Recent content by john mac

Looks good, I like the skid steer driver also, he could be an excavator some day. I have a concrete slab like yours, a shed I built 10 years ago 20 x 12 in my back yard. The slab has heaved and did screw my trusses up a little. I noticed that you had no footings or even what’s called an...

Chevy1 you must be Uncle Howards uncle. Sounds to good to be true.

This is how one side looks, after looking at this photo it looks to be more like 13' or even 14' because my door is a 14' by 14' door. Sorry.

I agree that 8' 9" is to low because you have to have room to mount the unit.

Mine are not mounted above floor but closer to the walls and the reflector is at a 45 angle to the floor so the heat is directed across the floor as much as possible. I looked up my specs and w/a 75,000 btu unit horizontal is 12', 30 angle is 10', and 45 angel is 9'. My shop is 70 in about 10...

How many BTU's, and what brand? The hight is very important, check with manufacturer for min mounting height from floor. Mine are 75,000 BTU and are 10' from the floor, I think we could of went 9' with no problem.

Auto Zone is the worst here, in the last year I have tried to buy an oil filter from them for four different vehicles and all four times they have given me the wrong filter after looking it up. I will not go to them for a filter without bringing the old filter with me (along with some old oil in...

Craftsman for me is the upper end that I have. Better than Harbor Freight and last a long time. I find tools get lost more often than than they don't work anymore, and if that happens I just replace it. The Snap on truck stops by once in a while so they do have very good specialty tools. Most of...

That is more than a just shop, more like a tribute to the past.

Come up with a plan and take that plan to a local lumber yard (doesn't have to be Home Depot but a contractor yard) . have the lumber yard quote you on the material, tell them you plan on doing the work yourself. Then ask them if you do plan too hiring it out could they suggest contractors. Now...

Sberry, that looks like a good idea, do you wet the floor down before you spray to keep dust out of your paint? How do you exhaust? E-tek, I like your small paint booth idea, have you made any changes to make it better? Heating the space for winter painting is good idea as long you don't heat...

Fiberglass and drywall is not fun!! That shop will be, ton of space.

Looks like you have as much fun building the garage as you have working in the garage. I enjoy building stuff myself and doesn't always have to include sheet metal or pistons.

No Caterpillar. Would like to own some but the Cat brand does cost more, couldn't find any used that didn't have too many hours on them. Someday I will own a Cat, I have to be able to buy rite or I don't buy. I like to buy American. I do own Hitachi, Komatsu, Deere, New Holland, Case, Bob Cat...

Thank you again guys for the advice, I spent some time at one of my friends shop today and he is in the same biz as I and has a two post floor plate lift in one of his bays. He has 3 bays, always filled with dump trucks and heavy equipment every day with full time mechanics. I was surprised to...