Is there any way to use it without permanently attaching to the garage floor, or is it too light?
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Fasten the stop to the concrete with Liquid Nail glue. It will take a strong solvent to remove the stop if ever. Needed.
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It is hollow plastic and very light but you can fill it with sand to make it heavier.
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I bought this item 2 years back when we moved to a house with a steep driveway. I have an SUV with 6-speed manual and it has 4-wheel disk brakes. It is highly recommended that the vehicle is not left with parking brakes to avoid roll-over night-after-night to avoid malfunction in the brake release system. Also, this is a rental house and we could not install this permanently. I usually drive my SUV upto the Eagle 1790 slowly and turn off the engine. I let the vehicle slide on to it gradually till the vehicle stops. Then, I leave the vehicle in 2nd gear to avoid roll-over incase it slides. I have noticed slight sliding, but it held the vehicle for more than 2 years now. It is light but sturdy. I bought this item 2 years back when we moved to a house with a steep driveway. I have an SUV with 6-speed manual and it has 4-wheel disk brakes. It is highly recommended that the vehicle is not left with parking brakes to avoid roll-over night-after-night to avoid malfunction in the brake release system. Also, this is a rental house and we could not install this permanently. I usually drive my SUV upto the Eagle 1790 slowly and turn off the engine. I let the vehicle slide on to it gradually till the vehicle stops. Then, I leave the vehicle in 2nd gear to avoid roll-over incase it slides. I... » Read More I bought this item 2 years back when we moved to a house with a steep driveway. I have an SUV with 6-speed manual and it has 4-wheel disk brakes. It is highly recommended that the vehicle is not left with parking brakes to avoid roll-over night-after-night to avoid malfunction in the brake release system. Also, this is a rental house and we could not install this permanently. I usually drive my SUV upto the Eagle 1790 slowly and turn off the engine. I let the vehicle slide on to it gradually till the vehicle stops. Then, I leave the vehicle in 2nd gear to avoid roll-over incase it slides. I have noticed slight sliding, but it held the vehicle for more than 2 years now. It is light but sturdy. « Show Less
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I think it would be too light and would just slide unless you attached it somehow to the floor. Ours is outside and anchored into the stone driveway and works perfectly!
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I would not recommend using it unless mounting it on the wall. It is not sturdy enough with a wide enough base to stand on the floor and be used. When wall mounted it works wonderfully and I am very happy with my purchase.
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Absolutely! In fact, I have it in my garage holding up a heavy plastic storage container (rectangular, but not too long), so that I can easily swing it out of the way when I need to get to something else. It is light, but sturdy. Very handy for moving things around-- including cardboard boxes, etc. I also have one for a huge planter on my back patio. Very very good!
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It's stable without being tied down, especially inside a basement where there wouldn't be any wind. I think suspending fluorescent light fixtures inside should be fine. The cover is plastic so you'd need to be sure you don't put anything that generates really high heat right up against the plastic walls/roof but fluorescents should be fine. I have an incandescent plastic shield trouble light with a 40 or 60 watt bulb hanging from the "ceiling" in mine and it hasn't been a problem.
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no, and it is not a light unit, best bet is a strong back or get a wheel dolly.
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That's how I use it. It isn't very heavy, but you do have to have a stout attachment for it. I use a post on my deck or the leg of a heavy desk.
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It's a bit of a chore putting it up. The thing is presumably overhead and is unwieldy. I wouldn't want to put it up and take it down often.
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It does not need to touch the ground. I comes with brackets for deck mounting.
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Yes, that is how I used it. Remember that they suggest using it below the 2nd top rung (for purposes of easy stepping off onto a roof, I think). Because it is relatively easy to detach and reattach, I do not leave mine on all of the time. To do so would create a storage problem for me.
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I wouldn't buy this one to use as a floor unit. It's not made to balance that way, "fully loaded" anyway. There are units out there that are designed to be used on the floor, I would reccomended those..
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We hung it by the wall, but it makes our whole garage wall shake. I thought of tethering it to the ground somehow, but nothing bad has happened and we beat the heck out of it.
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It's actually really easy to move! I put in around 400+ lbs of sand, so the entire thing weighs A LOT! We move ours often and don't have any trouble at all. My only question to you is the height of your garage! This goal is truly a "Beast," so it's heavy & extremely sturdy. Make 100% sure that you've got the room. Hope this helps!
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Yes, you can install it without the light, I'm not sure what it would bring the height to.
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I use this inside all the time but there is no way to ground it. It will move slightly.
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I don't think leaving it attached 24/7 would hurt it any. The way I have mine set up I do have take it off because the power cord runs over a walkway but I don't think leaving it on all the time would be a bad thing ...just read the instructions carefully but I didn't see anything about that .awesome light
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No it's too light to do any harm. We have hardwood floors and haven't had a problem.
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If you don't need to pull it out frequently and the height is OK, there is no reason to use the wheels. You might want to use casters to keep your floor from being scratched.