lengths and just attached to the pointy part of the latch. No more rattles.

 

thumbs up on that lift! I've been dreaming for that for years.

 

Me too. I planned for it 11 years ago when we built our home, but it took this long to actually get one.

 

i dont think my garage is tall enough. i think i have seen lifts that are only half the height. maybe someone knows and can link me

 

I just measured, My garage is 110" high and the rails for my garage doors are 90" high. I don't think it's tall enough to get a useable lift in.

My wife is on board however that our next house will have at least a 3 car garage and more importantly at least one 15ft tall bay. My parents have a lift in their garage and it's incredibly handy. Unfortunately a project car has been stuck on it for the past 18 months and their garage is so damn untidy I would rather work on jackstands at my house.

 

As for Paul's tragic accident, it should be a reminder to all of us that there is no "safe" way to lift a 3,000lb object off the ground. All we can do is try to diligently mitigate the risk as best we can.

 

We were taught to use cribbing whenever we had to go under something, back when I was training to be a EMT.

I never ran into the practice till I met a friend that was a tech a few years back. After he jacks up any car, he always puts blocks of wood under the side jackpoints. It's not cheap, but it DOES work.

 

My ceiling is about 115" after moving the door opener motor to the side along with the outlet. I think you can see this in the one photo. It works just as well sitting next to one track as it does in the middle and that gives me 10" more clearance. The rails are not a concern on mine bacause they are well off to each side and the car goes up between them just fine.

At 110" you'd have about 5'8" walk around height under the S2000. The problem for you would be the column height. For the one I bought, the columns are 111" + 3" to stand them up. Mine missed my ceiling by 2" when I stood them up.

 

im not looking to be able to walk under. i can barely walk under the ones i have at work sometimes. im 5'11. so like 6 with shoes. ill have to keep looking and see if i can find some mini height lifts hehe