As long as it stays wet. Black is probably not a major issue with the roof on but if you keep the sprinkler going that works just as well.
turn this into personal auto shop?
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been busy working. Just started back on the shop.
I have the west side completed. Working on getting garage doors and finishing the gable ends, going up to the electric company and check requirements.
Anyone have anything bad to say about atlas lifts? I haven't ordered one yet. Don't want to spend outrageous money on one.
Was thinking about this one, www.atlasautoequipment.com/products/ateattd-9ohsc-ss-fpd/
I have the west side completed. Working on getting garage doors and finishing the gable ends, going up to the electric company and check requirements.
Anyone have anything bad to say about atlas lifts? I haven't ordered one yet. Don't want to spend outrageous money on one.
Was thinking about this one, www.atlasautoequipment.com/products/ateattd-9ohsc-ss-fpd/
My buddy has a 10k Atlas. It’s been fine for 7 years and it’s not used for hobby work… it’s almost never empty. I would recommend.
I've got an Atlas 10k bought 20+ yrs ago so not sure how it compares to today's Atlas. Think it was about $2k back then. No serious complaints but if I ever replace it will be something with more range in the arms (triple extension). I often find them to be too long or too short depending on what I'm lifting. Shorter vehicles have occasionally been difficult to get positioned well. Also doubt the rating given how it struggled with an F350 cab & chassis w/ aluminum bed. Pics here:
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the most cliched but true quote from garagejournal dot com.
laid out the columns with a straight line laser and used the dimension to space the columns. I think the baseplate(s) were not welded square to the columns as the distances forward to aft were 3/8" off. Following, I had to trim the floor cover 1/4"
after 5 days of F-ery, one call to tech at atlas, cable routing, non instruction instructions, non wiring wiring, cylinders displaced during shipping- list goes on... I got it. I even got laughed at by one salesman on the phone. I was then instructed to make a different call to a tech guy, where the conversation evolved into thrust bearings and the difference between 180 and 360 coverage. These people are idots. They only brag about how many they sell and that it was impossible for the cylinder to travel up the column if you lifted it manually. lay the column down he says, hahahah.
Anyway. One more wire adjust and it's good. If I had a famous u tube channel I would have called bend pak or whoever made in the usa makes the best lifts and told them to come take it away and I'd pay 10k for a different one. Took five days to get this picture. But,, I do have 6' of clearance under the carriage, that's always nice.
laid out the columns with a straight line laser and used the dimension to space the columns. I think the baseplate(s) were not welded square to the columns as the distances forward to aft were 3/8" off. Following, I had to trim the floor cover 1/4"
after 5 days of F-ery, one call to tech at atlas, cable routing, non instruction instructions, non wiring wiring, cylinders displaced during shipping- list goes on... I got it. I even got laughed at by one salesman on the phone. I was then instructed to make a different call to a tech guy, where the conversation evolved into thrust bearings and the difference between 180 and 360 coverage. These people are idots. They only brag about how many they sell and that it was impossible for the cylinder to travel up the column if you lifted it manually. lay the column down he says, hahahah.
Anyway. One more wire adjust and it's good. If I had a famous u tube channel I would have called bend pak or whoever made in the usa makes the best lifts and told them to come take it away and I'd pay 10k for a different one. Took five days to get this picture. But,, I do have 6' of clearance under the carriage, that's always nice.
It has been 16 years since we installed mine and they probably have changed the design & instruction manuals, but it was very straightforward. It has run like a champ since. I hope things from here on are tremendously better with your Atlas.
Not to mention parallel to each other...
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No fixed reference from either side wall that I trust with not-entirely-plumb columns in a single plane.
I would have saved probably an entire day if I had read somewhere to set a laser in the middle on the floor and line up vertical rails across the ceiling over the entire span.
I hung all thread first and let them float- added channel at the stern of each rail at the end. I think I'm more angry that I've had the doors for more than 7 days and I'm not finished. Now I have pallets of insulation in the way also. I'm six days over 1 year working on it.
I would have saved probably an entire day if I had read somewhere to set a laser in the middle on the floor and line up vertical rails across the ceiling over the entire span.
I hung all thread first and let them float- added channel at the stern of each rail at the end. I think I'm more angry that I've had the doors for more than 7 days and I'm not finished. Now I have pallets of insulation in the way also. I'm six days over 1 year working on it.
Garage doors are one of those things I always buy installed. Doesn't look overly difficult but I'm guessing experience goes a long way.
I had them installed for my main shop - and watched the installer. When I did the addition, I installed that door myself. There were a couple hiccups, but really it only took a couple hours one afternoon. A couple times it was only apparent after assembling something that I should have done things in another order. Fortunately, they weren't big backtracks.
I was a garage door installer for a couple years out of high school.
The door is set to the floor. The vertical tracks are aligned to the panels- NOT PLUMB. The horizontal tracks are leveled, but then aligned to the panels when the door is opened.
It used to take me under 5 minutes to install a residential door. Nowadays it takes me a couple hours.
The door is set to the floor. The vertical tracks are aligned to the panels- NOT PLUMB. The horizontal tracks are leveled, but then aligned to the panels when the door is opened.
It used to take me under 5 minutes to install a residential door. Nowadays it takes me a couple hours.