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    Mini Split Install

    Yeah, this unit is pre-charged. He has been here 2 hours so far. He has the lineset connected, unsulated, power hooked up, and neatly mounted to the side of the house. Basically looks done, has a vacum gaugue on the lines, and he has moved on to my high velocity system. At this point it...
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    Mini Split Install

    I am converting a 3 season room into my TV room. The rest of my house has baseboard radiators and high velocity AC, which would have been too expense to bring into this space. I went with a Mini Split AC/Heat Pump, and then did some electric baseboard heat as back up (cold chicago winters)...
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    Boat and trailer on a car lift?

    Ditto on my 4 post (granted it is only a 13' Whaler I put on it). A friend had diamond plate covers made for the center of his 4 poster, and he parks 4 motorcycles (sideways) on his lift.
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    Cheep Home/Shop Surveillance

    I like these cameras. I had a garage out at my farm (no one lives on the farm) broken into and a generator and some tools stolen. I have since added a motion activated camera mounted up in the rafters. I can get a half page ad in the local paper for about $20. If I catch someone breaking in...
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    The car dolly thread

    I have a set of 4 of the "Hydraulic Positioning Jacks" from Autosportcatalog.com - they have 2 sizes, and I got the 12 inch. Cost about $400 total, They work great for most cars - here is my review: 2002 Thunderbird, 1999 Porsche 911, 1959 Mercedes 190 SL, Beck Spyder and 1966 Mercedes S230...
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    CityGuy Garage

    Beck # 823 for me, made in 2004. I love the simple nature of this car.
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    CityGuy Garage

    The only car in the Pics that was not mine is the 1966 Blue MB 230S (actually, the 911 is my Wife's but I'll count it as mine). As far as TV connection.... it would be very easy to splice cable...... but instead I opted for Rabbit Ears. I get pictures on about 6 spanish channels and Fox, no...
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    CityGuy Garage

    Until recently, I lived in a high rise in the city (Chicago). Originally, I handled my parking issues by buying up spaces when they became available (I eventually had 4). However, the only thing that solved was a place to put the car. My building would issue a fine if you left anything in front...
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    My Geobarn

    The joists are visible in post number 11 (pic 7). Looking at that picture, just cut 2 boards. The boards will run from the rafter just before the cupola, to the rafter just after the cupola. So using that 7th picture, one would run down the left side of the pic, the other other would run down...
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    Unloading a 1500lb lift

    When I got my 4 post lift they brought it on a dual axle utility trailer (you could rent a car hauler from U-Haul), once at my garage they unbolted the parts from the pallets. The only parts that couldn't be moved by hand were the two "ramps", and they just used an engine hoist to move these in...
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