American made 2 post lift

Does anyone in America make a 2 post lift?  Everything I find is made in China. 

This search turned up about 30.

I'm sure some of them are "assembled" in USA with chinese parts, but it's a start

In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :

Thanks Curtis, looks like some possibles on that list. As you noted, many are just "assembled" in the US but there appears to be a few true "Made in the USA".

I dislike the bar across the top, but don't want the trip hazard on the floor either.

Can you bury it in the concrete?

In reply to lownslow :

I've got a Mohawk A7.  American made and overbuilt, IMO.  No top bar and no floor piece either.  It is limited to 7,000 lbs, but that's enough to put the X5 overhead.  

Mowhawks are such tanks if they had an OH bar they probably would double their capacity.

In reply to Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter) :

Of that, I have no doubt.

In reply to lownslow :

Not without a lot of modifying of the lift itself. The balance cables and hydraulic hoses run through the baseplate. You could have longer hoses made pretty easily. Moving the cables would be harder since there are pulleys at the bottom of the posts that you would need to lower below the mounting plates. Plus getting longer cables.

I had similar thoughts when I bought my baseplate lift, but it hasn't been as big of a pain as I expected. I use wooden boards to get my corvette on the arms, but I had to do that just to get a jack under it anyways, so its not much of a change to get it in the air.

I have an overhead bar and with cars, I can go to the top floor with no prob.  Havent tried suvs or anything like that so maybe I'd have to watch it but so far it is waaaaaay better than having it on the ground.  
 

I'd venture to say that even if I had to limit the lift of some  vehicle(s) it would still be worth it

When I was lift-shopping about 4 years ago, truly American made was a hard requirement. Call me an idealist, but I still believe in the superiority of skilled American labor and the importance of supporting industries that keep it that way, keeping the money onshore, and the preference for not getting under a multi-ton vehicle several feet in the air on something built by what amounts to slave labor using some of the most questionable materials on Earth. I checked the list of traditional top-shelf go-tos like Rotary, Bend-Pak and all the rest and found that every one of them is at least majority produced in the PRC. Sure, some are still assembled here, but that doesn't count.

The last man standing appears to be Mohawk. Even their components are made here. I picked the System 1A as I was looking for a 10k, and at the time, it was their smallest lift. I couldn't be happier with it. It's truly built like a locomotive. In some places, the GMAW welds are single-pass with over 1" fillets and I found remnants of MIG wire almost 1/8" diameter. They have a well-earned reputation for working at their rated capacity all day, every day for decades. I've had my 7000 lb C20 Suburban on it regularly, and buddies' trucks including a 6.7 F250 4x4 and 7.3 F350 Centurion with 1000 lb of motors in the bed. Never had a doubt. For those who have seen what happens to mortal lifts when actually used near their "rated" capacity, you will understand the difference here. 

No floor obstruction was another requirement, and I also don't like the overhead beam. The Mohawk uses hydraulic equalization, so the only thing linking the towers is a pair of 3/8" stainless hydraulic lines. I can raise the Burb to full height with a foot to spare, and if you want even more, DIY mods to the hydraulic lines would be easy. 

In reply to Nockenwelle :

Awesome,  thanks. 

Nockenwelle got it right.  I decided to spend the extra money and  order my lift from an "American made" company.  Still waiting for parts to be shipped from, wait for it, China. 

WTF?

I went with Bend Pak, the steel I assume is out of china but the pump and cylinders are standard units instead of some chinesium.