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86swb · 02-27-2006, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by piecesparts

I have a 40x40 shop with 12 foot ceilings and a two post 8000lb lift inside it. There are three doors (12x10,10x8, and 10x8) to get plenty of access. The floor is concrete as are the approach pads.

I would love to have one of them two post 8,000lb lifts. I will be getting built a 30'X60' Pole barn sometime in the near future also with 12' ceilings. Can not wait but money has a way of making you wait. Nice garage man.

piecesparts · 02-27-2006, 06:03 PM

Thanks ----I realize that things have changed some since the hit of Katrina, but the whole garage that you see there cost me $28,000.00 and that included the lift and concrete, in 1998. I found a guy that built garages out of a lumber yard and contracted him to build mine, I did my own wiring and lights. The lift was purchased used from a large dealership in Kansas City that was in a bankruptcy and going under, so I got it at 1/2 of the cost. The building has 6 inches insulation in the walls and 9 inches in the ceiling, I have yet to install heating in there.

phantom dually · 02-27-2006, 10:37 PM

My garage is 30x40. It is full of stuff. Need to add on but do not want to out grow the neighborhood.

Lemield · 02-28-2006, 02:17 PM

My garage is a Tandem 20x36. I would have made it 24 ft wide but I couldn't because of setback requirements. It has a 12x36 attic storage area in it too.

Not the best working garage because you can't really walk around the vehicles but it does the job. Also a pain to move vehicles to get to the ones in front....but it's better than no garage at all. It matches the house and looks like a 2 car from the street.

Sillyoldman · 02-28-2006, 04:20 PM

OK, I want to play. I have a attatched two car with shop, and a detatched two car. The bins on the wall were compliments of Craigs list. My garage is a terrible mess. Its usually clean, but Im at the tail end of a couple projects.

71SWBChevy · 02-28-2006, 04:29 PM

Don't have any pics of our shop but it is a 30X40 with about 15 ft ceilings I think, it was made for working on farm equipment when we use to do a little mroe farming. Now our ATV's my 71 project and the lawnmower pretty much fill the place up.

booth · 02-28-2006, 04:54 PM

Do to the MN winter I still don't have a garage floor... We closed a month ago and they say after the frost is out and road restrictions are off then they will get to it possibly as late as July. So all projects are put on hold till the floor can be laid.

Thanks,
Paul

72freak · 03-19-2006, 10:43 AM

I ran out of space in my 2 car garage also.....so I started this "small" barn/shop project a couple of years ago. I plan the skin it in the next 45 days and have garage doors on it by the end of summer. There will be a second story on the right hand side with an office/bedroon/bath. Under the second story will be be the shop equipment,tools and work benches. It is 40x80 and after I add some fill and a floor I will have about 16' ceilings. Should be plenty of height for a lift!! The door openings will be 2 @ 12w x 14h and 2 @ 10w x 12h.

HotRod71 · 03-19-2006, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by 72freak

I ran out of space in my 2 car garage also.....so I started this "small" barn/shop project a couple of years ago. I plan the skin it in the next 45 days and have garage doors on it by the end of summer. There will be a second story on the right hand side with an office/bedroon/bath. Under the second story will be be the shop equipment,tools and work benches. It is 40x80 and after I add some fill and a floor I will have about 16' ceilings. Should be plenty of height for a lift!! The door openings will be 2 @ 12w x 14h and 2 @ 10w x 12h.

Now that is more like a barn frame but DANG it looks like it will work out pretty sweet. Mine is 30x40 with 2 10x10 doors and a service entrance. 11' ceilings and an 8' wide x 40' long attic. bad thing is I had to put the doors on the 40' side so I can't park em 2-3 deep. Suites me just fine though.

