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Keith True · 06-04-2026, 01:51 PM

25 years ago this summer I decided to put a 2 post lift in my garage.I'm an equipment/tractor/truck mechanic,but wanted it just to do my own work.I was 45,but starting to feel things coming on back then.I've taken a lot of car work since just because I had the lift.Now the hardest part is placing the pads to pick things up.I can spend a half hour getting a Ford Ranger up in the air,safely enough to make me happy.You can jump up and down 30 times easily getting the pads placed.So,last Friday I bought a 4 post drive on lift.It's what I learned on anyway,so I know how to work with their drawbacks.It is a 14000 pound lift,and it has two 7000 pound rolling jacks.I never had anything that fancy when I broke in on a drive on lift in 1972.I'll be 70 in a few months,and in the last year I've developed a sciatic problem in my left leg and back,and a recurring problem from a chipped bone in my left elbow.So my falling apart is just beginning.

06-04-2026, 01:51 PM	#13
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,694	Re: How old is too old to work on Model A's??? 25 years ago this summer I decided to put a 2 post lift in my garage.I'm an equipment/tractor/truck mechanic,but wanted it just to do my own work.I was 45,but starting to feel things coming on back then.I've taken a lot of car work since just because I had the lift.Now the hardest part is placing the pads to pick things up.I can spend a half hour getting a Ford Ranger up in the air,safely enough to make me happy.You can jump up and down 30 times easily getting the pads placed.So,last Friday I bought a 4 post drive on lift.It's what I learned on anyway,so I know how to work with their drawbacks.It is a 14000 pound lift,and it has two 7000 pound rolling jacks.I never had anything that fancy when I broke in on a drive on lift in 1972.I'll be 70 in a few months,and in the last year I've developed a sciatic problem in my left leg and back,and a recurring problem from a chipped bone in my left elbow.So my falling apart is just beginning. Last edited by Keith True; Today at 03:38 PM.