Above 1200 Sq/FT The Lone Beech Garage (60x46x16)

[sbosecker]

...and so it begins.

This week, after a ridiculous amount of time (over 2-1/2 years) passing between the start of planning and finally getting all my contractor bids back to me, I signed a contract and handed a check to a builder.

I never intended to give this building a proper name but when I decided to document the build it seemed so utilitarian - almost communistic - to not have some convenient handle to use when referring to the building.

The building is planned to be a combination wood shop/auto shop/garage/office. While I admire - and yes, covet - the many garage mahals detailed on these pages, I see this building as basically a functional workplace.

So how to obtain a name...

I decided to return to my roots. I grew up on the Lone Beech Melon Farm just south of Vincennes, IN. It was named for an enormous Beech Tree that acts as a property corner marker. For a very brief time it was recorded as the largest Beech Tree in Indiana. Amazingly, a few months after its designation as same in the late 90's, a larger one was found.

The Lone Beech Garage seems to suit the place.

I will document things as I can but the updates may come sporadically.

At this time the permitting process is starting and next would be some surveying to make sure all property setbacks are met.

When those tasks are completed we'll start clearing the trees out of the way and begin site prep. That should keep us busy for a while.

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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Site plan

 

[sbosecker]

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Elevations

 

[sbosecker]

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Floor plans

 

[sbosecker]

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Some Sketchup perspectives. Many of these were early "concepts" to allow me to visualize the "big picture". Some details (door location, upper room access, etc.) may have changed slightly but the basic footprint and how everything interrelates should still be valid.

 

[madoc1]

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that' going to be quite a set up. is the upstairs the office? some site pics would be nice. how about a pic of a beech tree? we don't have those here, I don't think.

jim

 

[Bib Overalls]

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I will document things as I can but the updates may come sporadically.

As a Garage Journal member with something North of 400 posts I'm surprised to see that you don't appear to have a clue about CSR #1 (Chicken $#!+ Rule).

All build thread starters are expected to diligently pursue their projects and keep the other members continuously updated with narrative and pictures. Allowance will be made for hospitalization and recovery if the OP was injured while working on his project. However, delays caused by other injuries, sickness, conflicting honey-dos, bankruptcy, death, and other extingiciencys caused by issues within the control of the OP will not be tolerated. Failure to maintain a current project status will result in harsh questioning and frequent update reminders from the GJ membership. If the thread is particularly interesting the membership will escalate from questions to integrations and update requests will go from frequent to incessant. You have been warned.

So, grab your camera, flashlight and shovel and start digging.

 

[dcmus]

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As a Garage Journal member with something North of 400 posts I'm surprised to see that you don't appear to have a clue about CSR #1 (Chicken $#!+ Rule).

All build thread starters are expected to diligently pursue their projects and keep the other members continuously updated with narrative and pictures. Allowance will be made for hospitalization and recovery if the OP was injured while working on his project. However, delays caused by other injuries, sickness, conflicting honey-dos, bankruptcy, death, and other extingiciencys caused by issues within the control of the OP will not be tolerated. Failure to maintain a current project status will result in harsh questioning and frequent update reminders from the GJ membership. If the thread is particularly interesting the membership will escalate from questions to integrations and update requests will go from frequent to incessant. You have been warned.

So, grab your camera, flashlight and shovel and start digging.

This is very good information to have

 

[madoc1]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

As a Garage Journal member with something North of 400 posts I'm surprised to see that you don't appear to have a clue about CSR #1 (Chicken $#!+ Rule).

All build thread starters are expected to diligently pursue their projects and keep the other members continuously updated with narrative and pictures. Allowance will be made for hospitalization and recovery if the OP was injured while working on his project. However, delays caused by other injuries, sickness, conflicting honey-dos, bankruptcy, death, and other extingiciencys caused by issues within the control of the OP will not be tolerated. Failure to maintain a current project status will result in harsh questioning and frequent update reminders from the GJ membership. If the thread is particularly interesting the membership will escalate from questions to integrations and update requests will go from frequent to incessant. You have been warned.

