Are you considering purchasing a car lift, but your home garage or professional shop has just 10 feet of ceiling space? A 10ft ceiling height does limit some of the lift options you have. However, you still have a number of high quality lift options that will work with your space limitation.
This article will highlight a few of the best options and provide you with a choice of features and designs. The common denominator is that each car lift we highlight, will be able to fit inside a space with just 10 feet of height. 10 feet of ceiling height means you have 120 inches of total lift space from the floor to ceiling.
If you have even less space, read car lifts for 8 foot ceiling.
Unfortunately, most 4 post car lift ceiling height exceeds a 10 foot high ceiling. However, we do include one 4 post car lift option in our list.
2 post car lift ceiling height is more likely to fit within a 10 foot high ceiling. We have included a few 2 post car lifts in our list. Scissor lifts are also a good option to consider. These lifts require less space, but will still be able to provide significant lift height in a 10 foot sized ceiling.
Garage Pro 8000
The Garage Pro 8000 is the only 4 post car lift that has the potential to fit inside a room with a 10 foot high ceiling.
Max lift height on the runway is 72 inches (6 feet). This means you have just 48 inches of liftable car height to use. Because the 4 post car lifts lift cars from the bottom of the wheel base, you have to measure the liftable car height from the bottom of the wheel to the tallest point on the car.
If you have a very small car or motorcycle you would like to store, then the Garage Pro 8000 could be an option for a 10 foot high ceiling. However, if you have a car that exceeds 48 inches of height, the Garage Pro 8000 would not be a good fit for a 10 foot high ceiling.
For more options, see all 4 post car lifts for sale.
- Open Center Design: no
- Portable: yes, with included caster kit
- Lifting Capacity: 8,000 pounds.
- Max Runway Height: 72 inches (6 feet).
- 10ft Ceiling Max Liftable Car Height: 48 inches.
- Column Height: 83 inches (6 feet 11 inches).
- Total Length: 206.75 inches (6 feet 7.75 inches).
- Total Width: 115 inches (17 feet 2.75 inches).
- Electrical Requirements: 110 volt and 30 amp breaker.
- Shipping Weight: 1,800 pounds.
2 Post Baseplate Lift
This two car lift with 9,000 pounds of lifting capacity is a good option to consider if you are working with a 10 foot high ceiling. The 2 post column height is 111.5 inches (9 feet 3.5 inches). This would allow the lift to be installed in a garage with a ceiling height of just 9 feet 6 inches.
The key consideration is that to use this lift inside a 10 foot high garage, you would not be able to lift a standard sized car to the maximum lift height allowed by the lift. The maximum lift height is 74.5 inches without adaptors and 81 inches with adaptors.
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This gives you 45.5 inches (without adaptors) and 39 inches (with adaptors) of additional car lift height above the maximum lift height.
One of the key benefits of a 2 post lift is that it lifts cars from the frame base instead of the wheel base. This reduces the car’s total liftable height when compared with a 4 post car lift.
For more options, see all 2 post car lifts for sale.
- Open Center Design: yes
- Portable: no
- Lifting Capacity: 9,000 pounds.
- Max Lift Height (without adaptors): 74.5 inches.
- Max Lift Height (with adaptors): 81 inches.
- 10ft Ceiling Max Liftable Car Height (without adaptors): 45.5 inches.
- 10ft Ceiling Max Liftable Car Height (with adaptors): 39 inches.
- Column Height: 111.5 inches (9 feet 3.5 inches).
- Total Width: 134.5 inches (11 feet 2.5 inches).
- Electrical Requirements: 220 volt and 30 amp breaker.
- Shipping Weight: 1,400 pounds.
Platinum PVL9BP Baseplate Lift
If you have a professional shop with a 10 foot high ceiling, we recommend considering the Platinum PVL9BP lift.
This lift is ALI certified and offers 9,000 pounds of lifting capacity. The top column height is 111.125 inches (9 feet 3.125 inches) which lets you fit this lift underneath a 10 foot high ceiling.
The max lift height without adaptors is 74.75 inches and 83.75 inches with adaptors. This means with a 10 foot high ceiling, you have 45.25 inches (without adaptors) or 36.25 inches (with adaptors) of liftable car height from the max lifting height.
Keep in mind if you are lifting a full sized car, you may not be able to fully lift that car to the max liftable height. Be sure to carefully measure the car height from the base of the frame to understand how much lift space you have with a 10 foot high ceiling.
- Open Center Design: yes
- Portable: no
- Lifting Capacity: 9,000 pounds.
- Max Lift Height without adaptors: 74.75 inches.
- Max Lift Height with adaptors: 83.75 inches.
- 10ft Ceiling Max Liftable Car Height without adaptors: 45.25 inches.
- 10ft Ceiling Max Liftable Car Height with adaptors: 36.25 inches.
- Column Height: 111.125 inches (9 feet 3.125 inches).
