pats23•5mo ago

My old drywall lift finally gave out after 15 years

Last Wednesday I was hanging a 12-foot ceiling board in a basement remodel and my old metal lift just buckled halfway up. The locking pin sheared clean off and the board crashed down, took out a bucket of mud and bent the frame pretty bad. Anybody else got a favorite jack that's held up through the years, or should I just grab one of those newer aluminum ones?

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black.laura5mo ago

Man, I feel that pain. My old lift did the exact same thing a couple years ago with a 12-footer, scary how quick it can just fold.

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kair655mo ago

Those bends happen fast when the metal's been stressed from years of smaller loads.

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