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I have the Arcan. I'd buy it again.

Normal, quit thinking so hard. Actually, no your concrete is subpar. Put the lift in my space and you can come visit it. I'm right down the road . . .

Muscle can still work, but you'd need a strap to pull on to close the top panel. A jack shaft is definitely out.

Yeah, they're not cheap, but function as advertised. I had what amounted to a carport under my house with an 8' ceiling and there was no way I was putting in a short door, because I didn't want to force tall stuff outside and the building proportions wouldn't look right. I went to Overhead Door...

I'm not sure if this'll help enough, but if you ditch that upper track, and put "Super Sneaky" http://supersneaky.com/product/low-overhead-garage-door-hinges/ upper hinges on, it may give you the room you need to get the spring down, and you shouldn't need to move your lower track. I've got...

I was at a minor league night game with a group and looked up. I saw a couple of dozen bats flying around, being bats. I pointed up (40' above us) and some people were interested. The other half freaked out. I'll never get being freaked out by a thing 40' away, that's probably been there for...

I just started at page one tonight. Riveting. I did not see the twist coming at the end. You could be a mystery writer! ;)

I figured you would have used that big rock from the gas line dig to make a handsome, yet unique, exhaust plug! Now I feel let down. :sad:

I broke one and fixed it back to stock with some scrap wood. It would have been more time effective to just buy another. Those things are stupid cheap.

^ well, maybe that's why "they all do that".

I'm with ard. It solves a real problem. I have a 20 y/o car with 4 jack points - one in each corner. I currently overcome by jacking the suspension (not recommended) or jacking enough to remove the plastic undertray, put it back down, and then jack on the transmission. Also not recommended...

That's what I figured, but didn't want to assume and be totally off base. Thank you.

I found an LR-60 near me for sale at a shop that's upgrading. I'm concerned for three reasons. 1. The price is high at $1200 2. It's a low rise. 3. (This is where you guys come in) When completing its upward travel, right at the upper end, it launches a stream of hydraulic fluid 4-5 feet...

Also my most useless tool. I bought it for myself though - on super clearance for $3. I have tried to use it twice. Found it useful zero times.

I got a dumpster 65" flat screen the other day. It didn't work and the facility techs said "it couldn't be fixed". Football players are life size on that thing.

I do get that my question was very vague. When possible, I hope to have my hobby projects break even. (As an example of what I mean, and not mine BTW: A guy loves exotic European sports cars. But he doesn't want to pay full price. So . . . all of his cars belong to a company whose specialty is...

Thanks. The idea isn't "living space". It'd be more small office/warehouse for AC contractors, a place for me to build a car, a fab shop for a cabinet maker, etc. The recently sold one went for $75/sq ft. The quick back of envelope math says $60/sq ft in building costs makes this a fail...

Due to the location of my house, I can't build an on site shop/garage, and my projects are getting larger in both size and scope. Looking for somewhere else, I found a "garage condo". 2 buildings, each with 5 1200 sq shops. 18' ceilings, one man and one vehicle door, a bathroom, and not much...

http://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/tls/5856517641.html I've been wanting a lift for forever, and this would solve so many of my problems (narrow garage, low ceiling) but it looks like a death trap, just waiting for the opportunity to fall and kill me. Is it as dangerous as it looks?

I remember 2 of my finer moments. 1. I'm building a wall panel to go between concrete piers to enclose the ground level of my raised house. (Think 9 ft high crawl space). I have some 2x4 and a circular saw. I'm wearing old carpenter jeans that were a touch too long. The bottom hem was not...