[silvergts1998]

Originally Posted by phunk

IIRC correctly it had a little bit of play (its currently apart in storage) but not much and it wouldnt move easily. However, my rotary is a massive beast with catwalks all around it and folding down stairs... its probably a good 1000lb heavier than yours.. mine is not the type of 4 post you would have at a home, it would consume an entire 2 car garage in width and is too long to fit a standard garage.

But ya, the ladders are hanging on a single large bolt on the top. Large enough that I am sure an entire car could be held up by just one of them assuming its the proper grade bolt. My ladders dont touch the ground, and when the lift is on the ground if i kick or bump into one of the beams hard the ladders will clank and hit the housing around it.

If the steps were welded to the beams like in the old design you speak of, that would not work out well on a surface that is not perfectly flat... the surface would rest on 4 unlevel stops and possible have a rock if 2 opposing corners were higher than the opposite opposing corners. I think the entire idea is for level resting of the surface. Even if the floor was perfectly flat with the old design, if it had any grade to it then you would have to have a lot of trust in your parking brake!

Thanks for the feed back.