- Total Width: 138.625 inches (11 feet 6.625 inches).
- Electrical Requirements: 220 volt and 30 amp breaker.
- Shipping Weight: 1,700 pounds.
SLP9K 9,000lb Full Rise Lift
This lift offers a low platform height and enough lifting capacity to lift pickup trucks despite a small ceiling space.
The max lifting height is 78 inches (6 foot 6 inches). This means that you only have 42 inches of available car lift height from the maximum height of the lift. So if you have a full sized car or truck, you will not be able to lift it to the maximum 78 inch lift height inside a 10 foot high ceiling.
- Open Center Design: yes
- Portable: no
- Lifting Capacity: 9,000 pounds.
- Max Lift Height: 78 inches (6 feet 6 inches).
- 10ft Ceiling Max Liftable Car Height: 42 inches.
- Total Length: 82 inches (6 feet 10 inches).
- Total Width: 82 inches (6 feet 10 inches).
- Electrical Requirements: 220 volt and 30 amp breaker.
- Shipping Weight: 2,400 pounds.
Kwik Bay Portable Mid-Rise Lift
The Kwik Bay lift offers an open center design and comfortably fits inside a 10 foot high ceiling.
This lift offers 7,000 pounds of lifting capacity and raises cars to a 41 inch (3 feet 5 inch) total lift height. A 10ft tall ceiling would allow for a lifted car with 79 inches of additional lift height. Make sure you measure the vehicle height starting from the base of the frame.
If you plan to lift heavy vehicles with a narrow frame, you might want to consider purchasing the Scissor Lift Support Bar.
- Open Center Design: yes
- Portable: yes
- Lifting Capacity: 7,000 pounds.
- Max Lift Height: 41 inches (3 feet 5 inches).
- 10ft Ceiling Max Liftable Car Height: 79 inches.
- Total Length: 85.5 inches (7 feet 1.5 inches).
- Total Width: 72 inches (6 feet).
- Electrical Requirements: 110 volt and a 30 amp breaker.
- Air Requirement: 90 to 120 PSI.
- Shipping Weight: 1,441 pounds.
Portable Mid Rise Lift 6MR
If you don’t need direct access to the undercarriage the car, you might want to consider the Portable Mid Rise Lift. This is a good option for a home garage that doesn’t plan to do extensive repair work. The portable nature of this lift also makes it a great option for small home garages.
This lift offers 6,000 pounds of lifting capacity. Maximum lifting height with adaptors is 53.5 inches (4 feet 5.5 inches). This means a 10 foot high ceiling offers an additional 66.5 inches of liftable car height.
To measure the car lift height, start at the bottom of the frame and measure to the top of the car.
- Open Center Design: no
- Portable: yes
- Lifting Capacity: 6,000 pounds.
- Max Lift Height with Adaptors: 53.5 inches (4 feet 5.5 inches).
- 10ft Ceiling Max Liftable Car Height: 66.5 inches.
- Total Length: 82 inches (6 feet 10 inches).
- Total Width: 39 inches (3 feet 3 inches).
- Electrical Requirements: 110 volt.
- Height when Fully Lowered: 5.75 inches.
- Shipping Weight: 1,050 pounds.
Portable Low Rise Lift LR06
Another good option for non-commercial users is this portable low rise lift that offers 6,000 pounds of lifting capacity.
The lift includes a wheel kit which allows you to move the lift to different areas of the shop.
Total lifting height is 25.5 inches (2 feet 1.5 inches) with the lifting blocks. That means you have 95.5 inches of lifting space available inside a 10 foot high ceiling.
- Open Center Design: no
- Portable: yes
- Lifting Capacity: 6,000 pounds.
- Max Lift Height with Blocks: 25.5 inches (2 feet 1.5 inches).
- 10ft Ceiling Max Liftable Car Height: 95.5 inches.
- Total Length: 79.75 inches (6 feet 7.75 inches).
- Total Width: 70 inches (5 feet 10 inches).
- Electrical Requirements: 110 volt.
- Height when Fully Lowered: 4 inches.
- Shipping Weight: 965 pounds.
Open Center Low Rise Lift 6PL
If you need access to the car undercarriage, we recommend looking at this low rise lift with an open center design. The lift provides 6,000 pounds of lifting capacity and allows for plenty of extra lifting space despite a 10 foot high ceiling.
- Open Center Design: yes
- Portable: no
- Lifting Capacity: 6,000 pounds.
- Max Lift Height with Blocks: 26 inches (2 feet 2 inches).
- 10ft Ceiling Max Liftable Car Height: 94 inches.
- Total Length: 80.75 inches (6 feet 8.75 inches).
- Total Width: 71 inches (5 feet 11 inches).
- Electrical Requirements: 110 volt.
- Air Requirement: 90 to 125 PSI.
- Height when Fully Lowered: 4.5 inches.
- Shipping Weight: 850 pounds.
If you have more questions about our car lifts, read our comprehensive car lift guide.