@ Barrett-Jackson

[turbo69bird]

Ouch, that’ll hurt the bottom line all the way around

[mssl72]

Yikes!! That's not good...

[Hawkeye]

I saw a comment on FB that one of the latches didn’t release when putting it down. Don’t quote me on this. Does this sound possible?

Thanks,
Marty

[67since67]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

I saw a comment on FB that one of the latches didn’t release when putting it down. Don’t quote me on this. Does this sound possible?

Thanks,
Marty

It's very plausible Marty. In 2017 my dealer destroyed my 2500 CC by dumping it from the top due to the RH latch not being released. Whether latch adjustment or operator error the results were catastrophic. I got a new truck for peanuts.

[azcamaros]

The subject toppled lift is a Champion Triple Stack lift. For the past couple years, this vendor has set up the Triple Stack lift at BJ with cars on it for display with no issues. Obviously, this year did not go as planned. This particular lift utilizes an air lock release system and is specifically designed to be anchored to a level, concrete floor with four anchors per post, 16 anchors. The BJ tent is on asphalt, has a slight slope, and I don’t see any evidence of anchors in the pictures. I do not know what the root cause of this particular incident was, but not being properly anchored was probable a key contributor to the outcome. Thankfully no one was hurt. I do own two Champion four-post lifts and have not had any problems with them. However I do pay very close attention to when raising and lowering cars. You need to make sure all of the locks release when lowering the lift with cars on it.