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What is the single support item you most wish you could add to your garage?

Started by Ghoste, March 04, 2010, 09:37:48 AM

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Ghoste

I was at my cousins shop last night and he is one of those guys who has every piece of equipment know to man and it made me wonder what the one thing is that I would really like to add to my own space.  For me it has to be a hoist.  There are other things I wish I had like better heating and cooling but really at the end of the day it comes down to a hoist and I know it is the one thing I am least likely to buy.

PocketThunder

A loft so i have a place to sleep when i'm in the doghouse!   :icon_smile_big:

I could sure use a hoist also.  And insulation, drywall, heat!, cable TV, you know, the basics..  :yesnod:
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Quote from: PocketThunder on March 04, 2010, 09:39:57 AM
A loft so i have a place to sleep when i'm in the doghouse!   :icon_smile_big:

I could sure use a hoist also.  And insulation, drywall, heat!, cable TV, you know, the basics..  :yesnod:
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since I am getting old and decrepit  I need a 4 post lift as I am tired of getting stuck under a car and spending more time o my back than a prostitute. :smilielol:
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Ghoste

A Hemi Daytona isn't a support item it's an item that needs support.  :lol:

resq302

Definitely a radiant heated floor for the garage.  Benefit not only me but the bedrooms above it in the winter! :coolgleamA:
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Troy

A floor drain.

Ok, I picked that because... I really want a welder and/or some sort of lift but both of those would be with the assumption that I will be doing a lot of work on the cars. I'm not much of a mechanic and I'm to the point where I'd rather have drivable (and hopefully reliable) cars. I can have someone else do the mechanical work for anything that requires a lift. A floor drain would come in handy for washing the cars but also for washing the shop, cleaning various car parts (especially the ones stored near any body work), wet sanding, and draining the garage from salt/snow/rain runoff or roof leaks(hopefully not). Plus, unlike a lift or a welder, a floor drain is very hard to retrofit so if I could have one installed prior to moving in I think it would be a big bonus. My current garage is on flat ground and one part of the floor is actually sunken so water basically pools and I can't use a squeegee or broom to push it out.

I guess it wouldn't be as important if you don't have running water in your garage (which I do).

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Quote from: Highbanked Hauler on March 04, 2010, 10:26:22 AM

since I am getting old and decrepit  I need a 4 post lift as I am tired of getting stuck under a car and spending more time o my back than a prostitute. :smilielol:

yeah me too !! 4 poster lift that is  :lol: :yesnod:
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I need a bigger Garage! Plain and simple....  Have six cars and only room for two.  No room to work on the others  :brickwall:

68X426

Quote from: Ghoste on March 04, 2010, 09:37:48 AM
What is the single support item you most wish you could add to your garage? 

Why, a kegerator of course! :cheers:


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68X426

OK if I am really dreaming, then how about a double four post lift set up like this one. :'(


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1966 Dodge Van, /6, slow

Cooter

I'd just like to have a Garage..Right now, it's a pole barn with a gravel floor, that is drafty in the winter(FREEZING) and hot as the hinges of hell in the summer...
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jeryst

Well, heat and electricity would be nice,

but what I want the most is a 4-post lift.

Mr.Woolery

A lift.  I want to be able to get under the car without getting under it on my back.
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41husk

I would have to go with a lift.  They are great for just detailing your car.  I use the schools eome times and often wonder how I have survived this long with out one.
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Bob

Quote from: 41husk on March 04, 2010, 01:40:30 PM
I would have to go with a lift.  They are great for just detailing your car.  I use the schools eome times and often wonder how I have survived this long with out one.

41Husk,
Cheap ones are out there. I scored mine for 600 bucks and installed it myself.
You can just see the blue uprights inside the garage.
Bob

resq302

Bob, you have a 4 post or a 2 post lift?  we have a 4 post lift at my dads house and double stack the cars.  Nice and easy, just drive on and lift up, no worries about where to set the lift either.
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

Bob

Quote from: resq302 on March 04, 2010, 02:30:41 PM
Bob, you have a 4 post or a 2 post lift?  we have a 4 post lift at my dads house and double stack the cars.  Nice and easy, just drive on and lift up, no worries about where to set the lift either.

It's a 2 post. I can not take the cars or trucks up all the way because of the 10' rafters.

41husk

Quote from: Bob on March 04, 2010, 02:11:47 PM
Quote from: 41husk on March 04, 2010, 01:40:30 PM
I would have to go with a lift.  They are great for just detailing your car.  I use the schools eome times and often wonder how I have survived this long with out one.

41Husk,
Cheap ones are out there. I scored mine for 600 bucks and installed it myself.
You can just see the blue uprights inside the garage.
Bob

I know the new ones can be purchased for under 2k.  I can't get one in my garage due to a large support beam running across the roof.  I only have about 7' clearance
1969 Dodge Charger 500 440/727
1970 Challenger convertible 340/727
1970 Plymouth Duster FM3
1974 Dodge Dart /6/904
1983 Plymouth Scamp GT 2.2 Auto
1950 Dodge Pilot house pick up