Is the MaxJax safe?

Absolutely. Compared to floor jacks or jack stands, the MaxJax provides increased safety when installed and operated properly.

If you've ever visited a service garage, dealership or fleet repair business, it’s easy to see that two-post lifts are the lifts of choice among professionals. In fact, the Automotive Lift Institute reports that out of the thousands of car lifts sold monthly, and among the many lift configurations available, two-post style lifts represent well over 63% of the market.

Let’s be clear—the MaxJax is not just a hobby lift. It too is a “real” lift. It’s built by our team of qualified engineers that not only designed the MaxJax, but also our family of full-sized lifts. We’ve got years of experience and we’ve done our math. While most car enthusiasts are talking about 4-bolt mains, our engineers are studying applied force, axial force, bending moment, center of gravity, concentrated load, deflection, deformation, distributed load, ductility, elastic limit, moment, normal strain & stress, potential energy, sheer strain, strength, yield stress, yield strain and so on.

The concrete anchors actually secure the lift to the floor and keep it from tipping over. The same method as all two-post lifts. The top crossbar found on most commercial two-post lifts is not intended to be load bearing. It’s just a simple, elegant way to route the equalizing cables and hydraulic hoses from one column to the other.

MaxJax is portable, meaning that the anchors would need to be incredibly strong, and they are. Each anchor is constructed out of a zinc-plated carbon steel body and wedge clip and they’re capable of creating a secure hold which generates a tensile strength of up to 16,500 lbs. Combine all of the anchors together and it delivers almost 12 times the maximum capacity of the MaxJax car lift system at 7,000 lbs. in a single post. If you’re concerned over the condition of the concrete, make sure to check out our Epoxy Anchor Bolt Kit. The two-component epoxy formula is resistant to vibration, and it’ll provide long-term durability.