Arrived in the driveway. After I hauled the patio (foreground) into the back yard, I put four dollies under the lift last night and my wife and I still couldn't budge it.
I want it in the garage for the week. We'll try again tonight. . . .
Ed, my QuickJack 3500 arrived balanced casually on the shoulder of the FedEx delivery driver. He walked down the driveway, up the deck steps, and leaned it upright against the railing...easy peasy! How heavy could it possibly be?
How heavy? I couldn't begin to budge it! I strained every muscle in my body just to lay it flat on the deck to separate the ramps so I could deal with them individually. Their promotional literature has a photo of a normal sized male standing comfortably erect holding a ramp in each hand...No way!...that had to be photo-fudged
They forgot to mention that he goes to the GYM daily for a year now 
Ed, if that's a 4-post lift you'll need 3-4 guys to help put it together. Uncrate it & move each piece separately. Figure on a day to put it together. There's a lot of pieces, levers, rods, etc. that need to be assembled. It's not hard but it does take some time, beer and extra hands.
.....and be careful Ed, seriously heavy parts.
Yup, a four guy team works well on these lifts. And even with four big, burley, Manly-Man types (OK, so we were all retired geriatrics) we couldn't budge the crate once it was off-loaded. Open it up and take out major parts, piece by piece, to get them to where you need them. Two of us could move a single post at a time (there was a lot of puffing and grunting involved). The ramps were, I believe, a bit heavier than the posts.
PLEASE get a few rugged guys to help assemble it. It makes one helluva noise when a post falls over..... The first lift we did took all day, Saturday, and the sixth one took about 4 hours. Save the beer til the end - These lifts aren't complicated, but they look it when it's your first one.
The cables were relatively problem-free, but we had some trouble with the safety interlock air lines - the connectors were junk - so we got some better connectors and ran those problem free.
Good luck with it - it's a great lift.
I sense identification confusion as to what we're talking about.
The QuickJack 3500 is a portable elevating two ramp lifting mechanism...not a stationary four post lift. It only takes one person to assemble it and then slide them into position under the car when needed. They essentially eliminate the hassle of jack stands to quickly get your auto up in the air at a working height.
3500# Quick Jack for $819 here with free shipping and no sales tax - warehouses all over so quick shipping.
http://equiptool.com/i-2216488...nZTdOJuW0aAtEd8P8HAQ
Guess I'll bite. A 4 post is 3x cost and most take 230V. The QJ is 12v or 120v.
Carl Berry CT. posted:I sense identification confusion as to what we're talking about.
The QuickJack 3500 is a portable elevating two ramp lifting mechanism...not a stationary four post lift. It only takes one person to assemble it and then slide them into position under the car when needed. They essentially eliminate the hassle of jack stands to quickly get your auto up in the air at a working height.
I'd say so. That ain't no portable jack that got dropped in Ed's driveway.
That is an even better price on that quickjack
Quickjack looks like a great product. Like I said, I went ahead and overdid it because Karen gave permission.
The box is now in the garage.
Got home from work today, re-arranged the cheesy Harbor Freight dollies under it, and pushed it up the driveway with the truck. Easy.
Now it's under a roof and behind a locked door, so I'm feeling pretty good.
I'll start unwrapping it after work tomorrow. My understanding is that the ramps weigh about 300 pounds each. I'll re-assemble the engine hoist to help with those, and, yeah, I also hired two big rednecks to help with this and the final work on the backyard terraces. They've been here before, work all Saturday and are way, waaay stronger than me.
(This job can be done solo, apparently, but I don't see why I'd try).
They can't come until two weekends from now. I intend to have the bay where this is going cleared out by then, and the instructions, if not memorized, at least familiarized.
Hey if I got permission for a Cadillac, or should I say Porsche why not
Well, my crew flaked out on me so I finally just got on with it. Took all day to get the basics assembled using a couple RV leveler jacks, the engine hoist, and the wife.
It was about 6 o'clock, after I got the cables all strung up, that I noticed I had one of the ramps on backward.
So took another hour and a half to get that turned around.
Tomorrow it's on the the lock levers and the hydraulics. Hope to have Bridget up on it by late afternoon. Wish me luck.
Looks like a nice rig, Amigo. Wish I could commit to one.
That four poster sure looks nice ... My quickjack though is doing the job for me quite well and has allowed me to do a lot of small adjustments repairs etc. ... I am quite satisfied with it.
David did you get a quickjack ? By the way when you goto Carlisle is 81 the main highway you take? I like 2 lane highways better but wondering if you had found a more scenic route. Thanks Ray
Got it done. Goes up and down, though still needs some fettling.
