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Note the yellow oval shaped sticker on the windshield, and the lack of license plates on the truck, that would suggest that the truck belongs to the dealership. None of the lift posts or arms appear bent bowed twisted or deflected in any way all. If you look the floor plate on that post is still square with the post, as are both arm carriers. It looks like the bolts holding the one post failed, pulled out or the concrete they were in failed. Improper installation looks to be the culprit here.

I can't believe none of those idiots were hurt. Extremely dangerous situation.

Thanks for this video, I'm about to install a lift in my garage (made by Ford Smith, a defunct company). I have 4000 psi concrete and I purchased anchors with the highest pull out weight (1" diameter drop-in anchors made by Simpson). I'm going to be under that thing often, I hope anything like that ever happens !

Actually that is a challenger brand lift with tripple teliscoping arms which are not available except on the heavier duty models. You can see it when they walk around to the driver side rear. You can see that the reason for the failure is that the mounting base plate bolts on that tilted post are ripping out of the floor and the lift itself is not actually bent. Even the most expensive lift will fail if the douce bag installing it uses the wrong bolts or the concrete is weak at that point. Open top lifts like that one depend greatly on the strength of the bolts in the ground .

This is why I bought a new 12' high BendPak 10,000 lb. asymmetric close-top model lift & poured a 2' wide x 2' deep cross in the middle of my garage floor with high strength cement. You don't want to compromise on safety when you're working underneath ANY vehicle. I built my garage specifically for this lift with 12' high walls.

what kind of dumb ass would lift a 8,000 pound on a half ton lift man if that was my truck I would be really pissed

said this a thousand times, car manufacturers need to install standardized "female" lift points on all cars and trucks. All lifting racks need to be standardized to meet the standardization of the cars and trucks with "male" lifting points. The "male" and "female" standardization between car truck and lifting racks would prevent this. Basically the lifting arms would lock into the lift points made into the cars and trucks. I'm a retired Ford Lincoln Mercury technician.

Sorry guy, your dead wrong. The anchors pulled up out of the concrete, the floor plate is clearly visible being tilted up, and there is no abnormal bending of the lift arms. I had this happen to me once. I raised the vehicle a few inches and noticed the right side lift was swaying back and forth. I immediately lowered the vehicle and checked the tightness of the anchors and found several of them to be loose. I retorqued the anchors, raised the vehicle a few inches again and bounced it very heavily, lowered the vehicle and found the anchors loose again. They had to cut a section of the floor out, drive rebar under the existing concrete and poor a new pad for the lift. We just got unlucky that the floor was thin at that spot. This could be the same issue, of the lift might not have been installed properly.

Another possibility, the thickness, or quality of the concrete pad that the posts were anchored into was insufficient for the load. No system is stronger that it's weakest link.

I certainly hope they have INN surance.

It also looks as if the truck was not centered in the hoist to allow the driver to exit the vehicle. This would have put excess leverage on the toppled post causing those floor bolts to fail.

I wouldnt put something that heavy on a 2 post lift.

The ford looked centered on the lift that failed. So therefore it more than likely wasn't GVWR issue, it was lift integrity issue since the passenger's side is still normal, they probably haven't had an inspection on that lift since they put it together. I told my old high school votech instructor to do so and luckily as he was lifting a crown vic the side that failed, failed from the beginning so he blatantly saw it before he went a foot in the air. These lifts need to have their PM's just vehicles and techs need to understand that as well as weight limitations.

Absolutely wrong to hook to bumper. The tow driver should have known better. Sorry I’m a young guy in the industry. But the older guy is using old technology to secure this truck. Now these days they have snatch blocks to use not the rail of the truck. I’ve had many cables snap on me even using better equipment then this guy. This wasn’t thought through at all and a lot of hillbilly techniques were used. I agree with you on all aspects of the safety you point out. One thing they teach now in the industry is crowd control. Too many people around and the only people who need to be there are the professionals. Very deadly situation here and more bodies around could end in disaster. Very good of pointing out all the improper safety issues in this video. Loved the commentary good vidoe

If that tow truck operator was experienced, he would have hooked to the frame mounted hitch and when he tried to move the pickup over, he would have used a snatch block and chain and run his cable through that instead f running his cable through the bedside rail.

Couldn't see the bottom of the failed lift post but did check out the website of the manufacturer who's logo seems to be on the failed post (logo is fuzzy in the video). Their website has a prominent "buyer beware" warning about counterfeit products being sold outside their dealer net with their logo affixed. Maybe the shop owner got hosed with a counterfeit?

