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Russell

Russell

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I've got a 26x50 (outside dimensions) shop with a 16' ceiling height on the place I just moved into. I'm working on how I am going to set everything up inside of it. I've got a 4 post lift for vehicle storage and I will be adding a 2 post lift for working on stuff. The mezzanine was put in by the previous owner. It's 8 feet by 25'. I can tuck all my work benches, tool boxes, press, drill press, welder and band saw in underneath the space of the mezzanine and will use the top for storage. I have 6.5' between the benches and the 4 post lift to park the lawn mower and the jet ski. I'll add a 10' wide by 9' tall overhead door to the side of the building to access the lift. My escalade will go on top and the Chevelle goes in underneath. Then I have about 24' between the 4 post and the existing 16' wide by 14' tall overhead door. I figured I'd set it up so I had 8 feet between the 4 post and the front of the 2 post. I plan to buy a 10k asymmetrical lift and at the largest would lift a crew cab long box truck with it. Following the 70% behind, 30% up front on an asymmetrical lift that leaves me about 1.5' in front of the biggest vehicle I'd ever be lifting and nearly 4' in front of the vehicle I'd most often be lifting (the escalade). I'd position the lift so the inside edge of the post closest to the wall is about even with the overhead door opening. That would leave me about 10' wide by 24' deep for parking my skid steer and my compact tractor beside the lift. My pickup would get parked between the 2 post lift or under the 4 post lift with the Chevelle up tops if the caddy is on the 2 post.

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Thoughts? Anything you'd do different?

The plan is to sheet the walls and ceilings with white PCV paneling and install a bunch of high lumen LED high bay fixtures on the roof and some smaller wall units to replace the brutal CFL bulbs installed right now. Place is downright dark as is with the OSB sheeting and about 300w of lighting throughout.

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My only comment is when you put the two post in make sure there is enough room on both sides to pull a axle shaft out before it hits a wall .
 
i would not like to go around the 4 post lift when i need my press / work bench / toolbox / and other stuff . maybe flip flop the lift positions if it was me .

and yes a 10k lift of a QUALITY brand not china crap will pick a crew cab long bed diesel but i would go to a 12k lift since you have 16ft tall inside . that extra 2k of lift gets you in a better class of lifts and strength .

my shop had the 9 or 10k 2 post eagle / china level lift in it and it picks my buddys 03 cclb dmax and got another 15 or 16 ccsb cummins up 3-4 ft before it was starting to get cranky and i stopped since it was up to the point we could work on it anyway for tires off and brakes .

otherwise NICE size shop :saweet:
 
I was looking at running a BendPak 10k asymmetrical with extra height. Its ALI certified and a good quality lift. I would never be lifting more than my crew short diesel truck on a regular basis. The idea behind the asymmetrical is that I can put the posts further into the shop to allow for more maneuverability to park stuff in the empty half of the shop beside it. I don't think you can get asymmetrical in anything bigger than 10k. I don't know if my concrete floor will be sufficient for a lift bigger than 10k anyways.
 
I should also mention that the 4 post lift is on castors. It can be pushed around to make more room for putting vehicles on the 2 post lift if needed.
 
i get your plan . that was just my 20+ years in working shops and finding what shop flow is good and bad.

bend pack is decent these days . they might be ALI cert but there also making lot of them and other brands over seas now . my buddy has a 12k bendpack under 2 years old . its good but you can tell the overseas level of q.c. on parts .
 
Russell said:
I should also mention that the 4 post lift is on castors. It can be pushed around to make more room for putting vehicles on the 2 post lift if needed.
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those are really handy, I use mine more often than I would like to admit.
 
Finally getting this pulled together now. I pulled in 6 new 240V outlets throughout the shop (3x 50A, 2x 25A and 1x 15A) for my compressor, lifts and welder / plasma cutter. Added a 9' tall by 10' wide overhead door on the side of the shop, built out walls under the mezzanine and added a pile of 120V 15A outlets. Added about 200,000 lumens of lighting to the ceiling and another 25,000 in the shop space. Got my cabinets up and my work bench in today then got the hoist positioned in front of the new side access door. Got it levelled out and set up properly, but I apparently spilled a bunch of oil transporting it as it only went up about half way before it started sucking air into the pump... I've got a bucket of oil on the way to top it up. The wide angle lens makes the caddy look like it is basically at the roof, but it still has another 4' of clearance in this pic.

