Building a Blazer - vtblazer's Way

[vtblazer]

Originally Posted by Tri-ProAutomotive

Kurt- I don't know if your putting big rubber on there or not; but I've got three brand new Goodyear H2 tires out here (never mounted)....let me go check the size

Running 37" MTR's but I am looking for one more H2 rim if you've got one.

Thanks for the offer.

[jb4short]

Originally Posted by vtblazer

Running 37" MTR's but I am looking for one more H2 rim if you've got one.

Thanks for the offer.

Already checked for you....nothing. I've just got push bars, roof racks, step bars and some miscellaneous stuff.....sorry

[vtblazer]

Thought I'd let everybody know what's been going on up here, pretty much everything EXCEPT blazer building.

The biggest item (time and money sucker-upper) is our current house renovation:
After 15 years in this house it was time to do the kitchen over 'again'.
*Knocking out two walls, 1 interior and 1 exterior and adding 2 exterior walls and 1 more interior wall.
*Enclosing a porch and changing the entrance to the house to provide for a mud room.

This made for huge amounts of rip-n-tear, along with the necessity for a 14ft steel 'I' beam to create the clear span needed for the new space.

PART DUEX:
All at the same time, I'm having a 25'x8' retaining wall built/poured to repair/replace a previous redneck 2x2x4 concrete block wall installation that had no prevision for drainage and as a result undermined my foundation.

The good part though is that along with the retaining wall they'll also be pouring a parallel 25' footer wall.
Yeah, for the new garage!!

So that's the whole story behind the zero blazer progress...stay tuned.

[Chevyman63]

Welcome to my world.

Sounds like some cool mods to the house. And congrats on the new man space!

[vtblazer]

Originally Posted by Chevyman63

And congrats on the new man space!

The contractor threw me a price of $25K yesterday and said it would take him 4 weeks.

Now remember, I've got the concrete pad already there and the retaining wall will act as one of the walls and I'm paying for the roof separately.

Walked straight into my office and called another contractor...

[Chevyman63]

Originally Posted by vtblazer

The contractor threw me a price of $25K yesterday and said it would take him 4 weeks.

Now remember, I've got the concrete pad already there and the retaining wall will act as one of the walls and I'm paying for the roof separately.

Walked straight into my office and called another contractor...

Wow...that does seem quite pricey!

And how in the world could it take him 4 weeks to build a garage.

[vtblazer]

Originally Posted by Chevyman63

And how in the world could it take him 4 weeks to build a garage.

EXACTLY!!

Myself and one other guy could do it in 1 month working only on the weekends.
Might just be the way it happens at this point anyway...freakin' contractors.