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blog Tuesday, November 03, 2009 @ 1:26 AM
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Hey guys and gals,

If you have seen my other blogs, you might know i've been working on a new gargae for my GT and my fathers 1969 Plymouth Fury. We have built the entire building from scrap metal racking used in industrial wharehouses.




 We put the outer walls together using the racking, took the 8 foot cross bars and welded them together to make the trusses.

         




 

This is the beast we used to set the front wall up and the trusses. (A 24 foot long x 8 foot tall wall made out of White oak 4x4's and  2x6's lag bolted together with 6 inch bolts are heavy!!!!)


Dad and I welded together a few pieces of scrap and bolted a gin pole to a friends Bobcat to do the heavy work.



Welded a 6 foot piece of chain to the end...       


 

Some of my welding work....ain't pretty but it's strong!!!!!



 

We bolted the 2x4's to the trusses useing 6 inch carriage bolts. It took 6 drill bits, 120 bolts, and ALOT of ratcheting to get it all up!


We used 18 foot long sheets of FREE used tin and 800 galvinized screws to cover the roof. Eventually, we will cover the rest of the garage with the remainder of tin and self-tappers. A neighbor needed a bottom end rebuild on his Dodge truck so we traded him out of two 10 foot doors to go on the front even up...


 

After all is said in done, some where around $500.00 for a 24x36 building....oh ya and ALOT of BenGay for the sore back muscles!!!!!! I'll add more as we get it done....

 

UPDATE 11-22-2009

After a few months of working on this crate.....NEW PICTURES!!!



South side of the building.



West side                                                  East side


                                                                                    

            interior west side


Slider is made out of extra panels of over head door bolted solid with flat steel and 1 inch angle to reenforce it.

  My genius and COST SAVING IDEA to use "C" channel bolted to the top of the door and angle iron welded with nuts welded together for the rollers to slide into and pinned so they can be replaced if needed. The rollers fit into left over track from the over head doors up side down so the curve is pointed up. FREE and it keeps the rollers from comming out!!!


 

 
     
                                 SHELF SPACE ANYONE!!!

 


Work benches like this one are going to be on both east and west sides of the garage. Mainly for junk...of course!

 

 

 

 

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gunner_501
Nov 5th, 2009 @ 2:00 PM


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That looks GREAT Bro .. You sure can't beat the price .. When I built mine (24 x 36) around 14 years ago it cost me something like $8000 and another $1200 for wiring, drywall and insulation but I'm sure glad I did it.

FroMonster
Nov 5th, 2009 @ 3:21 PM


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Great job!  

GTNBY2
Nov 5th, 2009 @ 5:52 PM


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We still have to do wiring but I'm not sure we are going to insulate yet. Most concerned with getting it weather tight so i aint scrapping snow and ice!!!! 

gunner_501
Nov 5th, 2009 @ 9:59 PM


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There are lots you can do when you get the basics done .. Insulate, lots of lights, custom cabinets, heating and cooling, tiled floor. beer cooler, reclining chairs  --- where does it end .. LOL .. Kind of like modding the Stang .. LMAO 

GTNBY2
Nov 22nd, 2009 @ 3:13 PM


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FINALLY DONE....HUH FINISHED....ERR A STINKIN" BUILDING!!! getting an estimate for spray foam insulation tomarrow....oh shit! 

gunner_501
Nov 22nd, 2009 @ 7:12 PM


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Looking good man .. can never have to much shelf space.  



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