Recent content by twostrike

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    Pricing Estimate - 40 x 60 - North Texas

    I am having a 30 by 60 built right now, just SW of Sanger,( Ray Roberts is good for White Bass and Catfish, ***** for Large Mouth any more.0 I have 12 foot side walls, 5 inch concrete except for 6 inch in first bay for lift. 2 overhead doors, 2 walk doors and 4 windows. I am also having a 15...
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    Getting ready to embark on VCT / Epoxy floor project in home garage - thoughts?

    I was wondering about that also. I am worried about the slickness of it when it gets wet. I am such a clutz that I would be falling all the time.
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    New auto shop 27 x 45

    Really sharp looking.
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    Tool box first aid

    used to be able to buy Duct Tape Bandaids. There were really nice. Haven't been able to find them lately.
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    Will your wife help

    My wife has always helped. She would prefer to be outside working rather than in the house, unless she is cooking. She is always ready to help in the garage or go out and clean the bird dog kennels. If I am good she will even let me take her Bass Boat out to a tournament with out her. The only...
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    How did you decide on the size of what you built?

    I started out bigger than the reality of money caused me to scale down to what I could afford. I am going to build a 30 x 60 with 12 ft sidewalls, 4/12 pitch to get clearance for the lift, and then a 15 ft shed or overhang on the south side of the 60 ft side for storage and a place for the...
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    DFW Area Members Registry

    Between Krum and Sanger west of I35. Just signed contract for my shop I have been wanting to build for many years. It will be 30x60 with a 15 ft shed on the south 60 ft wall for horses etc. Will be putting build pictures up once we get started on it.
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    anyone done this....

    mine is still on the pallet it came on 11 years ago and 5 moves ago. Still going strong and no vibration.
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    New Guy's place

    Nice looking shop and garden tractors
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    interest check: channellock group buy

    I would be in for 5 to 10 sets depending on pricing
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    My grandpa's old Conoco station. Pics.

    I worked at Gas Station on the North Side of Topeka from the fall of 71, to spring of 73. I was driving a 68 Camaro, 63 Chev. Impala 2 door hard top with 327 and Qjet, 3 on tree, after I wrecked that I got a 62 F100, short wheel base, 6 w/3 on tree. What I would give to have any one of those...
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    hi lift jack farm jack thread

    Like everybody else has said used them as winch, leveling buildings, offroading jack in rivers, one of the ones I have now I got from my uncle. I remember using it on the farm in 1961 or 62 to help jack up the front end of the grain truck to drain the grain out of the back into the auger. It is...
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    The official work place thread

    I do not have a picture of my office, but I do Sales for an Oilfield Service company. This means my office these days is in my Pickup somewhere between Ft. Worth and Shreveport. Its a job I love, I get to interact with people, since I do not golf I am forced to take my customers either fishing...
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    Ford Truck web sites.

    You might look at Classic Trucks and Custom Classic Trucks, both good magazines with web sites.
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    Let's See Your Garage Dog

    Here are two of my dogs. The pointer will be 9 yo the end of this month. Most people do not believe he is as laid back as he is. He just lays around the garage,living room or bedroom all day long. Then when you turn him loose and tell him to find birds he is something else. People say that you...
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