y5mgisi
1 ton status
Im guessing like 9ft?
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How wide are our trucks with the doors open?
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Is this needed for something official, or just curious?
I will be working around mine tomorrow, I can try and get a decent measurement if you need it.
Unofficially, the truck is 1 hair too wide no matter where you are that you need to open the door fully. Garage, parking lot, next to a tree, you name it. Too wide.
I will be working around mine tomorrow, I can try and get a decent measurement if you need it.
Unofficially, the truck is 1 hair too wide no matter where you are that you need to open the door fully. Garage, parking lot, next to a tree, you name it. Too wide.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
lol got it! No its just future garage planning. So mostly just curiosity until i can measure one of mine.
Probably about 10' plus with them big old doors open. i think we are about 80" wide just with the body/bumpers out to out,
dang it now you got me interested be right back
12 feet, I am probably off by a couple inches but for all intents and purposes 12 feet is pretty close
Also thats with the doors at rest, the can open probably another 2 inches each side if you hold them as far out as you can get them.
13 feet should allow opening both doors at the same time with no issues
Also thats with the doors at rest, the can open probably another 2 inches each side if you hold them as far out as you can get them.
13 feet should allow opening both doors at the same time with no issues
Yep, big wing span for sure.
badmix
1/2 ton status
just remember, there is no such thing as "too much garage" , bigger is always better. 
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Thanks for checking! Yipes thats wide! Whats sad is that my current garage is only 11'6 wide! 
Im wanting enough room to have both doors open and room to walk around them. For at least one truck. So i would say probably 20' wide?
Im wanting enough room to have both doors open and room to walk around them. For at least one truck. So i would say probably 20' wide?
just remember, there is no such thing as "too much garage" , bigger is always better.
Yep! I can't wait to move! Not happening soon though. Im going to have a shop or an attached motor home garage. There are a bunch of houses on my side of town that have them.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
My ideal garage would be something like this...
y5mgisi
1 ton status
This is the house plans we are currently looking at (although it will be a year or two before we can build) and im trying to figure out if i will at least be satisfied enough with this setup to where i can talk myself out of needing a shop. Cause if i dont need a shop, thats about $20k-$30k worth of either less money, more land, or more house/options.
Too much is not enough. Remember all those pesky yard tools Christmas decorations etc etc etc. It adds up. I am building a 12x16 shed right now to get some more space back in my garage
More. My vote is for ~24' wide.
My shop is 18' wide so probably 17'-ish of interior width. I have a 2.5' deep bench on one side and 18" deep shelving on the other and I could NOT easily walk around my truck with both doors open.
Mines 26x36, and not large enough. And that is moving from a house with a single car carport converted to a garage.
I now also have a two car attached garage that I've filled. I've got five "bays" total, four vehicles, and yet two live outside now. To my credit, three of those four are full size cars/trucks. Athough I'm less than organized, when you add in the riding mower(s), project car, project truck, trailer, arc/mig/oxy/acetylene welders, bandsaw, drillpress, work bench, parts washer, table saw, spare cases of various petrochemicals, router, rolling tool box, engine hoist, floor jack, jackstands, compressor, fridge, spare wood and steel, cabinets, shelving, spare trans and t-case(s), motor(s), etc. that you invariably "need" to do your own projects, it gets cramped way too fast. That's not including all the spare parts I've put up in the rafters for when you can't get stuff in the wrecking yards anymore. A sink with hot water would be nice too. If you can't clean your hands off and take your shoes off, and you work on stuff as filthy as I do, you'll bring it in the house with you. At least with the detached, the grease tends to stay out there. No one complains about grease fingerprints on the door.
A true two story shop would be far more functional, with a stairwell so that storing and accessing things up there is easier. Still going to end up with the heavy stuff on the ground floor. Detached also isolates some of the noise from grinding, cutting, etc. that might be objectionable if someone was in the same building trying to sleep, watch a movie, etc. Smell from chemicals is another factor.
I did think intially that having a detached garage would be problematic/annoying, but other than being cold (not done insulating it yet) in the winter, I prefer it that way now. Additionally, since the detached garage doesn't need natural sunlight like a living space (IMO) it is pretty well buried in the trees, which keeps it far cooler than the house in the summer.
