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This is very much garage related and trust me when I say that you will enjoy checking this out and will probably play the video 2-3 times so you can see it again. Hit play and keep your eyes on the cars parked in the driveway. This is trully awesome.

I bought a 3,000 PSI Honda pressure washer ($399 at Menards) and am almost done with my house (just one side - the hill - left to do). Our sports (fall ball) finally finished this past weekend so I've got maybe one or two more weekends and then we'll be in the 40's for sure. Here's what I...

My third bay (on the right) has it's own W trusses with the 6/12 roof pitch going from front to back. Anyway, I only need to swap out four trusses at most (the center ones), as I'll leave the one on the right most wall alone and the other (in the center of the garage) is tied in to the trusses...

After having completed two brake jobs in the last month and having to pound the living hell out of 3 of the 4 rotors to remove them, I'm wondering how professional shops do this. Do they use a gear puller or some other device? I just grab my biggest ball pin hammer and bang away from the...

So glad I already have my BendPak HD-9. This is surely a Darwin award in the making. Anyway, I just thought folks might enjoy checking this out. http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=98085

Replacing "W" trusses with scissor trusses to allow for more height for a car lift! I love my lift but really wish I had more ceiling height. I have a three car garage, with the double door on the left and my single bay on the right (as you're looking at my house). The roof over the single...

First of all - THANK YOU JUNKMAN!!! I trully appreciate your emails and phone calls over the last couple of days going over your install tips and helping me build my 220 extension cord. Four of us were able to put this thing together in a little over 5 hours this afternoon. Okay, ordered it...

My Bend Pak HD-9 will be here in another week and I already have a trailer lined up but not a hoist (cherry picker). Anyway, I don't want to buy one of these since I don't think I'll ever use it again. I know some of us don't lend out tools (myself included with certain tools) but an engine...

Both have dual safeties and the Bend Pak can be ordered as an HD-9XW (to match the size of a Pro Park 9). The Bend Pak is also certified due to it's air locks (per Brian at ASEDEALS). Anyway, pricing is about the same when you factor paying less for a Pro Park 9 lift and then paying shipping...

I'm going to cut another opening in my garage ceiling so that I can hoist the snowblower, mower, edger, wheels, etc., up in to the attic and get back more floor space. It'll also make it easier and safer to take things down/up as needed. Anyway, I was thinking of buying a $100 HF hoist but...

I've got my 10 year old son mowing neighborhood lawns for $25 per lawn (and people are even tipping a few bucks). It takes about 1:20 to do each house using a 22" personal pace self propelled mulching TORO, which isn't bad but he's got 3 house to do. I edge and trim and he mows it all...

My air conditioner is all of a sudden popping the 40amp circuit breaker and now the battery in one of my cars is dead (again). What's a good meter that can do both AC and DC measurements? I'm hoping to stick to a $100-150 budget and would use it about as often as my DMM (maybe 2-3 times a...

This isn't really garage related but my new-to-me hot tub IS directly behind my garage so it's close enough. Anyway, I do appreciate your help here as I've already spent a fortune on 400' of #6 AWG and don't want to bring in an electrician to simply point out the ground bus bar for me. So...

I recently bought the compressor listed below and have used it mostly for my framing nailer. However, this weekend I replaced the struts on my Maxima and quickly found that the impact gun I had borrowed was not strong enough to loosen a few of the strut bolts. I ended up going to a Merlins...

I know this is not necessarily garage related but I was wondering how folks move really big/heavy items by themselves. I bought a neighbors 986 lb. hot tub and can't really seem to get the 7-8 guys I need to move it this coming weekend. Anyway, I know a lot of you are building your own...

Framing Walls: How do you fix bowed out/in studs? I'm almost done framing and have now started to go back and check each wall, horizontally, with my 5' level. Anyway, I know you can plane a bowed out (into the room) 2X4 but how do you correct one that is bowed away from the interior of the...

Hey, this is garage related right? Anyway, I live in Chicago and I'm selling my old TORO 421 (30 year old) blower to a friend so that I can upgrade to a new toy. I just want something that has a wide path (22-30"), 6-7 horsepower, electric start, and that can clean clear down to the pavement...

Going to Bristol, TN next week for the NASCAR race. Anyway, I want to get a good scanner that I can hook up to three headsets. Anybody buy one of these yet? I really want one that I can program frequencies into so that I can switch between drivers. Also, I know I can get a single to...