Turboyota
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I was in your garage last week… it’s not bad at all!!Wait…how do you guys have so much space to walk in your garage??
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Cleandezert
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Shots firedI used to be able to park in there when he loved me
Motiracer38
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I made my wife her own stall in the garage so I don't get in trouble.
UR_Mawm69
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69 days later.........
when it's cleaned up and shit put away......... it's actually enough room to work on shit.
i haven't turned one wrench or turned on on e grinder over here in like 69 fucking months tho............
4XForOffroad
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Open air in AZ ought to put hair on your chest
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Exploder_M
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You were getting down in this shop area when you first started tearing apart the truck a little bit ago and it all slowly faded off. It should be cooler in AZ nowadays and good cooler weather to do these types of projects no?
Compared to other peoples real estate I think you doing alright with the amount of room you have to work in. Keep up the hard work
UR_Mawm69
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Yeah, yeah. lkike i said, when it's clean and upkept.... it works out pretty awesome for what it is.
but...... fucking life. life just gets in the fucking way, especially when you have a child that isnt really into just sitting around watching me do shit on HIS truck. haha.
that, and i guess some MIGHT say yoga and swing dancing kinda just a teencyweency bit muy pequeno takes most of my free time right now. so the ranger/shop/working on shit has been put on the backburner. hah.
no Brogs this weekend though, so first order of business this afternoon is to satisfy my extremeTBI-OCD and re organize/clean up the shop. all so i can sit and look at it and think of shit i need to do for the rest of the weekend. not actually do anything, but ill be satisfied with a clean shop area. haha
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I was cleaning up after the last project, figured I'd grab a couple pics. Two bays are 32ft deep for the ability to put two cars in and still do work. Currently taken over by bikes as it's moto season.
Fab area has a 4x10 metal table with 1" top that got scrapped at work. Kids get the mobile fab table cart. Ancient Miller TIG and a Miller MIG I got in high school due welding duties, multiple harbor freight boxes that are overflowing, and all the storage is on the left side. Back wall has all the hand tools under, a small mill that hasn't been used yet, and all the clean metal and wood storage. Right side has press, big HF drill press, tube bender and roller on cart, and a free belt sander that has been great. Buried on the table is an old small lathe that works well enough to clean up tube ends and a sheet metal brake.
Wife has her own bay that I can't touch for the sake of household peace. Gotta remember to pull it out before getting dusted with over spray or grinding dust. Plenty more storage above.
Far side has a wall full of storage from past, current , and future projects.
Fab area has a 4x10 metal table with 1" top that got scrapped at work. Kids get the mobile fab table cart. Ancient Miller TIG and a Miller MIG I got in high school due welding duties, multiple harbor freight boxes that are overflowing, and all the storage is on the left side. Back wall has all the hand tools under, a small mill that hasn't been used yet, and all the clean metal and wood storage. Right side has press, big HF drill press, tube bender and roller on cart, and a free belt sander that has been great. Buried on the table is an old small lathe that works well enough to clean up tube ends and a sheet metal brake.
Wife has her own bay that I can't touch for the sake of household peace. Gotta remember to pull it out before getting dusted with over spray or grinding dust. Plenty more storage above.
Far side has a wall full of storage from past, current , and future projects.
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UR_Mawm69
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30 minutes with my hands, wheelchair, and a blower...... all clean again and ready to start working on shit!
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm...... I did. Hah.
I'm pretty dang good these days. At least for the hands I've been dealt. I've got a handful of moves in my pocket, enough to go social dancing for like 2 or 3 songs before I either, start repeating my routine OR my legs give the fuck out OR I just eat complete shit and tackle my follow down to the ground as well...... (which I've actually been doing a lot more of than id like to admit recently. Hah)
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This is probably a good place to ask what Jack stands are you guys using I need some big enough to hold the frame on the Bronco and have the suspension droop with no tires
Turboyota
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Pipe stands for the win. You can level the vehicle easily& have more space to move shit around under the truck.
Acme screw makes adjustments a breeze
I have a unique garage/shop setup especially for a house in the Bay Area. It's always been difficult to explain, I've always said that you need to just come over and see it to understand. I'll do my best to explain the layout and put up a bunch of pictures on here. My wife and I moved into this house towards the end of 2023, so I'm still reworking and adding things.
The house is on a hill so the garage and the shop/basement is below the living area. The garage is a small 2 car 16'W / 22.5' L / 8'H. Next to the garage through the double doors is the shop that is 8.5'W at the narrowest, then widens out to 13' and is 38'L. The shop is pretty cool, the old man that lived here before me built a L shape work bench with a ton of drawers and overhead cabinets. There are a lot of cool little things that man did, like different exhaust fans that vented outside, pulley systems to lift whatever he may have built, custom storage shelves, and a hidden "safe". When I moved in, I did a lot of clean up, the shop seemed to be neglected for many years. From what I heard from the neighbors is that the old man was in his 90s and couldn't make it down the stairs to the garage/shop for a long time. Me being an electrician, I rewired everything, added new receptacles all over, rebuilt the exhaust fans, and put in new low profile LED lights. The shop even has a half bath which is a nice touch.
The second area that comes off the shop, drops down even lower. We use it as a home gym and extra storage space. It has 16' ceilings. You access that space from a built in ladder in the shop, which I think the old man built, or the door to the back yard.
That's a basic run down, check out the pictures to get a better idea, but like I said you really have to see it in person to understand it. Some of the photos are rotated and idk how to fix it so just turn ya head haha.
The house is on a hill so the garage and the shop/basement is below the living area. The garage is a small 2 car 16'W / 22.5' L / 8'H. Next to the garage through the double doors is the shop that is 8.5'W at the narrowest, then widens out to 13' and is 38'L. The shop is pretty cool, the old man that lived here before me built a L shape work bench with a ton of drawers and overhead cabinets. There are a lot of cool little things that man did, like different exhaust fans that vented outside, pulley systems to lift whatever he may have built, custom storage shelves, and a hidden "safe". When I moved in, I did a lot of clean up, the shop seemed to be neglected for many years. From what I heard from the neighbors is that the old man was in his 90s and couldn't make it down the stairs to the garage/shop for a long time. Me being an electrician, I rewired everything, added new receptacles all over, rebuilt the exhaust fans, and put in new low profile LED lights. The shop even has a half bath which is a nice touch.
The second area that comes off the shop, drops down even lower. We use it as a home gym and extra storage space. It has 16' ceilings. You access that space from a built in ladder in the shop, which I think the old man built, or the door to the back yard.
That's a basic run down, check out the pictures to get a better idea, but like I said you really have to see it in person to understand it. Some of the photos are rotated and idk how to fix it so just turn ya head haha.