72freak · 03-19-2006, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by HotRod71

Now that is more like a barn frame but DANG it looks like it will work out pretty sweet. Mine is 30x40 with 2 10x10 doors and a service entrance. 11' ceilings and an 8' wide x 40' long attic. bad thing is I had to put the doors on the 40' side so I can't park em 2-3 deep. Suites me just fine though.

Yep....I believe the structure would be considered a POLE BARN. I went 40 deep so I could park them 2 deep and still walk between them. One day it will be done but now its used as a car port.

HotRod71 · 03-19-2006, 12:47 PM

I am loving it. Looks like it is out in the back 40. That is exactly where it would have to be if I had it. My wife hates my 30x40 as it is. She keep saying while I was building it, " Why does it have to be so big?" I know I heard that about, mmmmm, 20 times?! Yep 20. But I still love her with all my heart and won't trade her in till it cost more to fix her.

72freak · 03-19-2006, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by HotRod71

I am loving it. Looks like it is out in the back 40. That is exactly where it would have to be if I had it. My wife hates my 30x40 as it is. She keep saying while I was building it, " Why does it have to be so big?" I know I heard that about, mmmmm, 20 times?! Yep 20. But I still love her with all my heart and won't trade her in till it cost more to fix her.

Back 20 to be exact. Far enough away that it is hidden from view from the rest neighborhood but close enough that I can see it through the woods....my neighbors think I have lost my mind!!!!!! I HAVE BUILT 2 OTHER GARAGES IN MY TIME AND I OUT GREW THEM IN A YEAR. I decided when I started this one that it would be big enough that it would take me at least 5 years to out grow it. Funny thing is....I could fill it up now!!

C-10volvo · 03-19-2006, 04:48 PM

In the first pic you can see the huge cabinets that line the left side of the wall. They extend all the way over to the corner where they create a hole for my tool chest. On the back wall I have my work bench with storage underneath a as well as on top where important thinks like… my stereo sits!! The rest of the wall has one door, heat pump, 2 water heaters, and more storage. With everything put away in its place, we can fit three cars in there with ample room to open your door all the way without hitting the car next to you. Lastly my truck only fits in the furthest left spot. Kind of makes it a hassle to use the workbench always tagging you knee on the bumper haha. Just about the coolest feature of my garage is that its insulated and heated!!!

**Ron 586** · 03-19-2006, 05:01 PM

Had planned to put 40 by 60 up in yard by house. Started getting static about parts laying around. Noise late at night keeping people up. So I saved about $30000 and used what was already there and only cost $8000 to convert. (pic in link in siggy.) It is a 30' grain bin that PO had took all the motors, augers, and fans and just left the shell. I cut a hole in the wall and was going to just park my tractor and equipment in it. It is 24' from concrete floor to top of walls. Had a carpenter friend look at it and I asked him if he could put a square peg in a round hole. I wanted a floor built at 12' not a ceiling with stairs so I could store parts up there and make it easier to heat. It was a real challenge but we got it done. I don't have any inside pictures at this time but will try to make some and post. I get a lot of laughs when my drag racing buddies come over to check out my cars progress. It started out as a joke and ended up a reality. My race cars are known as Fatmans Folly. Friends that want anything done know my answer is "when I can get around tuit". So now I'm getting to meet a whole new circle of friends that love trucks. You'll have to form your own opinions about me. While you're there in my siggy link check out my open air parts and project department. I've just got to get "a Round Tuit"

HotRod71 · 03-19-2006, 05:01 PM

Is that black car an old Mercedes? Or possibly a Volvo? Looks like an old Mercedes from the 60's.

C-10volvo · 03-19-2006, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by HotRod71

Is that black car an old Mercedes? Or possibly a Volvo? Looks like an old Mercedes from the 60's.

its a 1964 122s volvo

HotRod71 · 03-19-2006, 05:58 PM

Sweet. Body shape is somewhat similar to a 63 Mercedes 4 door that my youngest step daughter and and Son-in-law did the body and paint work on. Body was set on a shortened S-10 frame with a smallblock and automatic. Fabricated some fins on the back to fit a late 70 early 80's Caddy bumper and tail light assy that had been shortened. Thing ended up in some magazine after he started taking it to a few shows. The 53 Ford truck he and I are doing for a local car dealer is going to be really nice when it is done I do believe. We will jsut have to see.

