I'd be cool with that. we do need to see the new shed. I'm sure it will be awesome. I just love seeing the behind the scenes of builds, whether its cars or houses or garages.
Besides, we would never want you to be inappropriate.:lmao:

Bill.... I know people love stuff like this. Nothing wrong with that. And I'm pretty sure everyone on here knows I'm pretty good at sharing. The house will be pretty dang kool. I'm a blue jeans wearing - dirty t-shirt guy. I do my own work on my cars... That's me... not the house I live in. These forums are public. Many more people reading than are members here. I just don't see the need to have them in my house. :>)

Word. (i.e. agree)

Very easy to forget when sharing with internet "friends", we are putting all our business out there for the entire world to see... forever. What may seem innocent enough in a simple pic or description, could be used for bad.


Jeff-

you know, since you put it that way, I understand entirely. I try to keep as much of the personal stuff off here myself. Just show us the shed.

Just wondering though, you going to have a lift for the rig? That will be impressive.:D

No lift for the rig... dude -- you ever see these things -- no reason to lift it - I can walk under it. LOL

Greg, I can't believe that one of your so called friends didn't throw a short joke in here concerning your last post.

Why? I've watched him walk under it. :D

Just for "interest" in shop building and wild spaces and the kinds of things we like to do (all of us).... The plan for the new house here had about 4500 square feet of shop space UNDER the house... tall enough to take in the "rig" etc.

Well --- as it turns out -- to do that we'd have to haul off 20,000 cubic yards of dirt... that's 2,000 dump truck loads -- and where they'd have to haul it and then make that a round trip -- would equal 46,000 "truck miles". There's even more too it - but that gets complicated to explain. So that "shop" is O U T.....


We're now designing a more normal shop what will be a separate building on the property. A lot less dirt to be moved... and a lot less concrete... The other one just became an OMG...

For some reason, I can just see you going Really.....???????:hairpullout:

I always knew there was going to be an X / Y axis of cost to build versus buying a commercial building -- or "whatever" other alternative. But in order to get a real bonafide bid for construction -- we had to have all the plans and engineering done --- so we forged ahead in order to get all that detail.

The problems with it became "many"... but we continued on.


The excavation bid --- and the concrete bid.... are just astronomical. I could buy FOUR complete tractor trailer rigs like mine and leave them in various locations -- and have them stocked with 2 cars each --- and I'd still be saving money.


I have them drawing up a 2000 square foot two story shop ( have to have a man cave area) where we don't need to move nearly as much heaven and earth ---- and it's not under the house -- so the walls etc don't have to carry that whole load.

We don't always get what we want.... :>)

That just goes to show Greg, that just because you can do something doesn't always mean that you should.

I know you are disappointed but I also know that common sense must have prevailed in this and the whole project will be better in the end because of it. You did your due diligence in collecting all of the facts beforehand and that's the only way smart decisions can be made.

Good luck with Plan B, I'm sure it'll be just as awesome, just different is all.

Not ideal but what about building the mancave offsite? Go to an industrial area in town and build on flat ground? Seems like that setup has gotten popular of late with some impressive results.


Jeff-

Jeff ---


I've had a year to think about all the "what if's" and like most everything - it all depends on the person and their particular situation.

I can buy a great building about 10 miles down the road for 1/3rd of what the excavation and cement bids were... but then I'm having to get in the car - go down somewhere and blah blah blah.

My trade off is to have the shop mere feet from my favorite chair... I'm old... and not getting any younger... I like the convenience of just being "home". I'd rather have a smaller shop at home than a bigger shop 10 miles down the road. The larger shop under the house was mostly taken up by truck and trailer storage. So the net shop space wasn't much larger than what I have now.

I'll just figure out where to store the rig... which isn't used very much - and if it was 10 miles down the road - no biggie.

Should be cool. At the end of the day everyone has a ceiling for what is reasonable.


Looking forward to seeing this puppy go up.

I understand what Greg is saying completely. I have a full shop at my disposal here at work, two post and drive on lifts, bead blaster, all kinds of fun stuff, but it's 17 miles from home. When I did the first half of the restoration on my car I did it at work, mainly because of the lifts. It sucks when you want a particular tool, or just a sammich...and you are 17 miles from home. You end up not doing whatever it is until the next time.

Plus, you have to plan out the time for your projects...there is no run out to the shop for a quick measure of something or to snap a picture to post on lat-g, when the shop is 17 miles away.

Ever since I put my lift in at home, I took ALL of my tools back home and do all of my work there now. It is so much easier and better. I do store my trailers here at work though when I'm not using them regularly. And while that can be a hassle or hindrance every now and then, it's no where near as bad as storing my tools and cars away from home.

Back to the drawing board!

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You'll figure it out!

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Nuttin like the classics.

PRECISELY!!! Well -- that --- and I'm a spoiled rotten little brat!

Some people just give the dirt away, so you have the people move it out for you. Just rent a loader for a week and load them up. Anyway, this guy has your garage beat!

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82863230/ (Full video)

Yeah -- he needs a garage like that for all his mini-vans

he has another something in there he's not showing....or that was a colosal waste of coin. But i heard him say something earlier about having millions of dollars of cars down there....

Yeah -- he said he ONCE had 30 million in cars stored there....


I just want a couple cars that I can drive and enjoy. My wife keeps reminding me that there is other stuff to do besides cars. As usual - she's right.

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:snapout::buttkick: They usually are....

He sold his 400 car collection in the past few years. http://www.squidoo.com/the-man-who-b...is-chevy-cruze Tom has sold many of his highest-profile pieces in the last few years, including a McLaren F1 and a Ferrari F50.
House was up For Sale too. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...634631516.html

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