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    Which lift to buy?

    When did you order out of curiosity.
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    Which lift to buy?

    I must be the only person who has had a bad experience with Weaver. I ordered the W10-Pro black back in April, for a June 9th delivery date. So far my lift has been sent to the wrong warehouse and they tried to extort me out of additional shipping for thier mistake, and when I refused they...
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    Is it worth it to calk around the block edge? I have noticed since of course the framers left food, cups, a d trash everyday that there are ants all alone the inside of the building, I have sprayed but I wonder if it's worth sealing it with some kind of calk while it's easially accessable. Also...
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    Yea, I'll post more on the car when I can actually put it in the building, right now I have a lot of parts "saved up" waiting to get it in the shop. New Fuel system, new line lock, new motor. Nerdy in terms of what else will go in there most likely, right now its looking like in the next 18...
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    and the framing work so far, rain has kept the crew away for most of the week. But with any luck they will be done next week, and we can move on. Running into an issue getting the garage door, I moved up to a 10' tall door, US company made the door no problem, but having a problem getting the...
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    Updates, concrete and starting the framing.
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    Had to go get some sand to cover the exposed pipe that will be the sewer connection ... Just a note my local Lowes doesn't care what your drive, if you tell them to load it, they will load it .. 2k lbs of sand in a Tacoma .. fun drive home, luckily it was only about 3 miles.
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    Update time, pandemic not withstanding, the progress continues. I have talked myself into several (expensive) changes already ... more on that later. Current state - footers poured, foundation done, plumbing roughed in, rock laid, hopefully inspection pre-slab comes Monday and we are pouring...
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    Finally some progress, builders showed up Monday and started the footings. Got them all dug, back filled with gravel where needed and have the concrete truck showing up tomorrow morning to pour the footings, of course if the rain holds off.
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    Luckily its 2 90º turns and only about 60' long of a run, going to be running the electrical in a schd. 40 2" PVC conduit. I am going to run the wire though the shop side first and then thread the rest though the straight conduit as its buried so I don't have to pull the whole length, the feeder...
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    Also in Wilson :thumbup: Took a ex plumber buddy with me to lowes today to get some things for the conduit over the footers today, that's the way i'll go, hopefully I can get some drawings soon so I have an idea of the location.
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    That's the crux of my question, most of what I can find has been done that way, I just wondered if there is a "better" way to do it. For me the main reason I am thinking of coming over the foundation with a 90º up through the center of the block stem wall then through the base board into the...
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    Yea that's the plan, I am in charge of digging the extra where the lift will go before the concrete truck comes. I plan to do a 40" section the entire width of the building starting at 14' from the front door to be at least 6" deep just in case I want to move the lift to the other side of the...
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    28x30 Nerdy Mechanic Detached Build Thread

    Permits got approved about 10 days ago, dealing with a lot of rain in my area so probably we more than a week before any work can get started. I need to start considering how to pull the electrical and what is needed for rough in's for plumbing and gas before construction gets started. Is...
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    Radio antenna

    I am not familiar with that specific radio but if it has removable antenna the general rule is you can use coax or antenna wire on that connection to improve reception. This is an interesting issue, I would have thought florescent would have caused more "noise" than LED, I plan to run HAM...
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