I just discovered this fine forum a few days ago and have been reading through many of the posts and checking out all of the cool repair/rehab photos. Lots of very nice projects. I wanted to share a few photos of the setup that I have for fixing hot tubs. My business bought an automotive two-post lift over the summer and I have been using it for this purpose. It makes things quite a bit easier for access to plumbing and finding leaks in full-foam tubs. Repairs that used to take a week or two can sometimes be done in a few hours with this thing. I have rehabed/repaired about 30 tubs since September with it. Here are a couple of photos: I am currently in the planning stages to build a 3 car garage/workshop at my house with a similar setup so I can fix tubs at home. My business delivers on average 5-7 hot tubs each Saturday and there is usually at least 1-2 'junk' tubs that come back for 'disposal' these days. The tub on the lift in the photos was a throw away if you can believe that! Must be nice to be able to throw away a $6500 tub. " title="Shocked" />

Very Nice!! I'm jealous of the lift! " title="Very Happy" /> That would definately speed up things. Nice Hotsprings pic! " title="Very Happy" />

Me Likeee!!!

Great set-up you have there. Do you sell, or just repair?

Thanks folks, it has really worked out even better than I thought it would, that's why I wanted to post this. The lift has a 12,000 lb. capacity and cost about $2300 with shipping (Pace tools I think). Well worth the investment if you fix a lot of tubs, especially full-foam ones. I can fill them up and run them while digging from underneath.

Swine, I sell Hotspring, Tiger River, and Caldera tubs. I mostly just service these brands but will occasionally cherry-pick other jobs that come along. Haven't looked at the exact numbers lately but we have somewhere around 5000 tubs out there, so that keeps me busy.

How about yourself? I see you answer a lot of HotSpring questions on here.

Dan, that set up is excellent. I'm an independant service agent, we repair Hot Springs, T.River, Hot, Spot, a few Caldera's, and a gazillion Leisure Bays. Probably over 20k customers in our service area, work work work!!! The dealers in this area sub out everything- My company is kind of a little known secret- no matter where you buy, you're stuck with us " title="Wink" />

Thanks, it took some heavy convincing to the owner but now that he sees the efficiency and practicality he loves it.

That's sounds like a cool arrangement you have there. In my area the dealers do all of their own service. There may be a few guys who do some limited stuff on the side (electricians and whatnot) but certainly no companies that specialize in it. How many service techs do you have?

Between 2 and 4 full time techs, including myself. (I own the place, but I turn screws just like everyone else). 1-2 part time office girls, and 1-2 part time techs. Currently doing about 100 calls a weel total. It's a great job, for guys who know their stuff. Always looking for quality help, too.