[MBZ] 2nd lift for the shop

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

In my shop I have 3 drive in doors, a large door on one end which is the 
main door, and 2 smaller doors on opposite ends from each other.  The 
door on the back side of the shop has always been stuck and will not 
open.  I had a guy come out and fix it best he could to where it now 
will open but does not stay up.  It will need a new spring etc for 
that.  I figure I can just stick a clamp on the track when its raised to 
hold the door up.  Anyway, now that this door opens it would sure be 
great to have a lift between the 2 doors so when I have a dead car, I 
can pull it straight in with the tractor or whatever and pull straight 
thru out the other side.  I have always said if I get another lift I was 
going to get a 4 post.  Can you drive onto a 4 post from one side and 
off the other side, or do they usually have stops at the end?  If so, 
then I probably need to get another 2 post.  The prices of these things 
have gone up a significant amount since I bought mine a year ago.  This 
was up quite a bit from when I first started looking at them.  For 
example the Chinese lift I have (that works quite well and I have no 
concerns with) used to be $1299 or something like that about 3 or 4 
years ago.  When I started looking at them again they were less than $2k 
and when I bought mine I think I paid $2300 for it.  Now they are right 
at $3k.  The alternative is to move the lift I have over but I sure do 
not want to do that.  Besides, I have had this 450SEL taking up the lift 
space for the last 2 months as I have pulled the tank and been working 
on cleaning it out.  Hopefully next weekend I will have it done and the 
damn car will start and run so I can move it out.  In the meantime I 
have had several other projects I have needed the lift for.  A 2nd lift 
would be great in the cases of these long term project.  But jeez, does 
one guy need 2 (actually 3 as I have the alignment rack too) lifts?  I 
would still like to find a good used lift but so far no luck.

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