So, grab your camera, flashlight and shovel and start digging.

neat bib! oh so true.

jim

 

[sbosecker]

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As a Garage Journal member with something North of 400 posts I'm surprised to see that you don't appear to have a clue about CSR #1 (Chicken $#!+ Rule).

All build thread starters are expected to diligently pursue their projects and keep the other members continuously updated with narrative and pictures. Allowance will be made for hospitalization and recovery if the OP was injured while working on his project. However, delays caused by other injuries, sickness, conflicting honey-dos, bankruptcy, death, and other extingiciencys caused by issues within the control of the OP will not be tolerated. Failure to maintain a current project status will result in harsh questioning and frequent update reminders from the GJ membership. If the thread is particularly interesting the membership will escalate from questions to integrations and update requests will go from frequent to incessant. You have been warned.

So, grab your camera, flashlight and shovel and start digging.

Bib Overalls,

Hence the upfront disclaimer to plead for patience - should anyone care to follow this build.

I was well aware of the phenomenon, I just didn't know that it actually was a CSR
...let alone CSR #1!

Ha!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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that' going to be quite a set up. is the upstairs the office? some site pics would be nice. how about a pic of a beech tree? we don't have those here, I don't think.

jim

Jim,

Yes upstairs is the office/social area. I may have a few new "friends" after I get the lift into the Auto Shop area of the building. Ha!

I'll have to see if I can locate a picture of the Beech Tree. It's about 450 miles from where I live now.

It's difficult to see the site due to the pine trees in the area. Once the clearing starts, I'll be sure to load some pictures. I'm attaching a screen capture of a satellite view of the site. I've placed a red rectangle into the approximate location of the Lone Beech Garage.



I think viewing this image and comparing it to the architect's site plan drawing should give an idea of how the site works.

The property slopes roughly 1 foot every 20 feet from the Northwest corner of the property to the Southeast. This is what allows a loading dock to be integrated into the east exit of the drive-through garage bay.

Being on a bit higher ground than my house will also, hopefully, allow the principle that "**** rolls downhill" to be utilized and passively access the septic tank in my back yard vs. pumping same or a new septic system.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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...how about a pic of a beech tree? we don't have those here, I don't think.
jim

Jim,

I did a quick search of my photo archives and found a shot a took back in 2007 at sunset. Not a great shot but it's all I can find quickly.

I don't know what the diameter of the trunk is - I'll have to ask my brothers or my folks. I think shortly after this picture was taken one of the massive lower limbs broke off. The limb diameter rivaled most mature trees.

The structures under the tree arrived not long before this picture was taken. My folk's house is out of the frame to the right. There hadn't been a neighbor within a half mile of us/them until the mid-90's when the farm next to us was divided up in an estate situation.

Shortly after that, the manufactured home was placed and a shed was built right under the beech tree.

As Curly said contemptuously in the movie City Slickers:

"City Folk!"

Ha!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[matt_i]

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Nice idea to have both a level-road tall door and a "dock height" area. I'd say that a forklift might have done part of this job without the elevation, but that occupies indoor space too. Nice concept anyway!

Your locality may have issues with accessing the same septic system. I recall an issue in a different jurisdiction where the capacity of the tank was not known (built in the 50s before a lot of records were kept) and the locality wanted me to add another tank. I ended up moving before I got past the planning stages though.

 

[sbosecker]

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Found some more pictures of the Beech Tree. I took these shots in 2008 to help someone find my folk's house.

I do not think that the shape of this American Beech is normal. I believe their normal form is more conical than this "bush-like" specimen. Dad thinks, and I think it makes sense, that the tree, located up on this little sand hill, was struck by lightning at some point.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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Nice idea to have both a level-road tall door and a "dock height" area. I'd say that a forklift might have done part of this job without the elevation, but that occupies indoor space too. Nice concept anyway!

Your locality may have issues with accessing the same septic system. I recall an issue in a different jurisdiction where the capacity of the tank was not known (built in the 50s before a lot of records were kept) and the locality wanted me to add another tank. I ended up moving before I got past the planning stages though.

