Speed Farm
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I tried to post a video of it, but it looked close but at least 3 inches away.... ah well, it is in and repaired now...
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2 post lift and expansion joints
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wssix99
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Is there a problem in straddling the two areas?
Yea. That's a major problem. It's not about the concrete cracking when you put the bolts in but about the lift falling down with a load on it.
I expect that if you check the instructions for that lift, you will not be within tolerance for your placement on that crack/control joint and are in the realm where you'd need to put in a retrofit slab.
[When you say you strattled the joints do you mean it goes thru the middle of the mounting base on the lift it do yiu mean it goes down the middle of the lift ? I just realized that the guys did my second bay right at 10 ft at the edges of the garage door where the lifts will need to be the first bay is fine where the first lift is going but the second bay isn't ..is this going to be safe ..the cuts look real shallow ..I haven't even got to seal the concrete yet just poured if couple months ago
QUOTE=nehog;2019989]1. I straddled the saw cuts on my lift. No problems, but
2. Do you have rebar in the floor? Mine is rebared (is that a word?) which made me much more comfortable about doing this, since were the cut to crack all the way down, the rebar still holds things together.
and...
3. My cuts are about 1/2" deep. Some places I can see very thin cracking that follows them, but nothing significant, and nothing anywhere near the lift.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=nehog;2019989]1. I straddled the saw cuts on my lift. No problems, but
2. Do you have rebar in the floor? Mine is rebared (is that a word?) which made me much more comfortable about doing this, since were the cut to crack all the way down, the rebar still holds things together.
and...
3. My cuts are about 1/2" deep. Some places I can see very thin cracking that follows them, but nothing significant, and nothing anywhere near the lift.[/QUOTE]
[When you say you strattled the joints do you mean it goes thru the middle of the mounting base on the lift it do yiu mean it goes down the middle of the lift ? I just realized that the guys did my second bay right at 10 ft at the edges of the garage door where the lifts will need to be the first bay is fine where the first lift is going but the second bay isn't ..is this going to be safe ..the cuts look real shallow ..I haven't even got to seal the concrete yet just poured if couple months ago
Scary Gary
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I have used a simple electronic heat temp gun (Under $100 for a good one), the one you use on your barbeque. Leave the slab cold and then pump in a heat source from your hot water heater which is hotter than your floor heat is. it's an easy read, start reading temps and documenting them on the slab with a Magic marker with time and temp, you'll know where your tubes are, good luck. I also found that "Flat Workin Sam" from Granby Colorado was a rip-off concrete guy. Where I wanted to put in a lift it was only 2" thick where I specified 5", he's no longer in business, ****, he's still alive, and ripping people off!!!. BE AWARE EVERYONE!
junkyardwarrior
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Place I used to work for got bought out by an investment firm out of texas. They wanted to remain a dealership, but they had to move to a larger facility. So they chose an old feed store. Which used to be an old pawn shop many moons ago. I used to "help out" at the pawn shop when I was 13/14 yr old (of course he paid me a little). The second year I was working there, the owner built a 10,000 sq ft warehouse to hold vehicles. It was the most poorly constructed thing I ever seen and mind you that was coming from an ignorant (of construction "quality") 14 year old brat kid. I mean, they throwed down some concrete right over a creek bed and a few metal walls and a roof and called it good. Guess where the service department moved to when the business got bought out by the texicans?
So during the "move" (or actually during the improvements to the building phase before moving), the boss asked me to come over and review the "service dept" (warehouse). I got over there and told him that the concrete was paper thin and there was nothing underneath it but a creek bed and a halfass filled in pond. He said where do you want the lifts? I told him the safest place would be closer to the main building but he said nope we ain't putting them there, they go against that far wall over yonder. So at that point, after warning him of the concrete issues (which were obvious), I asked him why he even asked my input if he's gonna do whatever he wants anyway? Dude got real mad. 8 months later I left. The most dangerous shop I have ever worked in, or been around. 2 10,000 lb lifts with tractors on them many times a day, drilled and anchored right on an expansion joint, and just under 3" thick. I didn't install them, boss paid some place local to do it. Never gave second thought to air lines, they didn't put any in near the lifts so they ran pex across the wall, 4' high, then up the beam and down a support pole. One 1/2" pex air line to feed three techs and two lifts. I think they have 4 techs now. On top of that, electrical outlets....one per wall, each wall is 100 foot long. So you're expecting a service department that does over a million dollars volume in a month to work out of a barn? I mean...man I've worked in barns nicer than that dump! Dangerous, poor quality, dump. Yeah I went in there one year ago today and said bye bye I'm out of here in 10 days. After 30 years I couldn't take any more, and 2 years were with that "new" "boss"...which is all he was, a boss. Not a manager, a boss. No clue what I was fixing to do, had enough to live on for 5 years not counting retirement savings so I was prepared. 2 days afterwards I get a call from a place across town, modern building great folks, I knew of them for years but never gave thought. Interviewed, and within 1 minute I knew I was fixing to work there. Love it. It's work but not hard work. And much more safety conscious.
So during the "move" (or actually during the improvements to the building phase before moving), the boss asked me to come over and review the "service dept" (warehouse). I got over there and told him that the concrete was paper thin and there was nothing underneath it but a creek bed and a halfass filled in pond. He said where do you want the lifts? I told him the safest place would be closer to the main building but he said nope we ain't putting them there, they go against that far wall over yonder. So at that point, after warning him of the concrete issues (which were obvious), I asked him why he even asked my input if he's gonna do whatever he wants anyway? Dude got real mad. 8 months later I left. The most dangerous shop I have ever worked in, or been around. 2 10,000 lb lifts with tractors on them many times a day, drilled and anchored right on an expansion joint, and just under 3" thick. I didn't install them, boss paid some place local to do it. Never gave second thought to air lines, they didn't put any in near the lifts so they ran pex across the wall, 4' high, then up the beam and down a support pole. One 1/2" pex air line to feed three techs and two lifts. I think they have 4 techs now. On top of that, electrical outlets....one per wall, each wall is 100 foot long. So you're expecting a service department that does over a million dollars volume in a month to work out of a barn? I mean...man I've worked in barns nicer than that dump! Dangerous, poor quality, dump. Yeah I went in there one year ago today and said bye bye I'm out of here in 10 days. After 30 years I couldn't take any more, and 2 years were with that "new" "boss"...which is all he was, a boss. Not a manager, a boss. No clue what I was fixing to do, had enough to live on for 5 years not counting retirement savings so I was prepared. 2 days afterwards I get a call from a place across town, modern building great folks, I knew of them for years but never gave thought. Interviewed, and within 1 minute I knew I was fixing to work there. Love it. It's work but not hard work. And much more safety conscious.