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Great, thanks guys!

Hey guys; I'm planning on building a tray for my bendpak lift. Does anyone know what dimension of lumber and plywood to use to make the tray even with the ramps when sitting on the rails? From what I've read on here, 2x4 framing with plywood works, I'm just not sure how thick the plywood should...

Hey shopnut, where did you buy those magnetic sheets?

Hey Dennis; Awesome garage! I was wondering where you sourced your Cree LED T8's and how much did they cost? I'm working on sourcing garage lighting right now and am finding it tricky to find stuff in Canada vs the US. I'm currently leaning towards going flourescent T8's using Platonics guide.

Good point! I'll see if I can get a discount with the flyer as well. Platonic, what ballast should I try to source for the FO32/841/XP/XL/ECO3 lamps? Are those lamps good down to -20c? I was also considering going with the last flourescent option in your spreadsheet with the F32T8 ADV941 ALTO...

Thanks! What ballast would I need for a 2 light setup? I can locally source a 49497, but not a 49498. Is there a difference? I presume the 32 watt versions would be much brighter too, which would be great! Also, I just looked online and the Lowes just across the border has those SSF240...

damn, just noticed those bulbs need 60F to run. That won't work for me. My garage will get pretty cold in the winter.

So if I were to end up going with the $38 Lithonia, my total cost for a 2 lamp fixture would be $72 CDN including the lights. For a 4 lamp fixture it would be $143 CDN. The balast to drive 4 lights costs pretty much double the one recommended to drive 2 lights. I think this seams reasonable...

How about this one? C 2 32 MVOLT GEB10IS Lithonia again, $38 CDN.

Platonic, for this custom fixture, are you pretty much taking a cheap fixture for the connectors and enclosure, then putting a high quality ballast and lights into it? If you had to do 4' T8 strips is there a different ballast you could spec? I'm having trouble finding any super cheap fixtures...

Has anyone found a good price on LED T8 tubes in Canada? I would love to buy some of those Samsungs.....