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LoL. I totally understand. I'm done buying anymore extra vehicles until this endeavor is complete. I have 4 67-72 trucks, a 74 Bronco, '56 F@rd p/u, a 77 Trans Am, 48 Cub Cadet float plane and my 93 Mustang and GOB TONS of parts for all of them. Plus our daily drivers. My vehicle quota is FULL.

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Looking good Ed!

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shop is looking good

i always wait a few years after the hill has collapsed and a big rain causes water problems :D
seriously waterproof and get your drain tile and gravel in there before you have problems

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^^^ yes SIR!!! :)

I'm planning on doing the drainage & sealing next week.

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Well, 2 years later and mucho problems but I'm finally moving forward again. :metal:

153 pieces of rebar and mako mix pumped into every cell. Building should be going up in a few weeks.

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Good to see your shop build moving forward.

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Small step forward... but these damn hurricanes are screwing up my pace!

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One more day in...

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That is going to be nice .

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Yeah, I'm glad to finally be moving forward. It been a seriously bumpy road to get this.

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Today's progress...

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A few day to day updates....

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Then...

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Following day...

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And as of today... all the exterior walls are up. Will start in the roof tomorrow. Hope to have the roof, trim & garage doors in place by the end of the day Friday. #fingerscrossed

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Nice!

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^^^Thanks! I'm excited to finally be moving forward. It's been a 3 year journey that has been riddled with bumps and bruises, but looks like I'm finally going to at least have some dry storage. Power is next, then drainage and backfill of the block wall... THEN move-in. :metal:

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Wow ,you are getting close ,looking great too.

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Hopefully just a few more days & I'll at least have a completed structure.

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Today's progress... should have the roll-up doors soon, possibly tomorrow...:ww:

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Your new building is looking very good! What are the dimensions again?

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It's 36'x46'x14'. It's as big as I could fit in that spot. I'm already sure it needs to be bigger. :lol:

I'll be pressure washing the floor today & then putting the sealer down tonight (if all goes well).

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I’ve been plugging along...

200 amp service... done
Floors pressure washed & sealed... done
12’x14’ loft for wifie poo’s stuff... done
Pallet racking... done
Rotary 9000 lb xL lift... lift is bought & in the shop, but not up yet. Hopefully that’ll happen this weekend.

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Well... the lift still isn’t up! Marked the 1st 2 holes on the left tower and drilled the 3/4” hole...only to find out that the 6” pad that I paid for was only 3-3/4” thick!!! So I ended up cutting out a 15’-6” x 5’ hole into the existing floor and dug it down to 14” deep (including digging out an additional + 4” under the existing slab) added 4” of gravel base, plus 100’ of 1/2” rebar. I got the new repair poured this last Friday (4K concrete + added fiberglass reinforcement). 25 days from today...Lift should go up. I’ve been concentrating on working on the electrical and organizing.

The dogleg in the picture is where I ‘absorbed’ an existing crack in the current slab. I’m just trying to make lemons!

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Sucks you had to cut the floor. One thing for sure the piece you put in there will not come up short when you drill the holes.
Jimmy

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It did suck! Concrete saw (aka 10” skill saw with a diamond blade) a jackhammer, then 2.7 million wheelbarrow loads of concrete, gravel & finally clay and more rock. Then I got it all ready for new concrete (almost 9 yards).

Now that I have to wait another 24 days for the concrete to cure, I’m working hard & heavy on the electrical, lighting & cleaning/organizing. Hopefully, I’ll be all done with that part when it comes time to install the lift. Maybe I’ll get my compressor and related parts installed too.

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Well, I’ve gotten a lot of the electrical done. I got two 100 amp subpanels wired in (1 up on the loft & 1 in the rear), lights & fans under the loft (the gym) & the overhead lighting.

Sorry the pic is sideways.

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Great progress. Nice lighting too. Are those T5?

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Thanks Doug! No, They’re T8 actually. I got them for free from work...they were putting in new LED fixtures. They had 277 ballasts, but I did away with the ballasts and converted to 18W 6000k LED’s. Really lit the place up.

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Lift is IN!!! What a pita to do by myself!

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I also grabbed some Gladiator cabinets off the List of Craig and got them mounted

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I also grabbed some Gladiator cabinets off the List of Craig and mounted them.

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I finally got a couple of the projects into the work space.

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Looking good in there .

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Congratulations! Coming together very nice! The cabinets were a good score.

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nice work space!

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Looking good. Nice shop

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Thanks Flash. It’s been a long road to get to this point for sure.

Absolutely! I got all 4 for $400. They are steadily getting filled up & seem pretty durable so far. I got some really cool cabinets from my wife’s deceased grandfather yesterday that are super cool & extremely rugged too. I’ll throw a pic of them up soon too.

I wish my shop was the size of yours, but I’m proud to have one finally.

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Thanks man! I need some nice A/V next...;)

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Thanks Greg. I wish it was bigger. :lol: