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Looks great Danny! Keep up the good work. I did a backyard buddy 4 post lift in mine. Gave me an extra parking space. If I was smarter, I would post up some pics of my Morton bldg. split unit heat a/c is done. Gotta epoxy the floor before it gets too crowded in there!
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Thanx... Getting excited to get a sense of completion. It will probably be a few months, lots left to do.
Backyard Buddy are great lifts. I got my two CyTech 4-post lifts from a member here. They are older but in good shape. Made in USA in Kansas. Company is long out of business. I had to purchase self-lubricating bronze bushings for all the pulleys. They were getting worn out after 20 years of use. Had the machine shop press out old, and press in the new ones. Good to go for $310 each lift. Hoping to be able to set them up and use them some day. D |
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After looking into moving to Colorado, Montana, Nashville and a couple others...We have now settled in Oklahoma. My friend has lived here for 15 years and told us to come out and take a look. You have to deal with some things just like anywhere else. Lots of bugs, stickers, some pretty hefty winds and rains/storms. But WAY cheaper than CA in MANY ways. My truck registration was HUNDREDS of dollars, here $26. NO smog checks here. CA is every other year. Gas prices much cheaper here. Speed limit when towing is the same as the posted sign. So if it's 75mph, you can tow at that speed. Not that it's smart. CA is 55mph if you are towing. One REALLY big thing is virtually NO traffic. I sat in traffic in CA for 500 hours in the 60 years I lived there. So I don't miss that. Lower taxes all the way around. And it's an open carry State. So I just passed the background check from the FBI and got a license to carry a firearm in 36 States. My mom passed in '04 and my Dad in 2016. So family not holding me in CA. I lived in a 200 sq ft trailer for 6 years helping take care of my Dad. That was rough. We will see how it goes here, and if we decide we want a change we can always roll on out to another State. But for now, this is home.
As far as outlets, I HATE not having power where I need it. So now glass beader, grinder, wire wheel, parts cleaner, drill press, welder, buffer, vacuum, etc. etc. No matter where it is placed in the shop, there will be power. Most all things come with a 60" cord. D Last edited by dannystarr; 10-11-2023 at 06:21 AM. |
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Up until about 25 yrs ago, I would have moved to CA for the weather and car culture in a heartbeat. If I had, I'd be with the thousands now getting out too. Good call on OK although as a "northerner", I'd need more trees around me...
![]() My shop building had 2 outlets when we moved here and I added 5 more when we insulated and put in the ceiling for heat. Not enough, but much of my wall space is behind cabinets and shelves anyway.
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Nothing like that spray in foam. You shop looks great. I checked on doing my large 3 garage here in Illinois and it was close to your price so I used batt insulation for about half of that which was still too much but I put in a higher R value than was suggested too. However, I never needed to turn on my A/C on my mini-split as it never got that hot inside and always stayed around 72*. If you don't mind me asking, what is your total investment so far?
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I spray foamed my shop at home. Nice and warm. Don't overlook humidity control when planning out your HVAC. I fight it in my shop with the hydronic heat here in the great white north.
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I think a lot of my outlets will be covered with cabinets also. But if I decide to move them to another wall, guess what will be behind there... POWER!!
Total investment is about 75K at this time. I am just about finished with the electrical. I will then install the Mini-Split. I am trying to figure out what to do with the floor. Lots of options all about 6K. So might just epoxy paint it. After that I will set-up my 2 four post lifts and I am off to the races! D |
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That is not bad at all. I have $35k in my total tear down to the studs remodel (without a new cement floor) on my 36x24 garage and was figuring you were sitting around $100k easily so far so you are doing good.
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Got some things cleaned up. Ordered 17 tons of 3/4 crusher for the front of the shop for now. Spread by hand for about 5 hours. Then neighbor came over with baby John Deere and helped with the rest. So no mud for winter. Maybe concrete later.
Got a couple sheets of plywood cut. Hung them on screws. Used a clamp and the scissor lift to raise them up and set them on the screws at the correct height. Screwed them off. Set the mini split brackets and drilled the holes for the line sets and control wires. Hung both units. |
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