I went with 4' walls on the pits because we had the forms. They wouldn't have to be that deep. As I said, most all the wrenching is done in my shop. If I didn't have a lift in there I would have made 1 of the pits 6' deep so I could have worked from there. The grates are easy to move, as there...
I have another 40x60 shop that I have a lift in that I store the 4 miatas in during the winter. This garage is 18 years old and rust doesn't seem to be an issue with the grates. They have I-beams under each wheel track. I don't do a lot of work in this garage, but yes a wrench has a few times...
I've been lurking on this site for a half a year, appreciating all the information that there is out here. Thought I would just make my first post and show you all my Mazda garage.
Living in the midwest we thought we would put grates in the floor for parking the SUV and the worktruck in...