Any experience with Duro or Katool 4 post lifts?

[koosh]

Considering a 4 post and found these within budget…. wondered if anyone out there has either?

 

[Lefty71]

Look into this very carefully!! Lifts should be certified. Some manufacturers will try to slide by stating that their power units are certified, which means they are electrically safe (due to the motor). This is useless in the overall scheme. My lift is a Bend-Pak..... i only know now that I have one that it is what i would consider a bare minimum.... I am saying these things can break, can fail even tho they have redundant safeties, and are generally dangerous to work with, especially when a careless or untrained person is using them. Not the place to try and save a buck. Dont kill your son under a cheap lift.

 

[koosh]

Been researching for months….. am only interested in ALI certified. No plans “to save a buck”

 

[Lefty71]

Been researching for months….. am only interested in ALI certified. No plans “to save a buck”

Good to hear. Interestingly enough, i cant see any of that on their website (katool) or in their pix, or pix of the units. They do look good tho.

 

[koosh]

I’ve emailed both companies with the questions

 

[RR Fan Dan]

I went with this company. Will be here in 2 weeks. ALI certified. American made motor, not Chinese. Steel drip trays not plastic, with drain plugs. Reinforced rails to prevent sagging. Jack tray included.

 

[Folk-c]

I have a 9000 lb lift from The Lift Super Store and it preforms like new, had it since I moved in 7 yrs ago....

 

[HEMIB]

Some companies call models a stacker & recommend they are not used for working under ,Storage only

 

[koosh]

Some companies call models a stacker & recommend they are not used for working under ,Storage only

They never made sense to me….
Does it mean if you work on your car parked on a “stacker” it will fall on you? LOL

 

[Lefty71]

Does it mean if you work on your car parked on a “stacker” it will fall on you? LOL

A "stacker" would most likely have a single deck, so you don't need drip pans everywhere to protect your daily driver underneath.

 

[HEMIB]

Legal Backdoor

 

[Cop car wagon]

I got a backyard buddy. The sliders wrap around the full square post, not traveling in a slotted post.
So no chance of a travelling wheeled carrage pulling out with a side load.
We could have an earthquake any day.
I'll tell you how it did.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

I have a 9000 lb lift from The Lift Super Store and it preforms like new, had it since I moved in 7 yrs ago....

That’s the one I chose. It will be here in a couple of weeks. I was initially looking at the backyard Buddy, but ended up with the lift super store. Because it had steel drip trays with drain plugs versus plastic, the rails were reinforced in the center to prevent sagging, the motor was made in America vs China, and it came with a jack tray.

I got a backyard buddy. The sliders wrap around the full square post, not traveling in a slotted post.
So no chance of a travelling wheeled carrage pulling out with a side load.
We could have an earthquake any day.
I'll tell you how it did.

I didn’t get this one because the drip trays were plastic, it didn’t come with a jack tray, the motor was made in China, and the rails weren’t reinforced.