Sorry for the Hijack.

PanelDeland · 03-19-2006, 05:59 PM

One thing I notice about shops and garages.They always seem to get filled up with other CRAP.I decided I am going to wall in the space under my deck and use it to store lawn equipment and such.I have attic storage for Christmas decorations and such.I just need a way to put a roof under the deck floor.My deck is about 6-9 ft high on a slope.That way I can use my full 20X22 garage as a shop.If I don't have a mower,20 boxes of stuff and a trimmer and flower pots taking up space I should have more room to use.

HotRod71 · 03-19-2006, 06:07 PM

Heck I got a waterbed frame and headboard in there that is Kingsize. And I have a 2 car drive under on the house and there is no cars in there. Just junk that I can't seem to get rid of.

72freak · 04-09-2006, 08:03 AM

In between dodging tornados this weekend...I managed to get a good bit of my wall panels on my "shop in progress" I had left a few pieces of metal laying about and the winds from the tornado sent them into the trees. We were very fortunate that it touched down a couple of blocks from here and not on us!!!!! I hope to have all the wall complete and doors up by the end of summer.

67chevy2wd · 04-09-2006, 02:19 PM

Does anyone have a rough estimate of what a 40x60 shop insulated would cost?

Brainchild · 04-09-2006, 02:23 PM

I'm still cleaning my junk holder out,maybe I can get finished today

Anyway,I have been attempting to run a buisness out of a 3 car garage,and space is a BIG issue.36x24,two overhead doorson the 24' side,so you can only pull two cars in,so I divided off 12' across the front of hte shop as a tool/work area.Welding,benches,toolboxes,compressor,ect all in the work area, and a slab big enough for two cars to work off of.Looks good on paper,we'll see how reality pans out

72freak · 04-09-2006, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 67chevy2wd

Does anyone have a rough estimate of what a 40x60 shop insulated would cost?

About 25K installed. Probably a little more!!!!

piecesparts · 04-09-2006, 04:29 PM

Depends on who builds it. A company like "Morton", will take you to the cleaners. They wanted $38,000.00 for my 40 X 40 back 66 years ago. I got it built much cheaper. "Lester" buildings will be in the 28K area, but that can change with the number and size of roll up doors, how tall the ceiling and interior lining. The concrete is pricey after the Katrina mess, ro it can weigh heavy on your cost.
If you build it, look for sheetmetal that has a 30 year or better warranty.

chickenwing · 04-09-2006, 04:37 PM

Hey could I get in on that deal? I'm lookin at a 30x40x15 a guy is tryin to sell me outta Co. for $5600 delivered.
Rich

BTW wanna come to a cook-out?

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i've got a cousin and a friend also that own their own truss plants, plus they build steel or metal truss buildings way cheaper than that i think anyway, got their own transport trucks to ship a whole package to you, if interested i can get a price for you or get you their phone #'s

02-27-2006, 06:03 PM	#27
piecesparts Parts and more parts Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lebo, Kansas (middle of nowhere Posts: 6,821	Re: 3 car garage Thanks ----I realize that things have changed some since the hit of Katrina, but the whole garage that you see there cost me $28,000.00 and that included the lift and concrete, in 1998. I found a guy that built garages out of a lumber yard and contracted him to build mine, I did my own wiring and lights. The lift was purchased used from a large dealership in Kansas City that was in a bankruptcy and going under, so I got it at 1/2 of the cost. The building has 6 inches insulation in the walls and 9 inches in the ceiling, I have yet to install heating in there. Last edited by piecesparts; 02-27-2006 at 06:04 PM.

