[VeryTangled]

Hello everyone, these are my opinions:

If you get a two post, pay attention to the way it hooks up with the chassis, are they metal or rubber pads? I'd choose rubber for old cars, and you will likely need some extenders to get up off the lift arm as much as 9 inches to get a good hookup on some old cars with running boards (and new SUV's with the same). Pick a two post for working on cars, and a four post for double stacking.

Part of what I do is work at a community college auto shop and we have five newer rotary's, an ancient Weaver (all asymmetric two posts, overhead cable or chain drive), an ancient Benwill (symmetric two post with between the posts chain on the ground), an Omer (frame contact, scissor, drive-on), an older Wheeltronic, and two newer Hunter's (drive on alignment lifts with integral axle lifts). Where I keep the old car we have a pit, and a four poster (for double-stacking, with 14ft garage doors, higher cielings). Lifts are like airplanes, they can be excellent at some things, but never excellent at everything. I do most of the old car work over the pit but have been known to take it to the auto shop to get the brake rods off for straightening, and brake adjustments.

A two-post Rotary is a pretty nice solution for working on cars, but not so much for storage/double-stacking, but the ones we've got have the undesirable metal pads, I still need extenders for some larger modern vehicles.

Just my 2 cents.

-VT/JeffH