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Thanks for the feedback. I like the idea of a moveable lift as they do take up a lot of room. I'm not sure what will need to happen to beef up the lift area. What I'm wondering about is a sanity check on the builders advice of adding it later. I do want to save money, so can't see pouring the whole foundation with extra thick concrete. I'm wondering what concrete/construction to ask for during the initial build. Would rebar be used and will that make adding the lift a pita in the future? So much I don't know...
You need 6” of concrete under the lift mounting points. You can pour bars that extend across the shop to this depth and do the rest in 4”. If you place the bars across each bay at the appropriate spacing, then the lift can be moved to one side or the other as long as you know where the 6” thick pours are.