How about scissor lift? You don't need reinforced slab and you can move it around.
How about scissor lift? You don't need reinforced slab and you can move it around.
I have a 2-car garage that is 24' wide by 30' deep. I have storage shelves across the front that are about 3 feet deep. Ceilings are 12' high. Lately I've been hanging my extra body parts from eyelets in the ceiling to get more floor space. I need to be able to have 3 cars in there this winter, so my '86 hatch will be in one bay, another build in the 2nd bay when needed, then the widebody will be on rolling casters to turn sideways at the front of the garage while I'm working on the 2nd bay.
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A notebook or sheets of paper with diagram of shelf contents kept nearby saves time searching.
Mark box side with list containing multiple items with sharpie. Add or delete as required.
Many items can be sorted by use or group- engine, brakes, body.
Containers of similar shape minimize wasted space. Round and odd shapes take up more.
A simple database file on the pc for buried, stored, odd items works too if kept up to date.
Like a file name wheretfisit.xls in MS Excel or similar. Column labels- ITEM, LOCATION(s), DATE, NOTES
Example: spare black ds seat cover, shed top shelf left rear, 10/18, in flat cardboard box.
Hoarders do not do this. Re-purchase same item even if they remember they already bought it.
Faster to buy another than search thru piles. Happens to everyone.
Any dealer or auto parts database has item locations with the part data to help locate item.
Stores like HDepot have customer apps for this. Dept, isle, shelf, bin.
Warehouses have item locations and use scan guns. Items and locations typically are bar coded.
Enter item number, provides location, qty on hand, status.
Item barcode is scanned into system when stocked or moved, scanned out when picked or moved.
Scan the new location, select status, when movement is complete. All data is linked via wireless network.
Item bar code is scanned many times, allowing tracking of movement over time. Same procedure as UPS, FEDEX.
If necessary, serial numbers are automatically included as part of the scanned bar code.
Large individual loose parts like exhaust pipes and sheet metal hung from racks with hooks like clothing.
Can still recall the sound of hanging pipes clanging together when pushed or 'played'.
Lumber is vertical or horiz. Wonder what a packaging engineer's house looks like.
Quantities of anything are stacked, palatalized, racked, binned. Part of business accounting and inventory track.
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I would kill to have your issue. I moved to this area wanting a 4 bedroom, single story home with a two car garage. I ended up with a 2 story, 3 bedroom, single car garage! Of course it was 2007 so I paid a serious premium for the house!
WIth my workbench and my tools.....my single car cannot even fit my convertible so it sits under a car cover in the driveway. This really hampers doing the work to the doors that I want to accomplish.
I'm still in the process of putting my newly built 3 car garage together.
"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac."
George Carlin, Rest in peace
Rick
84 GT Convertible
68 Cougar XR7
14 Ford Explorer Limited
Wow, some of you make me feel better about my garage. Its a two car, but right now only holds my tractor, motorcycles, tools, beer fridge, and washer dryer. Have two small lowes sheds for the extra engine blocks, trans, etc. Some of the wheels and four parts cars are in outside storage in the back.
I do have a shelf over the garage door that holds my hurricane plywood. And an attic with more stuff. Want a better setup but probably moving in a couple years, so it has to wait.
"Making the most of your garage space?"
Simple.
If you have not touched it, used it, moved it, cussed it or talked about it within the last year and it's still in the garage to TRASH IT GOES!!!
What you will end up with is an EMPTY GARAGE using this method.
Problem solved!!!!
Mike
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1995 Ford Powerstroke F350 "Centurion" STRETCHED Crew Cab Dually
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I don't even have a garage, so I don't want to hear it.lol
Tonight after work I’ll be moving my compressor outside to it’s new room.
When you have a small garage every square foot counts
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My garage is a 24 wide by 40 deep. I consider it a fair weather garage. We have 11 cars and only 5 fit in the garage. 1 in an enclosed trailer and another in a storage unit. I only have an 8 foot ceiling so a lift is out of the question. I have storage above in the "attic". A 36" wide cabinet with painting supplies and such. A compressor and various body parts, toolbox, and workbench line the entire perimeter of the inside. If I want to do some serious kind of work it has to be nice out so I can pull at least one car out to make room. All the cars are our show cars that I dont want to have to reclean if it gets rained on.
