Blown06

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Packed in there pretty good lol

How much sq footage do you have to work with?

CamaroRick

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Its roughly 30x70

99'CajunFirehawk157

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Y2KFirehawk

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Post update! Almost two years ago I finally got my hands on a QuickJack BL-5000 car lift...

silversrtman

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hey y2k, nice garage. Im debating if I should bother with a quick jack or just wait until I could get a space with higher ceilings. Any reason you went with the qj over a maxjack or a low ceiling lift? Looks like you have the space if you got one of those front garage door openers to get rid of the track above. How is the qj? Think its worth the money? Thanks.

Y2KFirehawk

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Thanks! As you can imagine, I spent a large amount of time deciding on a lift solution that fit my needs. While the garage is a decent size, I do keep three cars in it. I considered...

1) A four-post that would enable additional floor space and storing the car off the floor but then I would need to juggle cars around for maintenance jobs throughout the year. Many of those jobs also lead to taking the wheels off and they weren't great for that purpose.

2) I ruled out the MaxJax lift (and other two-post lifts) primarily on the work required to thicken the concrete support. As-is, the concrete is not thick enough. I did however like the system as it was able to be put out of the way when not in use.

3) I considered a recessed mid-rise scissor, but again, was turned off by the concrete work I would have wanted to do.

Ultimately what led me to the QuickJack was the portability and versatility. I could lift and work on any of the cars in their respective parking spots. It also didn't require concrete modifications. As an added bonus, I can also take it to other locations (friends and family) to use when needed.

There is not finished space above my garage and would certainly love to raise the ceiling, redo the floor and a purpose built two-post space, but at that point I would just consider building an additional attached garage

Hope this helps!

ZONES89RS

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This is the shop I built last year.

truckdoug

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whenever is see a building like that i always wonder how you keep from freezing your ***** off half the year....then i look at your location and see TEXAS

as an update, it looks like we'll be getting some more snow in Portland this friday

Rioja

That's one seriously tidy garage 2002TransAm !!

ZONES89RS

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So far it has been fine. I may spray some insulation later should we get some AC.

RidetechJosh

Haha, I know your pain. We don't get the snow like you but man... I hate freezing in the garage

onebadbowtie86

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70 and sunny in northern MI all winter long! Just replaced a 30 year old reznor furnace with this.

truckdoug

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thats what i want to do but it's hard to justify the expense when I'm probably gonna sell the house soon---i'll never get the money back

so for now here's da real MVP (the woodstove)

onebadbowtie86

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I'd love to have a little woodstove in my building with the natural gas heater, but don't want to give up the space they require.

2ToeRacing

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If you don't mind me asking what size is that and how much was it??

truckdoug

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yup it eats a ton of floor space in an already cramped garage

RacerBill

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Check post 804 and 806 on the previous page.

blackbyrd

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I bought something silly for my garage wish I had better pics of the rest

2002 Trans Am

That's cool!

Jack Olsen

My garage already made an appearance in this thread awhile back. But I just finished a video about the place, and figured someone here might enjoy it.