How to choose a PEAK Lift?

 

An automotive lift—also known as a car lift—is an essential piece of equipment designed to elevate vehicles to a safe working height, facilitating efficient maintenance, repairs, and storage optimization. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of key considerations to help you select the right lift for your specific needs, ensuring performance, safety, and long-term value.

 

PEAK has established itself as an industry leader in automotive lift solutions over several decades of innovation, offering a comprehensive range of single-post lifts, two-post lifts, four-post lifts, scissors lifts, parking lifts, portable lifts, and motorcycle lifts.  When selecting the right car lift for your needs, it's important to consider what you want the lift to accomplish.  

 

Part I: The application purpose of the lift.

 

• Optimizing Storage with Vehicle Lifts

When selecting a car lift for storage purposes, PEAK parking lifts offer superior solutions. For residential garage applications, single post lift and four post parking lifts provide ideal space-saving configurations. Commercial facilities will benefit most from four post lifts or triple parking lift systems designed for higher capacity and frequent use.

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• Selecting Lifts for Maintenance & Repairs

While PEAK parking lifts can accommodate basic service needs, we recommend our professional-grade lift series for optimal performance in maintenance and repair operations. Each lift category is engineered with distinct functional capabilities - proper selection ensures both safety and efficiency for your specific automotive service requirements.

 

Part II: Types of Vehicle Lifts: A Comprehensive Overview 

 

• Single Post lifts

Single post lifts have gained popularity among homeowners, car enthusiasts, and automotive service shops in recent years, particularly for those looking to maximize garage or showroom space. Unlike two-post and four-post lifts, which require multiple support columns and a large footprint, single-post lifts utilize just one central post to elevate vehicles to an optimal working height of over 1,800 mm. This space-efficient design makes them an ideal solution for compact garages or workshops where floor space is limited. Additionally, a portable single post lift allows for quick relocation to any service bay as needed.

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• Two post lifts

Two post lifts are the most widely used vehicle lifting systems in automotive maintenance and repair facilities. Construed with 2 columns, they require less garage space and provide two types: clear-floor and base-plate design to fit different ceilings.  These lifts raise vehicles via chassis contact points, delivering unobstructed undercarriage access for efficient servicing and repairs. PEAK two-post lifts offer robust performance with load capacities ranging from 4,000 kg to 8,000 kg making them ideal for a broad spectrum of vehicles—from compact cars to full-size vans and light-duty trucks. Their durable construction and reliable operation ensure safe, high-performance lifting for professional automotive applications.

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1. Four post lifts

Four post lifts represent the pinnacle of stability and reliability for vehicle lifting solutions. Engineered with four robust vertical posts, these lifts evenly distribute a vehicle's weight and elevate it by its wheels, ensuring unmatched safety and balance.

Unlike single-post or two-post lifts, four post lifts offer effortless vehicle loading—simply drive onto the platform. When equipped with an optional rolling jack, they can also perform wheel-free service, and alignment models can provide precision alignment capabilities. At PEAK, we offer an extensive selection of four-post lift designs, with lifting capacities ranging from 4,000 kg to 18,000 kg, ensuring the perfect solution for any heavy-duty application.

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2. Scissors lifts

Scissor lifts comprise a diverse family of equipment categorized by several key design features. Based on installation type, they are classified as on surface or flush-mount models. From a structural support perspective, they are distinguished as wheel-support or chassis-support types. Additionally, they are segmented by lifting height, with options including full-rise and mid-rise configurations. A large alignment scissor lift is wheel-support full rise lift providing precision alignment service and supports wheel-free maintenance when equipped with an optional rolling jack.PEAK offers a comprehensive range of scissor lifts with lifting capacities spanning 2,800 kg to 7,300 kg, ensuring robust performance for various automotive service needs.

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