This is a product review of a new custom sled lift that was made for my 2010 Yamaha Nytro SE by SnoWest member MtnMax97.
Several weeks ago I posted a thread asking for suggestions on a well built lift for my sled.
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=218258
In response to that thread, several people e-mailed me suggesting I contact MtnMax97 and take a look at the custom lifts he makes. In each case the person writing to me was a satisfied customer who had bought one of them himself.
After talking with Mike and several of his customers I placed an order and bought one of his lifts just like any other customer at retail.
The following is an unsolicited report on what I bought.
Price: $275 + Shipping.
Shipping: $122, UPS Ground, residential delivery. (oversize charges applied)
Packaging: Arrived wrapped in cellphone/Plastic Wrap. No box, no packing materials.
Condition on arrival: The lift was intact, but several small parts had fallen out of the Plastic Wrap and were missing.
Mike contacted me to confirm delivery and condition BEFORE I called him!
As soon as he knew he shipped me the missing parts which arrived only days later.
Initial Impressions: The unit looked great. It was very clear with a great powdercoat job on it. Really nothing negative to say about it. It was big and solid and very easy to operate. The first time I raised the lift I used a hand crank from my socket set. BIG MISTAKE! Only did that once and then went and bought an adapter for my cordless drill that allowed me to attach a socket to the drill and let it do all the work of jacking up my 600+lb beast into the air.
When I first lifted the sled, I raised it about half way up, and left it there for a week to see if the frame of the lift would show any signs of stress. If it was going to fail on me, I wanted it to fail with the sled lower to the ground and with the lift under maximum stress from the low angle of the support arms. After a week with no signs of fatigue I raised the sled up to the full height of the lift and have left it there ever since. This evening I lowered it down for the first time in several weeks so I could take all of the following photos.
NOTE:
All of the following photos are untouched raw images shot in my garage.
WARNING:
There are over 40 High Res images in this review. Please give your browser some time to get all of them loaded. The pictures are big because for me the most important thing with buying something on the internet is getting to know EXACTLY what your purchasing without having the benefit of seeing it or touching it in person.
Several weeks ago I posted a thread asking for suggestions on a well built lift for my sled.
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=218258
In response to that thread, several people e-mailed me suggesting I contact MtnMax97 and take a look at the custom lifts he makes. In each case the person writing to me was a satisfied customer who had bought one of them himself.
After talking with Mike and several of his customers I placed an order and bought one of his lifts just like any other customer at retail.
The following is an unsolicited report on what I bought.
Price: $275 + Shipping.
Shipping: $122, UPS Ground, residential delivery. (oversize charges applied)
Packaging: Arrived wrapped in cellphone/Plastic Wrap. No box, no packing materials.
Condition on arrival: The lift was intact, but several small parts had fallen out of the Plastic Wrap and were missing.
Mike contacted me to confirm delivery and condition BEFORE I called him!
As soon as he knew he shipped me the missing parts which arrived only days later.
Initial Impressions: The unit looked great. It was very clear with a great powdercoat job on it. Really nothing negative to say about it. It was big and solid and very easy to operate. The first time I raised the lift I used a hand crank from my socket set. BIG MISTAKE! Only did that once and then went and bought an adapter for my cordless drill that allowed me to attach a socket to the drill and let it do all the work of jacking up my 600+lb beast into the air.
When I first lifted the sled, I raised it about half way up, and left it there for a week to see if the frame of the lift would show any signs of stress. If it was going to fail on me, I wanted it to fail with the sled lower to the ground and with the lift under maximum stress from the low angle of the support arms. After a week with no signs of fatigue I raised the sled up to the full height of the lift and have left it there ever since. This evening I lowered it down for the first time in several weeks so I could take all of the following photos.
NOTE:
All of the following photos are untouched raw images shot in my garage.
WARNING:
There are over 40 High Res images in this review. Please give your browser some time to get all of them loaded. The pictures are big because for me the most important thing with buying something on the internet is getting to know EXACTLY what your purchasing without having the benefit of seeing it or touching it in person.
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