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Old 01-18-2010, 09:08 AM
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Default MaxJax Question/Maybe dumb question

Jay Leno's website contains a video clip on the MaxJax and found that last year there was a group buy for this item. Think that in the next couple of months I am going to purchase these for my garage.

Here is the question. Based on what I heard on Jay Leno's video, the anchors used to secure the lifts to your garage floor must be set in a minimum of 4" of concrete (which given the weight they support makes sense).

I am wondering though whether your typical garage concrete pad is in fact 4" think. Suspect it varies from state to state, but 1) how do you find out the depth of your concrete garage pad (do you just drill a test hole perhaps?) and 2) if concrete pad is not the required 4" depth, is it just a matter of having a contractor come in, tear up a hopefully small portion of your existing pad, dig a little deeper, then pour the new area? I am guessing that it is a bit more complicated, but simply do not know.

As always, appreciate the help.

Bob
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