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That's what I emailed them: lower the price and raise the height, and I'll buy one.
The designer wouldn't want the posts to be too high for easy moving around, but the innards could have been a nest of three rather than of two (if that's clear).
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Legendery talk show host and car collector Jay Leno is a proud new owner of a Dannmar MaxJax Lifting System. So proud in fact, that he saw fit to demo it on his website: www.jaylenosgarage.com.
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I wouldn't exactly put a lot of credence in what a particular celebrity endorses.
I'm pretty sure the endorsement has more to do with how high the price got, and not how high the car got. 
Best of luck.
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The other thing about the MaxJack design is that it seems that the concrete bolt retention holes would loosen up after a few uses. The threaded concrete inserts I've used don't exactly seem well suited to multiple cycles. Now if there was a big T-nut type of retainer embedded in fresh concrete that might be another story.
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Yes, celebrity endorsements are as logical as buying "Tiger Woods" to be irresistable to women. I reported the site not because Leno accepted a freebie but
because it clearly shows the MaxJax in action.
Yes, the floor mount system could be a weak spot, I was thinking because of solid and liquid waste plugging the hole. (To vary the post separation you need to buy extra sets.)
Still awaiting a breakthrough, meanwhile keeping my floor jacks and stands.
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We all choose to belief different levels but what little I know of Leno he does no real endorsements are at least not like most do. He really is a car collector and is shown on auto shows as knowing a good bit on them.
Not sure but was he the one who bought a Harley built for Elvis and it was a junk machine and not known when he did so? Think it was him. Great story who ever it was.
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Those car-b-q jobs are meant to be used with engines and trans ect removed. I looked at them a while back.
Also the "tall" jack stands I've seen are not rated to hold a car. A buddy of mine has a two post hoist and uses those stands to hold up exhaust pipes and gas tanks ect. That's all they are intended for. BE CAREFUL!
I'd watch Craigslist and e-pay for a used hoist. Folks are hurtin fer cash nowadays. Once you use one, you'll find it was way worth the investment. Don't be afraid to post a wanted ad either. Good luck, Denny
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Those car-b-q jobs are meant to be used with engines and trans ect removed. I looked at them a while back. Also the "tall" jack stands I've seen are not rated to hold a car. A buddy of mine has a two post hoist and uses those stands to hold up exhaust pipes and gas tanks ect. That's all they are intended for. BE CAREFUL!I'd watch Craigslist and e-pay for a used hoist. Folks are hurtin fer cash nowadays. Once you use one, you'll find it was way worth the investment. Don't be afraid to post a wanted ad either. Good luck, Denny
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Not sure what you mean about the tall jack stands not rated to hold a car. Shouldn't a 2-ton jackstand should be able to hold two tons? Now if I put four of them under a car that weighs less than 2 tons it seems there would be plenty of safety margin. At most 500lbs each.
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Ken, I think what he's getting at is not just the vertical weight carrying capacity of the stands. The tall ones (more than ~36" high) that I've seen all say not to use them to support a vehicle, they are intended, and I believe called, safety stands.
They are intended to support the car in the case of the hoist failing, or to stabilize it for working on it, while the car is in the air on a lift and you are under it.
If you've ever worked on a car while it's sitting on a 2 post hoist, you'll know what I mean, there's a surprising amount of motion in the vehicle.
Best of luck.
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Murf, I know what you're saying. But sometimes companies use terms like "safety stands" to weasel out of any liability claim. That said, I have been looking for a four-post lift. Wish the garage door was a roll-up instead of a segmented door though, that would add three feet of clearance. Or I could go into hock and just build the dang shop that I've always wanted.
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I have some thing similar to this I bought mine at a auto swap meet type place. Look about half way down the page. Once you get the car on the ramp you use a floor jack to lift the other end. I paid around $550 for what I have.
Here is a differnet option.
http://www.gotogroupbuy.com/488/EZCARLIFT.aspx?gclid=CNHA6oLx16ACFQUhnAodPksBCQ
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