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For what you want to do and control the overall height I think a gambrel roof would work best and you could get it all in the truss and save a ton of time and effort in the framing portion of the project. I will add that I don't know how you span 20' with a floor that is only 10" thick

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Just add a few turns until it feels right. 12.8 turns is some engineer somewhere doing math on the ideal state. Reality has manufacturing/installation variations in spring constant, door weight, friction, slope of the upper parts of the track..... in other words tolerances. You got in the...

Unless you have special tooling that usually goes with a specific type of weld nut there is no practical reason to buy weld nuts. A lot of the time a riv-nut will be just as effective.

If you are finishing it out inside - stick is going to be just as cost effective as anything else. Where the math gets a bit fun is what is it that you can DIY and what gets hired out. I am anti-Tube building so for me that would be out. If you need someone to erect the shell and then take...

I have a very large trailer (14' wide ~50' long) and park it in a spot 16' wide. This is done with a very maneuverable 4WS tractor. The 1' on each side is a bare minimum I would want for this. So for a road worthy trailer that means at least 11' with a very good approach or a powered dolly to...

You probably can do some testing but the propane tank will freeze up pretty quick flowing that much. It won't be full demand on your testing so you will also have that going for you. Forklift style tank should support this a bit better if you really want to get hours on it before wiring it in -...

I built my shop about 20yrs ago, buddy did his about the same time. Both are just over 1500sf. We both helped each other build. I did stick built, he did pole building. After all this time - I still have unfinished walls and for how I use my shop that works fine for me. He has since insulated...

Hose barb and hose clamp - then swap the male and female QD so you don't deal with the hose clamp. By the time the other end is due it is time to replace the hose.

Right now with a couple major projects to do - three smallish boats and my wife's pool stuff are in my way. One of the other projects that is inflight is some additional covered parking that will be good storage for the boats as well as keeping car trailer and a specialty equipment trailer...

You got the "I don't wanna" price, but generally telling the customer that usually doesn't go over well so he bid it at a price that he will check his wants and take the $$$. I still stand by it's expensive to run a business completely above board and while a bit high isn't so much he is...

Installed or Assembled and Installed? Big difference in the amount of time required. Inclusions and exclusions on the quote/bid will be really important. To really be working safe and assembling the whole thing the contractor is going to need some sort of lifting equipment. Probably a forklift...

So much typing, the thread took longer to read than it will to do.

For you guys having lots of issues with galling, slow down your tools. That will solve probably 95% of your problems.

Concrete can do that if not done properly (going a bit above grade, doming the top, bit of gravel for drainage in the bottom) but why anyone would use wood for a gate post for anything spanning more than 5' is beyond me.

Wide doors are good. I would offset the door to one side. It is on a gable end so it would be easy to add a single wide door later if your use changes. This also lets you setup one side more as the "working" side and the other as parking/storage. Scissor Trusses for Height/Volume if you aren't...

Mass is your friend. Bigger/ deeper hole and more concrete. 4ft min depth 24in dia min if just an ag type tube gate 10ft. You are basically installing a jib crane base. 15in is a fence post hole.

Looks like you have room to push the garage door out to point of doubling the size and make the front door part of a "courtyard" If the driveway wouldn't work switch the door into the eve edge.

Not really. The middle truss will likely see little to no loading from what I can see. It would be better to have threaded rods on each side of each truss making the spans on unistrut much shorter.

Once sided and painted - it looks to scale well to the house. If I am going to try and do something to make it look like more house and less garage - a couple of dormers with windows would give the illusion of the space having a FROG. (Finished Room Over Garage)