Recent content by Tj-gord

Never done lift cyl, but ive done abunch of hyd cyl off of equipment. Cant see it being much different. Some cyl want a special spanner wrench to remove the top cap, i just use a large pipe wrench. If i were u, i would diss-assemble the cyl and see what seal failed, then order that seal. If...

Insulate and vapour barrier the ceiling, if not you will just be dumping your heat out the roof.i have the same size garage, we added a ceiling fan also to move the heat down. Insulating thevceilng for us was about 1000 to 1200 canadian.. r40 and 6mil poly. You being in a warmer climate could...

I have the 7metric 7 standard set at home, and a full set at work. I use them all the time, huge time saver. When they go on sale at can tire, they are a good deal. My vote is buy em. I wouldnt bother with the second set u pictured. Having the open end and the gear box end gives u more options...

In alberta here, my local ng company built my line. I trenched and set the line, hvac/pipe fitter buddy did the hook up. Line was a standard yellow poly line with risers and shut offs included, 48 feet long, 3/4 thick.. Cost 240 ish to have it built. Used black pipe once inside the garage. The...

Havent heard anything bad about thise brands, ive only worked under bend pak and rotary at the shop. We are replacing a lift with a 14000 lb callenger in the new year so i get to try something different. I know in my area, comercial lifts must be ansi cert, all in your list should be, but id...

Im using an spg international 56 top and bottom, really decent box. Had mine for 4 maybey 5 years and no issues. My only complaint is i have a matching side locker..its a little thin, does the job and works well, but i thought it could be a steel gauge thicker.

I use a powerprobe at work for testing and diag, but thats automotive and 12/24 volts.. might be a long shot but power probe may make a lower voltage device..would be worth google search

Our trusses were 40 feet long, we had a moble crane come in and land them all as a stack. Myself and a few buddies had them up in a few hours, slid them down 1 by 1 and flipped them up. Cost us about 200 bucks for the crane, and he was only about 30 mins working.

Your right i am moaning about the price, and your right again, that tool is not for me. I dont think its worth 200 bucks. I never claimed any of their tools where junk or will fail, no idea where u read that in my posts. Just for the record i guess, i am a journeyman tech, have been for a long...

This is exactly what im getting at.. not everything on the truck is out to lunch, but im seeing more like this, like a 7 piece chrome 1/4 inch swivel set over 200 bucks on sale..

I think the point of my original post is a little lost here, point was the more recent spike jn price. My box at work is a even mix of snap on, mac and box store tools. Never did say that im not happy with the company or the tools they sell, (all my ratchets are snap on for a reason..) nor was i...

Been noticing for a while in my neck of the woods, that snapon is almist pricing themselves out of the market. And im talking apples to apples here, always higher than the mac and matco trucks. Anybody else seeing this as well? Or is it just my area (alberta) or just my rep?.. i like snapon, but...

Thanks guys, was a lot of work but worth it. We started building in late may, evenings and weekends. Id say we got to lock up buy late sept and heat and power in oct. Like i said above we arnt finished but in a very functional state with it. Really happy with the size lots of room for storage...

finally getting around to posting our shop build. Its a 30x40 with 13 foot ceilings. Almost all the work has been done by myself, wife, family and friends. Shop isn't totally finished yet, but it is pretty close. Ill can only throw in a few pics.. flickr is being stubborn, or its just me and the...

Im running a 80k big max. 1 inch line to the house, 3/4 line off the main to the garage. My total run is 65 feet.