Matt_i,

Regarding the septic system. There has been a discussion of this with builder and plumber.

1. I have two septic tanks serving the house that I built in 1992.

2. The argument - apparently successful in the past - is that there won't be any more people using the current septic system than before the new building (no "living space" allowed in The Lone Beech Garage).

We'll see what happens as the permitting moves forward.

As to the dock area concept... I had a set of plans that had been drawn up by my Architecture-Student-Nephew in hand in February of 2014. These plans included a dock landing on the south side of the building. I had asked my nephew to do it that way. These plans also did not include an upper room.

Shortly after receiving these plans, I was back in Indiana visiting my folks. This rural area is a target-rich environment for outbuilding ideas so I was driving around looking at neighbor's structures more closely than normal.

...and then I drove past Dave Williams's place about 3 miles from my folks and I pulled off the road and took this picture.



As you can see, his Machine Shed had a loading dock integrated into the drive exiting the end of the building.

When I saw this I realized this feature - if I intended to have a loading dock - would be a superior solution to what I had asked my nephew to draw up. This, plus the realization that there was room in my building for an upper room, caused a dramatic change in the original building's concept.

These changes exceeded the ability for a few pencil marks on the old plans to adequately detail the new features. My nephew now had a job and a girlfriend.

I sought the services of a local semi-retired architect and started down the road towards getting upgraded plans.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[classicJackets]

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Scott,
Glad to see this moving forward! Looking forward to seeing the updates here! Congratulations!

 

[sbosecker]

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Scott,
Glad to see this moving forward! Looking forward to seeing the updates here! Congratulations!

Doug,

Thanks for the kind words! It will be interesting to see how it all turns out.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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County Environmental Inspector came by today to do whatever they do. I just showed her where the project was going to be constructed and where my current septic systems were. She said something like, "This is easy", and let me know that she would be returning to the office to write up her report. She indicated that the builder would be able to pick up that permit fairly soon.

My first assumption was that the inspector - after checking the site - was blessing the use of the current septic system by The Lone Beech Garage plumbing.

While that may be the case, it also may be that they were just making sure that the construction of a new building wasn't going to somehow goof up the existing septic system or its drain field.

I really don't know how broad the scope of this inspection was.

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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Nothing physically happened at the building site but there's always things being accomplished that move this project forward.

In my Interior Lighting Suggestions For Upcoming Build thread, a lighting plan with some T5HO lamps and with some T8 lamps was developed.





Some Sylvania lamps were suggested to provide the illumination.

This week I was at an "Overstock Warehouse" type of business and saw a variety of Philips T8 & T5 lamps at $1 per tube.

I purchased enough T8's for the woodshop area and the one box (40 count) for the Philips T5's that they had on hand.





I then ordered 60 Sylvania 20906 T5HO's from an outfit called ADL Supply that currently has them priced at $3.77 per lamp AND they will let me buy 60 vs. the 40-count case increments.

When I put in a search for this item on their site, the price comes up as $4.81 per lamp (5 minimum). However, there is a "buy in bulk" note for this item and the note indicates the price is $3.77 for 40 or more tubes.

When I put in 40 it gave me a price of $3.77 per lamp and it allowed me to put in 60 tubes and kept that $3.77 price. Shipping is $15.99 + $3 handling.

1000Bulbs had been suggested as a source for these lamps at $3.91 per. I think that 1000Bulbs shipping for a case was just under $13. So ADL Supply was a bit over $6 more for shipping & handling than 1000Bulbs. For 60 tubes that's about 10 cents a tube which gets the price to just a bit under the 1000Bulb unit cost.

The real advantage for me in using these guys is the option to order the "odd-lot" 60 tubes vs. some multiple of the 40-count case.

This takes care of the 158 tubes for my work areas.

Scott

 

[Bib Overalls]

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The newer T5 and T8 lamps seem to last a lot longer than the old T12s. I have found that every now and then one or two of the lamps in a lot will fail within a short period of time. So, I always keep a couple of spares on hand.