This is one reason shops have insurance. But too many of these slip-ups can cause the insurance companies to drop coverage or jack up the rates unbelievably. I took my Dodge Ram to a tire shop someone recommended for a puncture repair. While waiting a diesel Chevy Suburban on the rack slipped off when the left-front tire/wheel was removed. Fugly damage to the right rear body work and left front suspension. The shop tried to calm the (rightfully) irate and upset owner. But I got involved when the shop's manager wouldn't tell him the name of their insurance company and insisted that "they'll contact you by tomorrow". No good, call the owner and get the information, now (after it was lowered to the ground). Shop manager insisted that they would fix the suspension damage. Again, not a prayer pal. You f'ed it up to start with, no second chances. Owner called local cops to get leverage for the insurance information and insisted he talk to an insurance agent before the truck was moved. Agent satisfied him they would fix at another shop. That shop was looking at a minimum of $10-$15K of repairs. Advice: If it happens to you TRY to stay calm. Wait until things are safe and anyone hurt is taken care of. Then be sure to get the names of the workers operating the lift and on the vehicle. Get the name of the manager/owner too. If possible, write down any statements they make with their names ("I didn't think the lift was firmly on the frame..."). Ask the guy in charge for the name of the insurance carrier, their phone number (this info should be in the shop and easily available) and their policy number. Ask the manager to call the insurance company as soon as possible (after things are safe, injured cared for, etc.) If anyone is injured or fuel spilled, call 911 even if its seems small. The fire dept will look at it as an industrial accident and do some investigation which will give you leverage with insurance companies.

I am a tow truck driverr out of nyc, i ran into abt 5 of them in my 15yrs in towing they are really not as bad as they look. yes i do agree with you about all them people shouldnt have been in the imediate area. especially that one guy in the white shirt right next to the bed as the truck was getting winched up. that whole scene belonged to the tow driver. and just by seeing were he wraped that winch cable. told me that he was not a very safe operator. he was supposed to use a snatch block. not the end of the gaurd rail,anyway just glad that nobody got hurt. if that was my shop. somebody would of gotten there butt chewed out....

that was an over rated lift imported from China... It was rated for that truck but it obviously wasn't... I watched a video on that exact scenario...

This stuff happens a lot in shops around the country. A lot of owners use equip till it fails. I spin on a 25 year old 7K challenger and lift quad cab PSD long boxes...Lift pumps are just screaming away. If you complain your out the door.

6:25, the lift post didn't fail, it looks like the concrete or the anchor bolts failed or a combination of both.

looks like longhorn transmission shop

It above ground lift..china built..i guess..you need to be careful when u set a car or truck on any lift.. mine American made..a Rotary inground...great video...be safe..

That lift is being sold as a 10,000 pound rated lift and it is only a 7000 # lift. The distributor that sells these as a 10,000 knows it is not and continues to sell them as a 10,000

This looks like a buy here, pay here place. That truck had no plates, and clearly had a sticker at the top of the windshield. Looked to be the year. Probably the owner of the dealership in the shop, not a customer.

Why bother with those twin post lifts?

Only Dodge falls off apparently

No cross top beam on the hoist....

If You Want A Real Lift Buy A MOHAWK And Have It PRO Installed Made In The USA

The lift did not give,,,,the cement broke,,,,,,had they had extension braces on the post feet it would not have happend,,,,,a regular two post has a bar across the top to eleviate load,,,,look on greg smiths lift page,,,they sell a post extenstion kit for 200.oo bucks to help give more anchor to the cement for thinner floors,,,,,,

The driver should have grabbed the axle with a J hook bridle on the outside of the shocks. All away round a lucky day.

That truck is far too heavy for the lift just look at the lift arms and it definitely weighs more than 8000 lbs

Yeah... who lifts a dually on a 2 post like that. Front end weighs 4000-6000 at best... and that's if it's 4x4.

the workshop has a very low roof, and there is a need for a brain injection so as to give these guys some intelligence,

thats a f350 7.3 dually probably a 4x4 that truck is at least 9500lbs on a 2 post low profile lift should have never been put on that rack!

That's funny ,the flatbed guy s cable around the rail ,your suppose to use snatch block or the end of j-hook . hey nobody was killed , Could of been worse , good job guys....I think a wrecker would of been better...

It"s a cheap Chinese lift. They are crap.

Nothing like using a two post pig iron lift for a vehicle heavier than what the lift can handle. Honestly people should go with a lift that can support double the weight that you expect to work with. Scary shit!

I don't believe you are the original poster of this video, so please remove, and post any comments you have there.

No way in hell world that weigh 11,000lbs. C'mon people use your brain for a second. If you can't atleast use Google...

yes bad day, but were u there? are u sure that rack was under rated? could it have been other failure? were those guys all techs or not? i think under those conditions it was handled as good as they knew to do with what they had available. my props to the guys in video, handling a bad situation

What makes you think the lift failed. Looks like the concrete anchors failed or perhaps the concrete was not up to par. Typically a lift wont lift beyond its capacity,the pressure relief pops off and the pump bypasses. You are a monday morning quarterback who doesnt have a clue. In time of crisis you use what you have and do what you have to do. They did just fine, they got the bad situation under control all by themselves without you or the national guard. Go back to your cubical,make some calls and shuffle some more paperwork and leave the doing to those who know . And dont forget the wifes drycleaning on your way home she will kill you.