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    Clearence for car hoist

    So I ended up getting a quote for 10 new trusses, would give me 12 foot ceilings in the middle of my shop for $2000. I can do this myself, just looking for ideas on how to get new trusses in place without removing the roof.
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    Clearence for car hoist

    I contacted an engineer but he wants $400 just to come take a look and is wanting to install a ridge beam with posts dropped in the middle of my floor space.
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    Clearence for car hoist

    I told my truss manufacturer that I wanted to build in place but the only way a tray truss will work is if it is a 2 ply truss and I was told that those could not be built in place. Where my door is located currently, the trusses go parallel to the door, so if I want to drive in to the hoist...
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    Clearence for car hoist

    My trusses are 5 foot on center which is kind of odd given our high snow load PSF factor around here... I'm just under 6 foot tall, my truck is 5 feet from the frame to the roof, I could get away with 11 feet. Looking at a 2 post lift, bendpack possibly That quote was to replace 3 of the...
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    Clearence for car hoist

    Hi, I'm new here and I primarily made an account so that I could ask the following question because I could not find this being discussed in forums. I recently bought a house, came with a 46x36 pole barn shop with 10' ceilings. I was looking for a place that had a shop with 12 foot ceilings but...
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