wonder what people that go to fastenal would buy nextdoor if it were convenient?
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Redneck stuffâŚ
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coffee, ham biscuits in the morning and boars head hot dogs at lunch. Or just a lunchtruck space lease! Youll have water and power onsite, no extra building cost. Maybe a slab. Hands off revenue.
How about at least two mean dogs for security?
I have an overweight chocolate lab and a German Shepherd thatâs afraid of her own shadow.
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Two mean dogs for security and to discipline out of line employees.
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3 words. Rocket mass heater. YouTube it. Fascinating.
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Lanair ducted waste oil burner. Rated for twice the square footage of the shop Iâm planning on. So when I expand I can duct the new shop in.
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Big question is who all is gonna drive over and spend a weekend building it with me? I could have all of the concrete and trusses set lol
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Looks good. How many O/H truck doors will you have?
Good call, you canât have too much racking. I strongly suggest using Google sketch up. You can download 3D racking models, your trucks, forklifts, shop tools, even office furniture, all to scale, directly into your plans. We found it very useful in planning our shop, and use it even now when reorganizing or planning on storage needs of new equipment. Do you have the height for a mezzanine over your offices?
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Super slick!
Just 1 large shop door. The shops big enough to turn around and stage vehicles. Definitely doing this!!! Cool man!
You have height for mezzanine? Even you just deck it and put a railing and put small parts up there, would be the way to go. We put our offices upstairs, which we donât use much, and small parts below.
Yes I plan on having some storage and a man cave area on top of the office area. But being a full time safety officer and firefighter I know the risks of packing too many combustibles in an area. Would put me out of business if the shop went up in the middle of winter!
Leave that cat there.
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That would scare criminals off! Look like a giant rat running around!
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I would put the office to a front corner of the building if it were me⌠and i understand one large door idea, but there is no way it would be conveient not have multiple smaller doors⌠or atleast 1 bigger door and some smaller doors for each vechile that will be in there. Just cause there is room to manuever a Vehicle doesnt mean you will do it easily⌠how long is that new truck???
If your going all out i would do a door on the back side to enter and then pull through, like a fire house is set up more or less. Atleast for the big trucks and trailered rigsâŚsmaller ones arent hard to back in or out.
If i would recommend something to add for a shop, it would be to make sure you have an area hidden from plain view (privacy fenced) where junk can go. You going to accumulate stuff, your likely to keep stuff for spares or repairs⌠dont have it in sight. Maybe you have this in mind anyway to store plows or something.
Me just scrolling thru kind of quick looks like you have things planned out.
Oh and a nursery⌠so your kids can come chill and do cool stuff with their dad and then nap and play.
The back wall there the trucks are lined up will be where the shop is added onto later. That shop will have a few doors as well as a door from the shop seen here to the new. Trucks wonât come and go much at all so Iâm not worried about quick access.
The big truck will sit right inside of the bay door. Will just pull it out if we need to get vehicles in and out.
My hope is that nothing is stored outside. Plows are 7-8 grand each. They will sit on pallets on the commercial shelving up in the air. Itâs basically a big storage shed with a vehicle lift and wash bay. And some warehouse racks.
Weâre going to start buying brand new F250 trucks so if they need worked on they will be at ford. Just want them inside and clean when we need them.
The option to add an addition will just be strictly vehicle storage. We may be taking on many Walmartâs for plowing next seasons. If we do the shop will be %100 a go.
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