How did you get it off the truck when it was delivered?

Keith-I know you were looking for 2 post, but this is how my 4 post showed up. They came with a semi trailer to the street right in front of my house, and I rented a huge forklift(looks kind of like a small endloader) from a local glass company. The guy just scooped it off the truck and slid it into my garage. I borrowed a cherry picker from my nieghbor to help with the assembly. It was a real life saver as some of the pieces were extremly heavy and you had to hold it up as you tried to start the bolts. Cathy and I put it together in just a few hours (and I'm in a wheelchair). Mine came from Autolifters so my "lifetime" warranty died a couple of months ago. Hope this helps and good luck.
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If its just a two post use an engine hoist to lift the base and 3 or 4 four guys to grab the lighter end. Thats how I did it, I got my lift used, so it even still had the motor on it. I didnt take it completely apart either, just took the top rail off and disconnected the cables.

Have you talked to Brad?? Maybe you could borrow/rent his body lifting rig (if he still has it).

With this and a few guys you could get it off the truck, and tilt the major pieces up high enough (over center) where muscle could finish the job.

They say the columns are 500 lbs each!! Everything comes banded together. I doubt the truck would be able to back down my driveway so using my lift is out of the question because my driveway is not paved. I'm not convinced I'd be able to use it anyway. I may call a wrecker and see what they'd charge. Renting a forklift doesn't look feasable although I'm still checking on that. The option that looks the best so far is to have the thing delivered to a loading dock where they will load it onto my vehicle for nothing. I'll rent a $20/day U-haul to haul it home and then unload it with my hoist at my leisure.

Maybe give Ian a call - he repairs forklifts, and might be able to hook you up with a "shop repair unit" that needs a little "slow time" to break in the new parts ;) . Never know.... It might do a detour on the way back to it's owner.

ask if they can deliver in a tandam wheel box bed truck they can go about anywhere a p/u can. semi trucks need some room but if the street infront of your driveway is 25- 30 ft wide a rig could get in there with the right driver

Well, they showed up in a semi-truck and the driver wouldn't attempt to back down my driveway so he said they'd come back the next day with a "staight truck". This truck had a lift gate on it. He was able to move the lift inside the truck using a pallet jack so we maneuvered it close enough to the edge so I could hook one end with my engine hoist. Then we got the other end onto the lift gate and lowered it to the garage floor using the hoist and lift gate together. Once we got it lowered he used the pallet jack to move it all the way into my garage. Took all of 10 minutes and the driver said it was his best delivery of the day! What a relief.