Recent content by OldracerJones

I've always used the red rubber hose from Goodyear but bought a flexzilla hose for our local VFD and what a great hose. My new ones for the shop will be flexzilla.

I just had a 42' x 87' pad poured for our local Volunteer Fire Department. It was 4,000 psi, 6" thick with 1/2" rebar every 18". The price worked out to $4.90 per square foot.

Took me five years but this is, without a doubt, the best thing I've built in my shop.

I took out an old textbook and found a formula for calculating PSI of a vehicle; contact area of tire, number of tires, weight of vehicle all accounted for. It shows 4,000 psi concrete should be okay for the weight of those vehicles.

The bays are all the same, 6" thickness, 4,000 psi. Common sense should say the pad would be the same but I was worried about all the maneuvering that goes on backing the trucks, washing, filling, etc. The bays are in or out driving only.

Our heaviest is the engine at 28,000 lbs (26,854 without firefighters). We have tender that weighs slightly less than the engine, two brush trucks; (F-550) and Dodge 1 ton, and a Squad (Suburban). We also have a new Heavy Brush coming from a grant that will be about the same as the engine (same...

I'm in North Texas too and have a 30 x 50 steel building with water throughout. I place a oil filled heater (safest) in the water room where my pressure tank and pump are and one in the office which has a water line running to the spigot. The bathroom is sandwiched in between the two. I...

No municipal engineering department, just 10 of us in a rural area. Very rare freeze/thaw and no salt at all. Thanks for the reply.

Getting ready to replace our gravel driveway for a 6 bay fire station with a concrete one. The dimensions are 87' x 62'. We are spec'ing out 6" thick, 4000 PSI concrete with 1/2 rebar on 18" centers. The heaviest truck we have is 28,000 lbs. Footings on all outside edges with expansion joints...

There is a button on the app on my Iphone that I can activate the siren and/or lights.

I have an 8 camera Lorex system that notifies me anytime anyone comes close. I bought it on-line from Costco when it was on sale. Already caught one dirt bag when we were on vacation when I saw him on camera trying the door to my shop. Turned the siren on and called my neighbor who chased him...

I put them on the ramps of my 4 post lift to light the underside of the chassis will working.

I did mine with pre-cut and framed insulation panels I just popped in. They look fine 7 years after installing them. I looked for the vendor but I couldn't find it after all this time.

Mine is unbolted for five years with no issues.

I have a 50" TV mounted high on the wall for standard television and Sirius/XM sat radio. t has it's own sound system with subwoofer. I have a computer on my workbench, pushed back under the shelf with high def computer monitor. The only thing close to the working area is the keyboard and mouse...