Featured Hot Rods 4 Post Failure

My '99 F150 just barely misses fitting under my 4 post lift. Since it is not bolted down, I was considering a 12" X 12" 2" thick plate bolted to each foot to gain a couple of inches clearance and maybe add a little more stability. Wood is out, steel is really heavy, and then I priced aluminum. I haven't given up on the idea and have recently come into the possession of a length of 2 X 4 X 3/8 steel "C" channel. I am considering how to position them; right now, I am considering one longitudinally and one laterally on each side to maximize support. Any comments?

 

From Facebook:

 

This would be the lift in question according to the way I read the FB comment in post 152.

 

Check out this video (Click link 1961 Corvette Rescued from Failed Four-Post Lift ) of one of the cheap offshore lifts that has been sold by the hundreds and being branded under a bunch of names. (None of them are ALI certified) Does this look like the one that some of you may have in your shop? If so do you think that maybe you got lucky and the 7 year old chinese girl got her welds penetrated better on yours or her little sister used a better grade pulley bolt on yours? That lift does not look very old, Pretty Scary stuff! just saying.

 

Many,, many imported lifts are ALI certified, including Bendpack, among others.

 

That may very well be true. But if they are ALI certified then that means they have been tested and inspected for quality and saftey which are not any of the lifts I am talking about. I am talking about the garbage that is not ALI certified that has a strong chance of hurting someone or worse.

 

Here is the lift at the 2024 carlisle show after they removed the off topic vette off of it.

 

WOW! Three locks in place, one not so much. But it is on concrete, apparently.

 

Why wouldn't the cables still hold it level?

 

Does anyone else find it suspicious that both this last and the original failure both occurred with temporary installations in what are basically outdoor locations at car events.?