Reply to "I need a lift"

Corey,

If you want the best 4 post lift out there, don't go for the cheap crap from China. A lot of suppliers in the USA say they are built in the USA, but they are only packaged here. If you want the best mechanism that is made, Backyard Buddy makes the best one. If you find a Chinese made lift with this exact same locking mechanism and whole posts that are not made up of angle iron and straight steel pieces, then all can be forgiven. But I do not know if any of the foreign made lifts that come with this locking mechanism.

Yes, Backyard Buddies are more expensive, but they are really made that much better. I only know this because a friend of mine bought one of the $1995 delivered price Chinese made lifts and once he put it together he swore he would never go underneath it -- it is that unstable. He only uses it to store cars and will not do any work with a car on it up in the air -- it is that unstable.

I am only cheerleading for BB because I know they work -- you do not need to bolt them to the floor and they are the best out there. If you value your good health and don't want the chance of a car coming down on you, I would highly recommend one of these lifts -- and at the least, you should be looking at how they operate. The BB locking mechanism is the best I have seen in any lift. All of the Chinese ones I looked at had really screwy locking mechanism on them -- nothing like Backyard Buddy.

No, I don't work for them, nor do I get any commission from them. I am just an extremely happy owner of two of their lifts. Here is the web link to their site if you are interested:


Backyard Buddy Web Link


Best of luck with whatever you choose.

Mark