If you are an immaculate/anal person when it comes to organization, an attached shop would probably be ok. But there are times that things need laid out (like rebuilding a transmission) and there is no substitute for a flat, covered space.
I now also have a two car attached garage that I've filled. I've got five "bays" total, four vehicles, and yet two live outside now. To my credit, three of those four are full size cars/trucks. Athough I'm less than organized, when you add in the riding mower(s), project car, project truck, trailer, arc/mig/oxy/acetylene welders, bandsaw, drillpress, work bench, parts washer, table saw, spare cases of various petrochemicals, router, rolling tool box, engine hoist, floor jack, jackstands, compressor, fridge, spare wood and steel, cabinets, shelving, spare trans and t-case(s), motor(s), etc. that you invariably "need" to do your own projects, it gets cramped way too fast. That's not including all the spare parts I've put up in the rafters for when you can't get stuff in the wrecking yards anymore. A sink with hot water would be nice too. If you can't clean your hands off and take your shoes off, and you work on stuff as filthy as I do, you'll bring it in the house with you. At least with the detached, the grease tends to stay out there. No one complains about grease fingerprints on the door.
A true two story shop would be far more functional, with a stairwell so that storing and accessing things up there is easier. Still going to end up with the heavy stuff on the ground floor. Detached also isolates some of the noise from grinding, cutting, etc. that might be objectionable if someone was in the same building trying to sleep, watch a movie, etc. Smell from chemicals is another factor.
I did think intially that having a detached garage would be problematic/annoying, but other than being cold (not done insulating it yet) in the winter, I prefer it that way now. Additionally, since the detached garage doesn't need natural sunlight like a living space (IMO) it is pretty well buried in the trees, which keeps it far cooler than the house in the summer.
If you are an immaculate/anal person when it comes to organization, an attached shop would probably be ok. But there are times that things need laid out (like rebuilding a transmission) and there is no substitute for a flat, covered space.
454Sub
5/8 ton status
Even a 40x60 is going to fill up with the hobbies we have. Its a sad but true fact. Right now I use a 30x40 at my dads, and it has a lawnmower, a 88 Camaro and two 88 250R race ready 4 wheelers and I couldnt put a valve stem in that mess without tripping on it. So the driveway has 2 90 Suburbans with 40s in various states of running, 1 89 3500 with a 454, and 1 89 3500 dually with a 12in lift and a 454/465 plus the 5 or so other daily drivers that are over there. Which is why I enjoy my house so much, as it has just one car in the driveway.
Lesson in learn here is to find the absolute largest building you can both afford and that fits on your parcel of land, buy it, build it, and realize for the rest of your life its about half what you want and need, and then carry on.
Lesson in learn here is to find the absolute largest building you can both afford and that fits on your parcel of land, buy it, build it, and realize for the rest of your life its about half what you want and need, and then carry on.
I have a 30x50 and its not big enough.
badmix
1/2 ton status
Its funny we talking about garages. We all have the "lotto" dreams and come up with what we would do with the money. My dream always revolves around a garage, not necessarily the house, lol.
my garage would have a nice stainless bathroom, lil office with computer and snack area, atleast 2 lifts, one drive on and one conventional arm lift, the latest hightech equipment, killer sound system with big screens all over. lol.
my garage would have a nice stainless bathroom, lil office with computer and snack area, atleast 2 lifts, one drive on and one conventional arm lift, the latest hightech equipment, killer sound system with big screens all over. lol.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Very good talk here fellas. I had also planned for having a shed around 12 by 8 built to store all the yard equipment and the like. We would be intentionally building a house that had a room that probably no one would love in for all the holiday decorations and her sewing machine and all that other stupid house stuff. I too couldn't care less about the house. If it was up to me I would have a 500 sqft house witha studio aapartment style layout and a shop at least 80x60! But, I'm married. And even if I weren't society would probably peg me as a crack pot if I did something like that. The more I think about it and read what you guys have said, I think I need something like 24x36 minimum to work on two trucks. And I would still probably need a shed.
