30x24 for a full size truck???

Tejas TJ · Jul 30, 2013

How many guys out there work on their full size trucks in shops close to this size or even smaller? Is it a pain?

My current plans are to build a 24x30x10 Shop to work/store my long bed quad cab truck (roughly 21' long & 8' wide including the mirrors) with a 10x8 roll up door. I will run a 60 gallon air compressor outside with an awning so I'll just need some space for a few work benches and a good sized tool cabinet. I'm only on a 1/3 acre so space is a real issue for me.

Do you guys think this size shop will work for my truck?

nehog · Jul 31, 2013

It is going to be very tight!

Steevo · Jul 31, 2013

Is the roll up door on the 24' side or the 30' side?
24' deep would be crowded for depth.
I have a 24' wide with 10x10 door on the end, and it is plenty wide with the truck in there.

There is 3' deep pallet racking on the left side, and a 6' deep bathroom on the other, leaving me 14' in the middle where my full-sized quad-cab is parked in this pic. Even with the cabinets backed up against the bathroom, there is still adequate width, but without them, it would be plenty. Without the bathroom there, it would be very spacious.

jwith68 · Jul 31, 2013

The shop end of my building is 24'W x 30'D, with a 12' x 10' door on the 24' wall. I have workbenches (mostly 25" deep) all along the LH 30' wall as you are standing looking in the door. I have shelving and cabinets along the 24' back wall out a maximum of ~28" from the wall, and a few things on the other (RH) wall. My LBSC F250 (156" wheelbase) fits with no issue, especially not with width. There is not a lot of extra room front and back, probably 5-6' total. That's fine for regular maintenance & most projects, maybe not if you were pulling an engine.

I'd say you'll be good with 24'W x 30'D, and you could consider stepping up to 32'D, depending on what you want to do, and what you may have against the back wall.

04fivefour · Jul 31, 2013

I rebuilt my 6.0 in my Ford Excursion in a single car garage. had the rear bumper touching the back wall and had and 8 inches in front between the bumper and garage door.

04fivefour · Jul 31, 2013

Tejas TJ · Jul 31, 2013

The door will be on the 24' side because of how long the truck is. I'm just worried about working in the front of the truck and having enough room.

Garage Dog · Jul 31, 2013

Hard to give you a lot of advise without knowing all the limitations and constraints you are dealing with but:

I have a full size quad cab and think 30' deep is nice.

Your truck is 8' wide with the mirrors - I would definitely recommend a 10' wide door.

If space is at a premium, can you go up? Even room trusses give you storage for stuff that would otherwise clutter the shop floor.

PAToyota · Jul 31, 2013

Putting my regular cab longbed into my 24' deep shop has the back end right against the garage door and the front end right against the workbench along the wall with just enough room to squeeze around the front - or the back - but not both. And my 9'x9' doors are a tight fit to get it in unless you're lined up pretty straight. To do it over, I'd go a minimum of 26' deep and 10' wide doors.

NUTTSGT · Jul 31, 2013

The house garage is a 24x32 and there's not much room to work around my truck, '08 F150 Supercab 6.5' bed. I say that and where my truck sits in my garage is smaller than that.

I wish I had more room to work around my truck. Knowing what i know now, I would want a 24' to work in if I had a fullsize truck.

Slednut · Jul 31, 2013

All I have to say is while you’re building make it as big as the local laws allow.

Ign · Jul 31, 2013

Yep, having a long bed regular cab F350 in a 25' deep shop sucked IMO. Virtually no room to work at one end if you left enough room to do anything meaningful at the other.

You think you can work with it until you realize what a Tetris game it becomes to roll welders, torch carts, plasma etc etc etc from one side of the truck to the other. Gets frustrating.

Tejas TJ · Jul 31, 2013

I'm thinking ill leave the back wall, which will be opposite the roll up door pretty much empty or with some high storage cabinets for paint/chemicals or stuff like that. I'm imagining one side having a 32" deep work bench and an area for my welder and tool cabinet to go.

Tejas TJ · Jul 31, 2013

Steevo said:
Is the roll up door on the 24' side or the 30' side?
24' deep would be crowded for depth.
I have a 24' wide with 10x10 door on the end, and it is plenty wide with the truck in there.

There is 3' deep pallet racking on the left side, and a 6' deep bathroom on the other, leaving me 14' in the middle where my full-sized quad-cab is parked in this pic. Even with the cabinets backed up against the bathroom, there is still adequate width, but without them, it would be plenty. Without the bathroom there, it would be very spacious.

24' seems plenty wide now that I see a 3/4 ton truck in there. I'm worried now about it being to short with a 30' length. I'll mark off the yard this weekend once I clear some more brush.

jethrodawg · Aug 3, 2013

I have a 24 wide by 26 deep garage with 9x7 doors. Also have 10 ft ceiling.
Garage has a beam and no lally columns, etc.

I've got an F150 SuperCrew which is a very long truck. Oil and tire changes plenty doable but I have cabinets to keep my floors clear and have to angle the jack.

The 30 ft depth will be nice but it's the 24 width that will get you if you plan on a two stall garage. A 26 ft width would be the idea in my case....

Tejas TJ · Aug 4, 2013

I really just plan to work on one vehicle at a time in the garage. Honestly, I would love to have a short bed truck, but it does make it nice for carrying plywood and things. I believe I'll sticking to my 30x24x10 size.

AT&T came out today and looked at moving the phone line. The Tech told me that my neighbor doesn't use AT&T so I could just cut the wire. So I'll soon start the process of framing out the slab and digging footers, but first I've got to bring in some dirt and level my backyard.

getbent4x4 · Aug 4, 2013

Don't put nothing in the shop other than your toolbox and you will be fine.

Tejas TJ · Aug 4, 2013

Thank you

jesse72 · Aug 5, 2013

TJ thanks for posting this question, it answered a few for me as well! Good luck with the build too!

z28cp · Aug 6, 2013

My crew cab long bed dually Chevy will fit in my 22' deep attached garage - barely. Mere inches at either end with the door shut. And a second car won't fit in beside it, due to the width of the dually fenders.

30x24 for a full size truck???

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Super Moderator

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Member