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OK, off topic but man does this strike a chord with me. Besides racks of clothes she hasn't worn in years my wife has something like 50 purses and 50 pairs of shoes. What's up with that?
When I mention it to her she asks how many tools I have. I tell her there are a lot because you need different tools for different jobs. And she says it's the same with shoes and purses.
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Mike
Remember, "Drive Fast, Turn Heads, Break Hearts!"
1995 Ford Powerstroke F350 "Centurion" STRETCHED Crew Cab Dually
I like "Cut & Coach Built" vehicles!
www.musclecardeals.com
1983 Mustang G.T. No-option stripper- I like strippers.
5.0, GT40P heads, Comp Cams XE270HR-12 on 1.6 rockers, TFI spring kit, Weiand 174 blower, Holley 750 mechanical secondarys, Mishimoto radiator, Edelbrock street performer mechanical pump, BBK shortys, T-5 conversion, 8.8 rear, 3.73 gears, carbon fiber clutches, SS Machine lowers, Maximum Motorsport XL subframes, "B" springs.
I had a custom made shoe rack made for my wife. It holds 36 pairs of shoes. It was filled in 15 minutes. I got major kudos for that one and gained some floor space! Now all the bins are doubled up and the shoes are starting to migrate.
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88 Mclaren Mustang Vert 20K miles, 89 Mustang LX Sport Vert,
03 Mach 1 7900 miles, 74 Mustang II, 69 Mustang, 67 Mustang, 07 GT500,
14 Mustang CS/GT, 15 F150 FTX Tuscany, 16 F250 Crewcab, 67 Tbird 47K miles
It's a colossal mess right now, but this is what I did. It's all builders grade lumber, as in 3/8 sheathing and 2X3's. I have $45 per cabinet into them, and doors can be added later. The unfinished one is, well, unfinished. I'm still figuring out how I want it divided.
1983 Mustang G.T. No-option stripper- I like strippers.
5.0, GT40P heads, Comp Cams XE270HR-12 on 1.6 rockers, TFI spring kit, Weiand 174 blower, Holley 750 mechanical secondarys, Mishimoto radiator, Edelbrock street performer mechanical pump, BBK shortys, T-5 conversion, 8.8 rear, 3.73 gears, carbon fiber clutches, SS Machine lowers, Maximum Motorsport XL subframes, "B" springs.
Current Mustangs:
82 Silver GT - 5.0L crate motor, Tremec 3550 5 spd tranny, SVO brake kit, 8.8 rear end with 373s
05 Legend Lime Fastback - some mods
05 Screaming Yellow Vert - even more mods including Edelbrock blower
My two cents for this thread has to do with lighting. Good lighting makes all the difference when it comes to any project, automotive or otherwise. I do lots of routine detailing on the daily drivers, and having good lighting sure makes it easier. Specifically, at our former residence with the three car L-shaped garage I went from three light bulb fixtures (i.e. builder quality lighting) to a dozen two-tube fluorescent fixtures. At the current residence I have a three-car attached and an oversized two-car detached. Each has been equipped with multiple banks of modern LED tube fixtures. People remark that the detached "looks like a paint booth in here." I love it, as do my aging eyes.
Bob in Lebanon, TN
79 original owner six cylinder coupe
MCA Gold Card judge for 3rd Generation cars
I will agree. The pictures i posted don't do justice to the almost blinding level of LED lighting I have in there, and the decision to paint the plywood walls gloss white in a garage.
1983 Mustang G.T. No-option stripper- I like strippers.
5.0, GT40P heads, Comp Cams XE270HR-12 on 1.6 rockers, TFI spring kit, Weiand 174 blower, Holley 750 mechanical secondarys, Mishimoto radiator, Edelbrock street performer mechanical pump, BBK shortys, T-5 conversion, 8.8 rear, 3.73 gears, carbon fiber clutches, SS Machine lowers, Maximum Motorsport XL subframes, "B" springs.
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