02-27-2006, 10:37 PM	#28
phantom dually Project92 SWB stepside Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 4,792	Re: 3 car garage My garage is 30x40. It is full of stuff. Need to add on but do not want to out grow the neighborhood. Attached Images __________________ 92 C1500 stepside 496 Stroker Competiton Engineering Ladder bars/QA1 coilovers. Dana 60 rear with 4.10 gear and posi. Bonspeed Palisade 20x12 in rear w/335/30/20 and 20x8.5 front w/245/40/20. 5/8 drop with Belltech springs/DJM spindles/drop shocks. WWS Progress thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=140448

02-28-2006, 02:17 PM	#29
Lemield Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arvada Colorado Posts: 1,321	Re: 3 car garage My garage is a Tandem 20x36. I would have made it 24 ft wide but I couldn't because of setback requirements. It has a 12x36 attic storage area in it too. Not the best working garage because you can't really walk around the vehicles but it does the job. Also a pain to move vehicles to get to the ones in front....but it's better than no garage at all. It matches the house and looks like a 2 car from the street. Attached Images __________________ Larry 1949 Willys CJ2A, Kubota Turbo Diesel engine, Warn Overdrive, 11 inch brakes, 12volt, Warn M8000 Winch "Little Green" 1970 Rustoleum Roller Red C20 Custom Camper 454 TH400 "Big Red" 1971 K20 6.2 Turbo Diesel 4x4 4spd Ranger Overdrive "Pumpkin Wagon" 2005 VW Beetle Diesel 44+ MPG "Silver Bullet"

02-28-2006, 04:20 PM	#30
Sillyoldman #16876 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Auburn WA Posts: 12,266	Re: 3 car garage OK, I want to play. I have a attatched two car with shop, and a detatched two car. The bins on the wall were compliments of Craigs list. My garage is a terrible mess. Its usually clean, but Im at the tail end of a couple projects. Attached Images __________________ Posted via Stationary Device '71 Custom Deluxe C-20 402. '67 Buick Special 455. '49 Plymouth Special Deluxe. *"I love that old car smell"* *Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.*

02-28-2006, 04:29 PM	#31
71SWBChevy Post Whore Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Owensboro KY Posts: 11,905	Re: 3 car garage Don't have any pics of our shop but it is a 30X40 with about 15 ft ceilings I think, it was made for working on farm equipment when we use to do a little mroe farming. Now our ATV's my 71 project and the lawnmower pretty much fill the place up. __________________ Drew '71 Chevy 350/TH350 Hugger Orange Currently just a rolling frame, body work soon to follow!!! Check out my Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=212927 Daily Driver: 1997 Chevrolet S-10 with more gears than pistons

02-28-2006, 04:54 PM	#32
booth Active Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Lonsdale, MN Posts: 109	Re: 3 car garage Do to the MN winter I still don't have a garage floor... We closed a month ago and they say after the frost is out and road restrictions are off then they will get to it possibly as late as July. So all projects are put on hold till the floor can be laid. Thanks, Paul __________________ '67 Chevy LWB (Running) '67 Chevy LWB (Not Running) '70 Chevy LWB (In Pieces) '72 Chevy LWB (In Pieces)

03-19-2006, 10:43 AM	#33
72freak Rottenwood Garage Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Marietta, Georgia Posts: 4,321	Re: 3 car garage I ran out of space in my 2 car garage also.....so I started this "small" barn/shop project a couple of years ago. I plan the skin it in the next 45 days and have garage doors on it by the end of summer. There will be a second story on the right hand side with an office/bedroon/bath. Under the second story will be be the shop equipment,tools and work benches. It is 40x80 and after I add some fill and a floor I will have about 16' ceilings. Should be plenty of height for a lift!! The door openings will be 2 @ 12w x 14h and 2 @ 10w x 12h. Attached Images

