Recent content by dfairchild19

I believe that with the math for 1 lift, mine ended up nearly identical in cost. I did end up bringing in an extra one for my dad, and although I got his pits poured before mine with his new shop build, he has yet to get his installed. So bringing in two took the cost to around $2,200 each...

Thanks! Yes they actually only lift in sync. They could probably be raised induvidually as well but I cant think of an instance I would need to do so.

This is a killer install. I see lots of similarities to my forms and pour only yours are much cleaner and more thought out. I built my form walls nearly identically to yours. The compression of the concrete pour put quite a bit of pressure on the short end panels by the long side panels. The...

Putting the lift to use on a buddy's wife's car with a brake job all around. Actually did two cars this night. Still using the torpedo heater in these colder months but once I can get more of the insulation up, Im planning on either a woodburner or a propane furnace with a couple of medium...

And heres some miscellaneous shots from along the way Putting the lift to use some Getting a bit more insulation up and the corrugated steel up Lista cabinets in with the new 10' butcher block bench top I wish it stayed this clean and open all the time I built some steps with...

Moving outside of the barn, I finally set some posts and moved the lean-to that was on the back of the old barn to them. I had propped it up on the old fence line for a couple of months until I got around to setting the posts. This will be used as firewood storage for the most part. I also...

The lift install went well. Much easier than prepping, forming, and pouring the pits. Lift in the barn awaiting install

My clear view door turned out exactly how I envisioned, if not better. Probably one of my favorite parts of the barn.

I started on some insulation but I havent been able to make much progress on it other than the ceiling in the new part which actually went fairly quickly with the help of a scissor lift rental.

Concrete floor poured and being finished Inside concrete complete Patio concrete complete

Here is most of what I have of the in ground scissor lift install. After talking about the concrete pour with the concrete guy, they decided it would be best to pour them separately from the rest of the floor. I wasnt too excited about that because I was unsure of how we would transition them...

Heres an update on the barn. A lot has happened since my last update nearly 2 years ago. I got the loft built, the concrete in both inside and out, gravel spread, lifts installed, door installed, most things arranged and moved in, the old lean-to repurposed, and a lot of use so far. Loft LVL...

Thanks guys. Here is another look at the brackets. I replaced the four smaller(and shorter) lag bolts that were holding the brackets to the posts with 10 larger and longer lags. The four smaller lags in each bracket were just temporary until I received the correct lags. Also, the LVLs that...

Thats awesome to hear that it made it to you safe and complete. I also ordered ours(one for myself and one for dad) March 15th and the ship is supposed to arrive to port on 5/9. I am hoping to have it by the end of next week if all goes well. We both have barns (going) up and neither have...

Well long story short, the LVLs are in. I fabbed up some brackets that I cut on the waterjet to make the brackets. It was the cleanest way that I knew I could get the LVLs in place where I wanted them. I bolted the brackets to the ends of the LVLs and then lifted them into place with the...