I'm going to re-do the roof lighting a bit. Remove the light that sits right above the lift and move it over to the far position and add one more light as well. It is fairly dark on the work space side of the shop with a vehicle up on the lift with the single light. Three over there would be much better. I've also got a bunch more lights to put up under the mezzanine and to replace the remaining incandescent lights on the walls.

Goal is to get everything put away over the next week or so then bring the Chevelle down from my father's place over in a couple weeks when we head up to visit. Still need to put a proper railing on the mezzanine and the stairs and add a 2 post lift next summer, but I'm getting close to finishing up. Still deciding if I want to spend another 10k and put PVC sheeting up over top of the OSB. I sure dislike OSB and particularly painted OSB... That would be a lot of truck and car parts for something that is pretty much purely cosmetic...

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Nice shop. The only thing I can add is that if you are planning on lifting mostly trucks I would not do an asymmetrical 2 post. Heavy trucks should be lifted on a symmetrical 2 post to keep the weight centered on the posts.
 
Painted OSB with a good quality paint seems to work well. I could forgive a whole lot of looks vs. the cost of paint vs. the cost of covering all with something else.

Besides banners and stickers and parts hanging from the wall covers up all the bad looking OSB anyway.
 
Russell said:
Finally getting this pulled together now. I pulled in 6 new 240V outlets throughout the shop (3x 50A, 2x 25A and 1x 15A) for my compressor, lifts and welder / plasma cutter. Added a 9' tall by 10' wide overhead door on the side of the shop, built out walls under the mezzanine and added a pile of 120V 15A outlets. Added about 200,000 lumens of lighting to the ceiling and another 25,000 in the shop space. Got my cabinets up and my work bench in today then got the hoist positioned in front of the new side access door. Got it levelled out and set up properly, but I apparently spilled a bunch of oil transporting it as it only went up about half way before it started sucking air into the pump... I've got a bucket of oil on the way to top it up. The wide angle lens makes the caddy look like it is basically at the roof, but it still has another 4' of clearance in this pic.

I'm going to re-do the roof lighting a bit. Remove the light that sits right above the lift and move it over to the far position and add one more light as well. It is fairly dark on the work space side of the shop with a vehicle up on the lift with the single light. Three over there would be much better. I've also got a bunch more lights to put up under the mezzanine and to replace the remaining incandescent lights on the walls.

Goal is to get everything put away over the next week or so then bring the Chevelle down from my father's place over in a couple weeks when we head up to visit. Still need to put a proper railing on the mezzanine and the stairs and add a 2 post lift next summer, but I'm getting close to finishing up. Still deciding if I want to spend another 10k and put PVC sheeting up over top of the OSB. I sure dislike OSB and particularly painted OSB... That would be a lot of truck and car parts for something that is pretty much purely cosmetic...

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Why not just drywall? Should be way cheaper than PVC, though not as easy to hanger stuff on it.
 
Just paint it white and buy a lot of cool old crap to hang on the walls.

I am putting in my Bendpak 10k symmetrical lift this weekend. Can't wait to lift something.
 
jake 03 said:
Nice shop. The only thing I can add is that if you are planning on lifting mostly trucks I would not do an asymmetrical 2 post. Heavy trucks should be lifted on a symmetrical 2 post to keep the weight centered on the posts.
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I'd prefer symmetrical, but I think it'll be more dictated by the depth of the bay in the shop. I've only got 26' between the beam of the 4 post and the overhead door.

Painting the OSB would work to brighten the place up a bunch, and it is reasonably tough. The shop is heated, but only to about 60F in the winter. I just really think it looks super cheap and it holds dirt like crazy with how rough the surface is. That's super obvious when it is painted white. I originally wanted to put tin sheeting up, but the tariffs have made that cost prohibitive. I got three quotes over $30,000 cnd for material alone. The PCV is about $7k cnd and produced locally.
 
So what about pulling off the OSB on the ceilings and walls high on the walls and then leave the OSB like 8 to 10' or something on the sides. Then sheet rock the ceilings and the walls up high it's gonna look tons better and then leave the osb were you need to attach things to.
 
Don’t waste your time and money, paint it white and hang cool shit on the walls like Wade said.

Nobody is going to go into your shop and say “ Oh I couldn’t work in here with that OSB”

You will be progressing on projects and fun a lot sooner that way! :waytogo:
 
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