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Offline hotrod24

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Re: trucks got a home
« Reply #75 on: September 17, 2009, 05:32:03 PM »
well i would at least like to use a 2x4 and use a float and that should do it
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Offline hotrod24

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Re: trucks got a home
« Reply #76 on: May 22, 2010, 09:37:04 PM »
ok it has been a while, but I have been thinking about my carport and as soon as I get the trucks and get a retaining wall up and a floor, I am going to close the sides in, then the front and back but for the cheapest I can come up with for a retaining wall is land scaping timbers lol.  For the floor I am going to get some pea gravel and some tar and seal it up that way. I am also going attach a 10x10 building to the side of the carport for my tools and such.

I also have a question, I am going to close the front in, but with a garage door, but since I want both trucks I want to put two doors up so the question is, would I have a enough room for two doors if my carport is an 18 x 21?
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Offline Bitzer!

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Re: trucks got a home
« Reply #77 on: May 25, 2010, 04:24:50 PM »
Hey dude - nice work  8)

You guys are real lucky- your carport is as big as my house!!
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Offline hotrod24

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Re: trucks got a home
« Reply #78 on: May 25, 2010, 05:22:08 PM »
Thanks yea it is nice to have but i find myself needing bigger lol
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Offline bobcooter

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Re: trucks got a home
« Reply #79 on: June 01, 2010, 08:10:12 PM »
Man, you have the pimpest "engine hoist" I've ever seen!  Beautiful woods too.
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Re: trucks got a home
« Reply #80 on: June 01, 2010, 10:46:51 PM »
Yea it worked for a while there is nothing like 4x4s lol
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Offline hotrod24

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Re: trucks got a home
« Reply #81 on: June 02, 2010, 02:28:30 PM »
Ok well it has been awhile but i have got alot done and remember i am doing this all mostly by myself and by hand so bare with me. lol So far i have got mostly all the rock out of the back just need to get a jack hammer for the rest and that part will be done right now i am working on the banks cutting them down, I got the brite idea to make room for a shed beside the carport so i can put my tools in there and get them out of the way sence i am going to have two trucks. anyway i thought i would update a little and show some pics











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Re: trucks got a home
« Reply #82 on: March 28, 2012, 07:31:39 PM »
OK I know it has been a while since I updated.  The last time  I updated I was finshing up and then getting ready for the retaing wall but I started thinking about having a bigger shop and that brings me to why I am doing this, when I had the 78 that was the only vehicle I had up here.  Since I got my Pontiac up here, I am running out of room, so I started digging out the bank and making more room so I can put the Pontiac there.  It does not stop there, I am also doing this so I can put a 30x26 or a 30x30 shop there and like a 10x12 tools and parts building and this 18x21 is just not enough for me and my car and truck or my future projects. Plus all my tools that I have and plan to get. Also I am doing this for muscle because I am a skinny guy lol and because I have RA and its good exercise… 









 















1980 1/2 ton shortbed project...
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