 

[sbosecker]

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So here we are, over a month from the last post.

What has happened in that time?

My builder tells me the building permits were issued a couple of weeks ago but...

I went on vacation the first week of September and I asked the builder to hold off until I was back from Montana.

The builder went on vacation the second week of September.

A surveying crew showed up the past Friday and set stakes that establish the setbacks. I was pleased to learn that my guestimate on the road frontage setback was within inches of the "official" stakes. This means all my other planning should be OK.

The builder let me know this morning that tree clearing will begin tomorrow. Things will start to happen now!

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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This evening, as the sun set on this glorious September day, the sounds of a diesel engine & air brakes were heard in front of my property.

I walked to the street and saw that a Caterpillar 953 was being delivered to start work tomorrow morning.

Here's the specifications on this machine:

Cat 953

Looks like it weighs about 15 tons and has 2 cubic yard bucket.

I'm happy to see that things are coming together!

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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Today things really started to happen.

The Caterpillar 953's operator showed up around 11:00 am, fired up the engine and pointed his machine into the woods.

The Cat would push over a tree and then the operator would lift it and drop it to knock off as much dirt as possible from the root ball.

At about 3:00 pm the timber folks showed up. They had a truck, a Bobcat and a few chainsaws. The timber was measured to obtain a good useable length and then cut into logs.

At the end of the day, a space roughly the size of the building had been cleared. This probably represents only about 1/3 of the area that will be cleared. The rest will be for driveways, parking pads and loading dock arrangement.

Tomorrow the work will be more of the same but it will be easier to take pictures of the results.

Scott

 

[duwem]

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Where did you get all the items in your drawing like the lift and what not, did you draw that up yourself or is there a place to find them?

 

[sbosecker]

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Where did you get all the items in your drawing like the lift and what not, did you draw that up yourself or is there a place to find them?

Duwem,

I may be answering more than you asked.

I used the 3-D modeling program called SketchUp to create the 3-D sketch of the building. I used no wall thickness and other shortcuts as this sketch was just to get a feel for how everything would work.

SketchUp has a collection of models that can be downloaded and inserted into whatever one creates. It's called the 3-D Warehouse:

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/

That's where I got all the various tools and such to insert into my 3-D model. They aren't exact but they gave me a good idea of how I could layout my stuff.

I hope that helps.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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Today was the second day of clearing the site for the building to come.

A new piece of equipment was on site today. A Caterpillar 308E2 Excavator was used on some of the trees around the perimeter of the site clearing. I didn't talk to the operator but it may also be used to push over some of the bigger trees that the Caterpillar 953 can't knock over with brute force.

The other new addition to the site was the posting of the Building Permit information.

I wish I could see what this looks like from above the site at about 200 feet!

Scott

 

[classicJackets]

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Alright! Good progress! That clearing looks huge

 

[duwem]

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Cool I will have to see if I can download those models into Solidworks.

 

[ASHMAN_AZ]

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Good progress, I like the layout and the RV pull through. When you do your final drive way planning you might want to look at other RV wheel base/turning radius I dont think our long wheel base RV could make that turn into the garage.

 

[sbosecker]

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Good progress, I like the layout and the RV pull through. When you do your final drive way planning you might want to look at other RV wheel base/turning radius I dont think our long wheel base RV could make that turn into the garage.

Ashman_AZ,

From which direction ...or both?

My driveways are pretty wide in the meat of the turn - along with a decent radius - so I thought I was OK.

EDIT: If you're referring to the western most 90 degree turn-in from the main driveway to the garage driveway. That's not drawn correctly. It's going to be like the attached modified plan. I forgot I had posted the architect's version of the entrance and not what I'm planning.

Scott

 

[ASHMAN_AZ]

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Ashman_AZ,

From which direction ...or both?

My driveways are pretty wide in the meat of the turn - along with a decent radius - so I thought I was OK.

EDIT: If you're referring to the western most 90 degree turn-in from the main driveway to the garage driveway. That's not drawn correctly. It's going to be like the attached modified plan. I forgot I had posted the architect's version of the entrance and not what I'm planning.