03-19-2006, 12:47 PM	#36
HotRod71 Short, Fleet, Slammed, V8 Club Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kingsport,TN Posts: 450	Re: 3 car garage I am loving it. Looks like it is out in the back 40. That is exactly where it would have to be if I had it. My wife hates my 30x40 as it is. She keep saying while I was building it, " Why does it have to be so big?" I know I heard that about, mmmmm, 20 times?! Yep 20. But I still love her with all my heart and won't trade her in till it cost more to fix her. __________________ Bill 71 Chevy SWB Fleetside (WIP) www.4x4grace.com

03-19-2006, 04:48 PM	#38
C-10volvo Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon Posts: 1,028	Re: 3 car garage In the first pic you can see the huge cabinets that line the left side of the wall. They extend all the way over to the corner where they create a hole for my tool chest. On the back wall I have my work bench with storage underneath a as well as on top where important thinks like… my stereo sits!! The rest of the wall has one door, heat pump, 2 water heaters, and more storage. With everything put away in its place, we can fit three cars in there with ample room to open your door all the way without hitting the car next to you. Lastly my truck only fits in the furthest left spot. Kind of makes it a hassle to use the workbench always tagging you knee on the bumper haha. Just about the coolest feature of my garage is that its insulated and heated!!! Attached Images __________________ Ken Morgan For fun: 1964 Volvo 122 For slow: 1984 Chevrolet C-10 For everything else: 1997 BMW M3

03-19-2006, 05:01 PM	#39
Ron 586 RIP Mr Ron Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Big Sandy, Tn. 38221 Posts: 8,150	Re: 3 car garage Had planned to put 40 by 60 up in yard by house. Started getting static about parts laying around. Noise late at night keeping people up. So I saved about $30000 and used what was already there and only cost $8000 to convert. (pic in link in siggy.) It is a 30' grain bin that PO had took all the motors, augers, and fans and just left the shell. I cut a hole in the wall and was going to just park my tractor and equipment in it. It is 24' from concrete floor to top of walls. Had a carpenter friend look at it and I asked him if he could put a square peg in a round hole. I wanted a floor built at 12' not a ceiling with stairs so I could store parts up there and make it easier to heat. It was a real challenge but we got it done. I don't have any inside pictures at this time but will try to make some and post. I get a lot of laughs when my drag racing buddies come over to check out my cars progress. It started out as a joke and ended up a reality. My race cars are known as Fatmans Folly. Friends that want anything done know my answer is "when I can get around tuit". So now I'm getting to meet a whole new circle of friends that love trucks. You'll have to form your own opinions about me. While you're there in my siggy link check out my open air parts and project department. I've just got to get "a Round Tuit" __________________ Ron (Mr Round Tuit) Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle TN Message Forum TN Facebook Group SETN Truck Show My Photobucket

03-19-2006, 05:01 PM	#40
HotRod71 Short, Fleet, Slammed, V8 Club Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kingsport,TN Posts: 450	Re: 3 car garage Is that black car an old Mercedes? Or possibly a Volvo? Looks like an old Mercedes from the 60's. __________________ Bill 71 Chevy SWB Fleetside (WIP) www.4x4grace.com

03-19-2006, 05:58 PM	#42
HotRod71 Short, Fleet, Slammed, V8 Club Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kingsport,TN Posts: 450	Re: 3 car garage Sweet. Body shape is somewhat similar to a 63 Mercedes 4 door that my youngest step daughter and and Son-in-law did the body and paint work on. Body was set on a shortened S-10 frame with a smallblock and automatic. Fabricated some fins on the back to fit a late 70 early 80's Caddy bumper and tail light assy that had been shortened. Thing ended up in some magazine after he started taking it to a few shows. The 53 Ford truck he and I are doing for a local car dealer is going to be really nice when it is done I do believe. We will jsut have to see. Sorry for the Hijack. __________________ Bill 71 Chevy SWB Fleetside (WIP) www.4x4grace.com

