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    Lets hear your suggestions for a winch for a car trailer.

    I have 9500LB winch mounted on a receiver hitch on front of trailer w/ battery box & toolbox with a shelf welded in it for chains, ratchet straps etc. Use the large battery out of our RV & also bring along a good HD set of long jumper cables to jump off the truck if need be...yes... had to do...
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    Need Quick Garage Cost Info ASAP !!

    Add a bathroom... you'll be glad you did! I put in a bathroom with a shower, washer & dryer. Shower comes in handy occasionally if you have a super dirty or oily job you're working on & washer & dryer to wash all your dirty clothes in so you're not getting the wife's appliances greasy grimey!
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    David (little nut) Vs Goliath (me)

    Have you tried putting a little heat on the nut with a torch? i have found using some heat on stubborn nuts & bolts works wonders!
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    Does anyone remember these?

    Nice apparel ..... I remember the oil spouts well!!! Worked at a Skelly station & a DX station... (later turned DX Sunoco...then Sunoco. Still have some spouts laying around.
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    Blank canvas, steel sided 40x60 pole barn. Thoughts on insulating, electrical, heating???

    Since its a blank canvas... Put in a floor drain (nice for washing cars...or letting snow/ice melt off) & how about a bathroom? My shop has bat insulation with blown insulation in attic...heat with LP Gas ( maintain at 50 degrees since i have water & a bathroom) also have wood furnace that we...
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    Shop layout recommendations?

    You'll be glad you put in the bathroom... Put in a small pit & drain for washing vehicles... Really makes it nice washing vehicles in the winter... add a large cement approach outside... (to wash things off or do a quick job outside...) Deep sink out side bathroom for washing greasy hands or...
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    MOOG front end parts.

    I got Moog steering parts through OReilly's. They had to order them but only took a couple days.
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    Blank canvas, steel sided 40x60 pole barn. Thoughts on insulating, electrical, heating???

    My shop building is 40 x 80. I finished of the front 1/2 with bat insulation in the walls & blown insulation in the ceiling. Walls are covered in white steel. All wiring is outside of wall run through conduit. Lighting is T8 fluorescent. The back 1/2 was originally just going to be used for...
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    I was at The new shop today my son bought.

    Nice place!!!! NEVER have enough room!!! Is your son going to live in the house?
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    Lift Bundle End Supports repurpose thread

    Nice end pieces... I got some pieces similar to those made out of rectangular steel tubing... at a fabrication truck place i worked at... a heavy piece was shipped to us in this container...I cut the pieces I wanted off of the container & I bought a sheet of 3/8" thick steel for the top... It...
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    Brakes Pulling

    Thanks to everyone for answering to my problem...I have drum brakes front & rear... alignment was checked prior to new wheels & tires...the brakes have been on car for awhile & have been working great until I really had to stop in a hurry then just started pulling from side to side the last...
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    Brakes Pulling

    Hi... Need some advice....My 66 Barracuda front brakes have just started pulling when applied fast & hard... thought they were just out of adjustment so adjusted them up...that helped some initially. The brakes now pull to the left or the right when applied hard...(never know which way they will...
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    Decisions....Gas or Diesel

    Hi ..... I want to thank all the responses I received on my post awhile back asking for opinions on whether to buy a gas or diesel Ram 2500 truck. It was very a tough decision to make. In the end we decided to buy new vs. used... Only $3K to $5K difference between used & new once we figured in...
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    Need 4-post lift capacity recommendation

    I have a Forward 4 post 9000 LB lift....& had the company (small mom & pop company) deliver & set up for me... it was a little spendier than some models but very good quality. I really like it. I went with the 9000 LB so that I could lift 4x4 pickups, my skidloader or small tractors. I also...
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