mike93lx
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It ***** that you are stuck with ****** ergonomics so one more lift could be stuffed in
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Lug Stud Wheel Hangers.
- Thread starter 2ndGearRubber
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2ndGearRubber
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It ***** that you are stuck with ****** ergonomics so one more lift could be stuffed in
The racks line up with the garage doors, so there's an inherent space issue. This building wasn't built as a shop 70 years ago so the garage doors aren't spaced ideally. But otherwise you couldn't back in/out without turning or you'd hit the building. The real solution was to stagger the racks forward/back more, but there's limits to the floor before there's ~1ft of drop in a 50ft span. Obviously you can't put desks or boxes or much of anything there.
Plus there's previous rack "remains", the anchor bolts from the previous racks drilled through the floor. So you can't overlap the footprints much. Although that's a bigger issue in the back bays/racks because the concrete is maybe 3" thick in spots so you need all the structure you can get. When you're supposed to have 6, and all you got is 3, they'll drill some exploration holes and try to grab the thickest spot they can.
This is just reality. Many shops are like this, in terms of limitations. Obviously repouring any concrete is unacceptable, big boss has a Maserati and a 100k pickup, multi million dollar home with its own lake. No money left for concrete. But in fairness he doesn't use the racks so why should he care. Just the way it goes, doesn't phase me much anymore.
Wrench97
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We have height limitations, high roof Transit/Sprinter/Nissan vans can't up to full standing height I do brake jobs sitting down.The racks line up with the garage doors, so there's an inherent space issue. This building wasn't built as a shop 70 years ago so the garage doors aren't spaced ideally. But otherwise you couldn't back in/out without turning or you'd hit the building. The real solution was to stagger the racks forward/back more, but there's limits to the floor before there's ~1ft of drop in a 50ft span. Obviously you can't put desks or boxes or much of anything there.
Plus there's previous rack "remains", the anchor bolts from the previous racks drilled through the floor. So you can't overlap the footprints much. Although that's a bigger issue in the back bays/racks because the concrete is maybe 3" thick in spots so you need all the structure you can get. When you're supposed to have 6, and all you got is 3, they'll drill some exploration holes and try to grab the thickest spot they can.
This is just reality. Many shops are like this, in terms of limitations. Obviously repouring any concrete is unacceptable, big boss has a Maserati and a 100k pickup, multi million dollar home with its own lake. No money left for concrete. But in fairness he doesn't use the racks so why should he care. Just the way it goes, doesn't phase me much anymore.
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2ndGearRubber
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We have height limitations, high roof Transit/Sprinter/Nissan vans can't up to full standing height I do brake jobs sitting down.
Yeah I need to play around with rack choice if I need to stand underneath it. Really only one in the shop I can properly stand under.