03-19-2006, 05:59 PM	#43
PanelDeland I am a Referee of life. Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Greensboro N.C. Posts: 13,992	Re: 3 car garage One thing I notice about shops and garages.They always seem to get filled up with other CRAP.I decided I am going to wall in the space under my deck and use it to store lawn equipment and such.I have attic storage for Christmas decorations and such.I just need a way to put a roof under the deck floor.My deck is about 6-9 ft high on a slope.That way I can use my full 20X22 garage as a shop.If I don't have a mower,20 boxes of stuff and a trimmer and flower pots taking up space I should have more room to use. __________________ The 47-present Chevrolet and GMC Truck Message Board Network,it's owners,moderators,members,and associates of any type should not be held responsible for my opinion. You can't fix stupid,not even with duct tape. "My appearance is due to the fact that "GOD" does punish you for having too much fun!" Barrett-Jackson has perfected alchemy,they make rust into gold! "You can lead a horse to water but you can't saddle a duck" "Cleverly disguised as a 'Responsible Adult' "Sometimes your Knight in shining armor is just a retard in tinfoil"

03-19-2006, 06:07 PM	#44
HotRod71 Short, Fleet, Slammed, V8 Club Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kingsport,TN Posts: 450	Re: 3 car garage Heck I got a waterbed frame and headboard in there that is Kingsize. And I have a 2 car drive under on the house and there is no cars in there. Just junk that I can't seem to get rid of. __________________ Bill 71 Chevy SWB Fleetside (WIP) www.4x4grace.com

04-09-2006, 08:03 AM	#45
72freak Rottenwood Garage Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Marietta, Georgia Posts: 4,321	Re: 3 car garage In between dodging tornados this weekend...I managed to get a good bit of my wall panels on my "shop in progress" I had left a few pieces of metal laying about and the winds from the tornado sent them into the trees. We were very fortunate that it touched down a couple of blocks from here and not on us!!!!! I hope to have all the wall complete and doors up by the end of summer. Attached Images



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04-09-2006, 02:19 PM	#46
67chevy2wd Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New Salem, ND Posts: 1,558	Re: 3 car garage Does anyone have a rough estimate of what a 40x60 shop insulated would cost? __________________ 07 Chevy classic LBZ Duramax (a few mods) '67 Chevy 1/2 ton 2wd (in pieces) '69 Chevy 1/2 ton 2wd (on hold) '71 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 ‘71 GMC 1/2 ton 2wd suburban

04-09-2006, 02:23 PM	#47
Brainchild Still drivin' a Rat Rod Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monett Missouri Posts: 4,925	Re: 3 car garage I'm still cleaning my junk holder out,maybe I can get finished today Anyway,I have been attempting to run a buisness out of a 3 car garage,and space is a BIG issue.36x24,two overhead doorson the 24' side,so you can only pull two cars in,so I divided off 12' across the front of hte shop as a tool/work area.Welding,benches,toolboxes,compressor,ect all in the work area, and a slab big enough for two cars to work off of.Looks good on paper,we'll see how reality pans out __________________ Rusty Member #13872 Instead of saying.....you are a discomfort in the back of my front.....one should be able to say...... you are a pain in the a$# 71 GMC LWB 49 Chevy 85 Chevy G20 Check out my website

04-09-2006, 04:29 PM	#49
piecesparts Parts and more parts Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lebo, Kansas (middle of nowhere Posts: 6,821	Re: 3 car garage Depends on who builds it. A company like "Morton", will take you to the cleaners. They wanted $38,000.00 for my 40 X 40 back 66 years ago. I got it built much cheaper. "Lester" buildings will be in the 28K area, but that can change with the number and size of roll up doors, how tall the ceiling and interior lining. The concrete is pricey after the Katrina mess, ro it can weigh heavy on your cost. If you build it, look for sheetmetal that has a 30 year or better warranty.

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