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2 Sweet

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Perusing through this thread got me thinking again; it'd be pretty nice to have a 25x30 shop with a nice Bendpak 4-post lift. With an interior kind of like what @2 Sweet has on his garage wall;

Someday. I hope. Working on **** outside gets old when it's not nice and sunny out.

I was 28 years old when I finally bought my first house/garage. I never had that luxury when I was living in ****** apartments. And it's still not really a "luxury" considering it's only a 10x23 single car garage. I still end up working on cars in the driveway 90% of the time because there's just not enough space in here.

My advice......make sure your house has a big enough garage lol. Sounds like you have the right idea :waytogo:
 

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Thanks I'll have to check them out.



Or when it's 110° + and no shade.
Currently my shop is overrun with pups right now so I'm outside.
Why a 4 post? Only ask cause most prefer the 2 post

I'd prefer a 4-post because you can just pull a car or truck up onto it and it's ready to go up; plus there's no worry of something coming unbalanced when it's 5 or 6 feet off the ground. And I know it's a rare occurrence

My buddy's dad has an old Rotary 2-post lift that they use for cars and smaller trucks; won't hold a fullsize F250 or K2500 it's a decent lift don't get me wrong, but it's just not enough lift sometimes; and he swears up and down he'll get a big drive on lift one of these days.

I was 28 years old when I finally bought my first house/garage. I never had that luxury when I was living in ****** apartments. And it's still not really a "luxury" considering it's only a 10x23 single car garage. I still end up working on cars in the driveway 90% of the time because there's just not enough space in here.

My advice......make sure your house has a big enough garage lol. Sounds like you have the right idea :waytogo:

I don't think I could ever live in an apartment;
I've been pricing out land and modular homes and such; right now a 3/4 bed, 2/2.5 bath double wide and some steel outbuildings will suit my needs perfectly. I know it's gonna be expensive to do it that way; but I feel like I'd never be happy if I didn't get it my way right off the bat.
 

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I was 28 years old when I finally bought my first house/garage. I never had that luxury when I was living in ****** apartments. And it's still not really a "luxury" considering it's only a 10x23 single car garage. I still end up working on cars in the driveway 90% of the time because there's just not enough space in here.

My advice......make sure your house has a big enough garage lol. Sounds like you have the right idea :waytogo:

I have a 24x24 two stall and some days that isn't enough. A 30x60 is almost what I need just to park **** for the night. A 60x100is about what I need to be comfortable for the future with a two stall attached to the house.

I'm going with a new Rotary when it's time for a lift. Just about every dealership and higher end shop I've been to has their lift stuff. They get used daily. And they last forever.

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I thought I'd post here since it's not really about "New Tools" or "Tool Boxes". It is about what I wound up doing in my shop. A little background - we have a Samsung 65" curved TV which developed a dark vertical streak in the center after 3 years. We bought it at Costco and purchased an extended warranty for ~$89. So, I contacted Square Trade, the warranty Co, texted a couple pictures of it and they sent me a new 65" 2019 Samsung Q70R flat TV and told me to keep the original one. So I decided to "upgrade" my shop TV.

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Had to move the wire racks over to where I have all of my fasteners (another project for later) and threw up a couple sheets of plywood and hung my TV from the living room (note the dark streak in the center).
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I had some closet shelf brackets and some melamine and plywood to make shelves. Now I can watch my favorite episodes of Road Kill from anywhere in my shop, at no extra cost to me, ha ha!
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I thought I'd post here since it's not really about "New Tools" or "Tool Boxes". It is about what I wound up doing in my shop. A little background - we have a Samsung 65" curved TV which developed a dark vertical streak in the center after 3 years. We bought it at Costco and purchased an extended warranty for ~$89. So, I contacted Square Trade, the warranty Co, texted a couple pictures of it and they sent me a new 65" 2019 Samsung Q70R flat TV and told me to keep the original one. So I decided to "upgrade" my shop TV.

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Had to move the wire racks over to where I have all of my fasteners (another project for later) and threw up a couple sheets of plywood and hung my TV from the living room (note the dark streak in the center).
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I had some closet shelf brackets and some melamine and plywood to make shelves. Now I can watch my favorite episodes of Road Kill from anywhere in my shop, at no extra cost to me, ha ha!
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I've got a nearly 15 year old Vizio 42" that I've been using as a computer monitor. It's the old CFL style backlight so it's starting to fade a little around the edges. I've been thinking about upgrading it but it hasn't bothered me enough yet. This might be motivation to do it sooner. Great idea!
 

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Ok I’ll play, this is the building I keep my toys in upstate ny I wish I had the space for half of that were I live Down on Long Island but at least I have the storage somewhere

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