plans for a barn/garage are coming together!

[bnixon]

Mosey,

Have you thought about a dormer on one side of the garage. I was going to do the same if I was going to stay at the house I am in now. But I am moving so My new shop has more than enough room 30' X 50' - 12' seal height.

Another idea is Auto lifters makes a short lift that will fit under a 8' ceiling. AutoPro 10,000 for 10,000lb lift or AutoPro 6000 6,000lb lift. Very resonably priced.

Hope this helps!

 

[mikim]

Brandon -- Congrats on the growing family - it doesn't stop - as soon as they grow up they get married and bring strangers into the group - then start having kids of their own -- you moving to rosharon already? - I'll have to do a drive-by

 

[bnixon]

Hey Mike,

good to hear from you again!

Well, per the original schedule we would be moving in next month. BUT due to the arrival of the new one we pushed off construction until next spring. Since I am contracting it myself ....new baby....no sleep...coordinating contractors....making house decisions....I DON'T THINK SO! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Mosey]

bnixon - No I haven't thought of a dormer on one side of the garage - because I don't know what that is. What is it? Thanks for the links on the Autopro lifts, I'll look into them.

 

[Mosey]

Never mind, I found out what a dormer is. Actually, I have seen that before and just forgot what it's called.

The lift I was looking at is the Bulls-Eye 9000

I looked at the AutoPro lifts and they don't have the beam across the top, so the posts can be shorter. They have a plate across the bottom that has cables going through it which would be a slight disadvantage, but overall they look like they would better than the one I was looking at. Thanks! I'm still not going to put one in this smaller garage/pole barn because I still think it would just be in the way more than it would be in use, but it would work better in a future larger pole barn, since it would work better for a taller vehicle, like a van.

 

[jrlichina]

You may want to check out Autolifters , made in the USA and CERTIFIED! Many lifts are not certified. They are priced very competatively. I have a 9,000 model and love it. I even got free shipping by buying the truck adapters(which I needed anyway).

 

[Mosey]

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You're the first person I've come across that actually has a lift at home. What size building do you have it in and how high is the ceiling? How often do you use it? The only disadvantage I've thought of is that I'll need to buy a tall transmission jack, but are there any other disadvantages compared to working on a creeper? Does that plate going across the floor every cause problems, like when rolling a transmission jack across it? I'm wondering why they don't just cut a grove in the concrete and then put a flat plate over it so nothing sticks up. I'm sure there's a long list of advantages!

 

[40Kchicks]

Mosey

Here is a technique that I just learned about from a friend that just had a pole barn put up by a professional crew. What these guys did was set the poles. They left the poles at least a couple of feet long. They put a level line about foot off the ground and nailed a board below the line. They did this on all the poles. Then they set the trusses on the sides of the poles on top of some scrap boards. Then they nailed all the trusses together with the proper spacing (usually 2,4, or 6 feet apart) and put their perlins or plywood on. Basically they built the roof while it’s hanging from the poles 1ft off the ground instead of 12feet. Then after the roofs done they put pulleys on the side of each pole right at the top and use several come-alongs to pull the roof up. Sometimes the come-alongs would need adjusted but they would just nail a temporary ledger board under the trusses to support the roof then adjust things and continue up. Once the roof is raised to the correct height they nail a ledger board under the trusses and then bolt the trusses on and cut off the excess pole height.

I have never actually done this but it sure sounds interesting. The more that can be done at ground level the better. It takes me awhile to get used to working up that high.

Eric

 

[Mosey]

That's amazing! I'm like you, I don't like heights at all.

 

[GaryG]

Here is a picture of the barn/shop I am building with dormers. I will only have two per side.