Scott

I like that, even with a trailer and a long RV you could pull into the garage from that side and not be plowing through all the landscaping.

 

[sbosecker]

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Alright! Good progress! That clearing looks huge

Doug,

It's huge'r after today! Ha!

I'll be posting more pictures shortly.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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First:

A description of today's pictures.

More and more trees fell and the big picture of how the building site really looks is beginning to emerge.

At the end of the day a lot - but not even close to all - of the debris had been deposited into a dumpster. Many truck loads of timber had departed the site.

The last picture shows the inevitable "thorn in the side" that seems to occur with amazing frequency in Georgia. A Yellow-Jacket nest in the ground just abeam the driveway. We gave them a wide birth most of the day and, this evening, I emptied two cans of wasp spray into the entry hole. The blue flag was to mark the location to help folks avoid the little buggers.

Second:

After the crews had left this evening enough ground had been cleared that I thought I could lay out the corners of The Lone Beech Garage.

Although the dumpster caused some issues with the task of determining where the corners would be, I was able to work around that.

After some calculations and some measurements, I placed flags at the corners of the building and the concrete pad corners on the west side of the building. I immediately became aware that something wasn't right.

I returned to the house, pulled out the plans and put a scale on them. Well there's the problem...

The site plan has 40 feet of space between the road and the building that doesn't exist. In other words, the Lone Beech Garage will be about 115 feet from the road and the Site Plan has it at 155 feet.

The reference point that was used to locate the Lone Beech Garage's center was the front corner of my existing house. Everything is defined by that starting point - the front corner of my house. Somehow the architect has a distance of about 190 feet from that corner to the road when it is actually about 150 feet.

In other words, 40 feet of space on the site plan doesn't exist.

So, we'll have to adjust the front drive to the Lone Beech Garage on the Site Plan. I've left a voice message and an email for the builder. I can't wait to hear what he has to say about this!

I'm pretty sure this is a problem that can be managed but we'll have to deal with it tomorrow.

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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Today, before noon, the last of the trees fell. Most of the day was spent cutting up the trees into logs and collecting all the stumps & limbs into a dumpster. Many loads of logs and tree debris were hauled off. A bit still remains.

Also arriving today was the requisite work-site porta-potty.

As the sun was going down I took a few shots of the building site. We're getting close to having it completely cleared and ready for the next phase of the project.

As mentioned in a previous post, last night I had discovered a major issue with the site plan. I managed to find a copy of a concept drawing I had made for the architect to use to help come up with that site plan. Before I drew this, I had spent the better part of a day carefully measuring the existing driveway to the house and the existing garage pad.

Today I used that drawing to confirm that the site could accommodate an access drive and garage pad similar to the concept.

I don't know if any work will take place tomorrow. We've had an entire work week of splendid weather. The forecast indicates that could change next week.

Other than the site plan hiccup, it's been a great week! We'll see how things go from here.

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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No workers on the site today.

This, and another day of outstanding weather, allowed me to go out and attempt to locate the corners of the Lone Beech Garage as well as determining if enough trees had been removed to accommodate the extensive pavement that is an integral part of this build.

I enlisted the help of my spouse and we then, using a 200-foot tape, started methodically measuring from the Northwest corner of my house to locate where the building will be located.

After about an hour we had completed the task. After we did this, it looks like we may need to have a few more trees removed at the very eastern-most part of the building site to accommodate the Half-Circle Ramp that extends to the east.

I tried taking pictures of the lot with the layout flags but it was late in the day with sun and shadow causing havoc. I'll try to get up early tomorrow morning and take a couple of snaps before the sun gets high enough to cause problems.

It probably won't matter because the flags I used are so small compared to the scope of the cleared area. From the western most edge of the Lone Beech Garage's Concrete Pad to the eastern most edge of the building is 100 feet. The Loading Dock and Half-Circle Ramp add another 80 feet to the east.

I did purchase a Kohler K-6663-3-0 Utility Sink today from the same place [Warehouse Expo in Newnan, GA ] I bought my Fluorescent Tubes from about a month ago (Post # 19). I will be using this sink as a shop sink out in the Auto Shop part of the garage.

