Here We Go Again - Page 30

BigLew · #**291** 05-06-2007, 05:21 PM

Speaking of the bathroom scale!
I recently saw a trick for determining the tongue weight of a trailer using one. The trick was to take a stout enough board and a brick or two. Set one end of the board on the brick and then set the tongue of the trailer 1 ft. to the side of it on the board. Then place the scale 3 or 4 ft. from the brick depending on the mecanical advantage you need to reduce the tongue weight so that the resulting reading is within the range of the scale. Then multiple the reading on the scale by the ratio of the number of feet from the brick to the scale. ex. scale 4 ft. from brick with reading of 100 lb. would work out to 400 lb. tongue weight. Not surprising, but ingenius!

strick · #**292** 05-07-2007, 01:53 AM

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How much does the bracket weigh?

I bought a digital bathroom scale today. I needed one anyway. I wish I had never stepped on it. The bracket weighs 142.3 pounds.

strick

warthog5 · #**293** 05-08-2007, 08:19 AM

OK Never minad all that stuff.

How big is the Shop going to be? 40 X 60

RingLeader · #**294** 05-09-2007, 01:48 AM

I got a small taste of an afternoon in the life of Strick today. My girls went to Mouse World without me, so I got to come home from work and sand/grind fiberglass for 4 hours. What big fun. If I had 2 or 3 afternoons a week to do stuff like that, I'd be going fishing on Friday instead of just now bringing the boat to the painters shop.

strick · #**295** 05-09-2007, 03:21 AM

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OK Never minad all that stuff. How big is the Shop going to be? 40 X 60

It's going to be 30x30. Thats the biggest the city will let me put on the property which is zoned residental. That and the 18x32 carport were the 23 is going to live should give me enough room to get what I need to get done. I figure the 20sf will fit into the shop. It will have two 10 foot roll up doors and a couple walk in doors and windows. It's not going to be anything super fancy but rather a place to store all my junk and get a little work done. Tomorrow evening we will be forming up the footings.

strick

warthog5 · #**296** 05-09-2007, 12:07 PM

It's not big enough. A center console with T-top will not go thru a 10ft tall door.

I have a 30 X 30 X 14 tall. This is so I can have a 12ft tall roll up door.

My boat will not fit now. I will fit with the height, but the boat on the trailer is now 33ft long.

I just have 1 door. 14wide X 12ft tall. This leaves room for tool's and work bench's along the walls.

I have a elect outlet every 6ft along the walls. I only use 25ft ext cords. Any longer and they are always tangled.

It had to go in at a angle to work around the boat with a 30X30 and no bracket on it yet + pulled forward on the trailer.

SOS · #**297** 05-09-2007, 01:48 PM

Absolutely amazing work! I have a 20 that will need some work in the next year or two but I dont have the skills to pull that off.

Very nice job!
SOS

BigMike8o9 · #**298** 05-11-2007, 12:52 PM

One thing that would help is to put the door to one side. I find that buildings are like boats. You will always wish you whent a bit bigger. My building is fifty feet long. I kick myself for not going with a sixty foot.
Maybe I will ad another next to it.
I have three storage containers all 40 ft but they are full. Time to start the two year rule. If I haven't used it in two years it should go. Problem last time with that rule is my wife thought since we had extra room she could get more stuff. She never get rid of anything.

Mako224 · #**299** 05-30-2007, 08:43 PM

What happened?????? Bumping this to the top hoping for an update.

strick · #**300** 05-31-2007, 10:53 AM

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What happened?????? Bumping this to the top hoping for an update.

Sorry the lack of activity on this project. I've been taking a little break from the boat to go fishing and have been working on a new shop as well. I should be back in the saddle soon.

strick