Your Tractor Shop Ideas

[SPYDERLK]

When you do the concrete you might plan to include some tie down "pots" cast in. There will come a time that they are indispensable for some task.
larry

 

[Rainbody]

Thanks for all the ideas. I'm going to start with the floor and extending an apron hopefully doubling my floor space. There wasn't a bad idea in the bunch so its just a question of stretching my dollars.
Thanks again everyone.

 

[AGRIMAN]

That 3 ton A frame hoist is very nice and a back saver I am sure.

Yes, it has been very handy so far and we have used it many times. Pulled a engine with it this week.

 

[MikeA57]

If you're not familiar with garagejournal.com be sure to visit over there. Not a lot of tractor shops but some great garages and many ideas that can be implemented into a tractor shop. Some of them displayed are very glitzy but all in all a very solid, nice bunch of guys with some really good ideas.

 

[wrooster]

If you're not familiar with garagejournal.com be sure to visit over there.

Most.
Expensive.
Website.
Ever.



You have been warned.

Wrooster

 

[2LaneCruzer]

A thought on insulation and windows. I had a bank of 4 windows installed on the South side of the shop; also insulated the inside...and even without heating, the shop is always about 15 to 20 degrees warmer in the Winter than it is outside. I have had the shop about 11 years, and have never seen it below freezing inside.

 

[dusty3030]

Don't skimp on lighting. Frustrating when you can't seen anything.
Insulation - I'm thankfull for mine in the summer and winter.
Ventilation - My shop is lacking, I need to work on this.
Electrical - I went overboard, but I never pop a breaker!
Air - Plumb it all over.
Entertainment - I like radio so I always have one on, but if TV or something else is your thing why not have it out there? My stereo setup is just my junk from college, but I have speakers inside and out. Nice to listen to a ball game or something while you work.
Refrigeration - definitely a fridge full of your favorite beverages.

 

[jmc]

Just a general comment not necessarily for the OP:

If you have young kids that need to be watched, incorporate something in or near your shop so they want to be out there with you but out of harms way. I put the swing set right outside my shop window, and in the seldom used end of the shop (inside), I had some big appliance boxes with doors and windows cut into them for playhouses. No sense being trapped in the house when it's your turn for childcare.