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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I almost waited too late this morning to take a couple of pictures of the corner flags as the sun was starting to peek through the trees to the east.

These pictures show the northern-most line of flags and the southern-most line of flags.

I will refer to these flags in closest to farthest order.

The closest flag (blue) represents the western-most corners of the concrete pad in front of the 3 garage doors that face west.

The next blue flag represents the western corners of the building.

The next flag (orange) represents the center of the building.
On the southern line of flags, this orange flag is located 100 feet from the north-west corner of my house. This flag is what all the other flag locations were derived from.

The last blue flag is the eastern-most corners of the building.

On the northern line of flags, it may be possible to see one more orange flag. A pile of debris hides this orange flag from view in the southern line of flags. This set of orange flags is 80 feet east of the eastern wall of the building and represents the farthest point the "half-circle" ramp extends.

Based on those last orange flags, it looks like we'll have to remove a few more trees where the eastern most point of the "half-circle" ramp is.

If you look closely in these pictures you'll see a White Tail Deer doe and a couple of fawns emerging from the woods to the left of the dumpster container.

Scott

 

[jbmatth]

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This will be a good one I can tell, what do you plan to work on it there with that lift? I really like the idea of the loading dock and may have to see if I can come up with something like that for myself. Keep us posted on what you are up to.
JB

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

This will be a good one I can tell, what do you plan to work on it there with that lift? I really like the idea of the loading dock and may have to see if I can come up with something like that for myself. Keep us posted on what you are up to.
JB

JB,

Thank you for the kind words. Time will tell if your prediction is correct. Ha!

The Lift: I do maintain my family's aging vehicles. I'm not really a mechanic but I'm trying to learn. Daughter's Versa is probably going to need a CV Joint replaced in the not too distant future. That will be a first for me. My son has a Corolla that needs to have the Motor Mounts replaced.

Etc., etc.

I also have 4 Allis-Chalmers Model G tractors. This one was purchased by my grandfather in 1955 and I've got a lot of seat time on it.

I don't think the lift will help with the tractors but the shop space sure will help.

Wish me luck!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

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I just came in from "flagging" a possible "road-to-building" driveway solution.

After doing this I think I'll have to modify the concept drawing a bit to accommodate getting an RV (or any other long vehicle) into the northern-most garage bay.

I realized when I was setting the flags that I would probably need to create a concrete "overshoot" area to allow a long vehicle to line up with the garage door.

I then drove my pickup through the simulated driveway into the simulated north bay. That seemed to work fine. It was when I turned my pickup around and came out that I realized I either need to have a similar "overshoot" area to the west OR I need to build the driveway so that it will accommodate the rear end of a large vehicle "cutting the corner". I'm thinking the second solution is probably the way I'm going to go. Modification to original concept sketch are in red & green.



I took pictures of the simulated "flagged" driveway but I'm having the same issue that I had yesterday. Sun & shadow not allowing the photographs to show the detail I need.

I'll try again this evening.

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Lighting cooperated this evening so I got a couple of pictures of the simulated driveway from the road to the northwest corner of the Concrete Pad.



The orange flags simulate a possible 15-foot wide driveway from the road to the Concrete Pad. The two blue flags closest to the road represent the longer Culvert needed to accommodate the driveway to the Concrete pad.



In this picture the 3 orange flags closest to the camera represent the red overrun area in the modified site concept drawing. The blue flag visible in the upper right is the northwest corner of the Concrete Pad and the blue flag to the left of the porta-potty is the southwest corner of the Concrete Pad.

Weather for Peachtree City, GA is forecast to have a 20% chance of rain Monday & Tuesday. 10% for Wednesday & 0% for Thursday & Friday. So it seems like we should expect to accomplish quite a bit again this week.

I anticipate that this week will see a few more trees taken down at the eastern end of the building site and all debris will be removed. After that, I would think that the equipment will start moving dirt around to get the site level where it needs to be level.

Scott