1.Yes bolted it to concrete and drilled holes all the way through so when I relocated it I could beat the bolts down through
2.sort of upside down I got the engineering on them and built them myself with 2 x6 and 2x8's cross braced with braces from scaffolding and screwed it to the roof trusses
3. mine was 16 x 24 and weighed about 3300 pounds according to my engineers calculations I only removed the drywall ceiling 4' on front and back and 2' on sides to access hurricane straps to remove them
ProKar 4 post 8000 lb lift I had 2 trusses engineered to hold the roof and centered lift in garage and bolted down I repositioned the lift after roof was lifted. only 1 lift the garage is 16 X 24 I also had the 4 corners of the wall buikt and ready to go up as soon as it was lifted. also lots of cross bracing on the 2 trusses on the lift and also strapped the trusses down to the lift and attached to existing roof trusses to keep from moving
There are pictures on my my space
RichVanderwerken
dstroyr1976 1 year ago
hey thanks for the explanation man!
gaiusII 1 year ago
1.Yes bolted it to concrete and drilled holes all the way through so when I relocated it I could beat the bolts down through
2.sort of upside down I got the engineering on them and built them myself with 2 x6 and 2x8's cross braced with braces from scaffolding and screwed it to the roof trusses
3. mine was 16 x 24 and weighed about 3300 pounds according to my engineers calculations I only removed the drywall ceiling 4' on front and back and 2' on sides to access hurricane straps to remove them
dstroyr1976 1 year ago
wow, so you're saying you:
1.bolted the prokar lift (something like the PK84P 4 Post Storage/Parking Lift) into the concrete,
2. took 2 trusses (looks like they're upside down), strapped to lift, braced, secured to roof.
any ideas on how much that roof weighs? mines 20x20, 3/12 slope. i'm trying to figure out if i can get away with a lighter jack.
gaiusII 1 year ago
ProKar 4 post 8000 lb lift I had 2 trusses engineered to hold the roof and centered lift in garage and bolted down I repositioned the lift after roof was lifted. only 1 lift the garage is 16 X 24 I also had the 4 corners of the wall buikt and ready to go up as soon as it was lifted. also lots of cross bracing on the 2 trusses on the lift and also strapped the trusses down to the lift and attached to existing roof trusses to keep from moving
dstroyr1976 1 year ago
that's awesome. what kind of car lift did you use specifically? and how many? I'm trying to something similar to this.
gaiusII 1 year ago
Rich, You crazy fucker. I can see the top of the roof from my house in West Altamonte. Charlie's Brother
doitagain4u 3 years ago