Why not just put casters on the gantry?
Randy
On 16/10/2021 10:20 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote:
The picture shows my solution. One could use four furniture dollys.
Probably not tall enough for general engine removal. With lumber costs
being what they are, my take on it would be
> The picture shows my solution. One could use four furniture dollys.
Probably not tall enough for general engine removal. With lumber costs
being what they are, my take on it would be considerably more rustic:
tree trunks from the woodlot. Pecker poles for bracing, probably 4 of
them. Two
My dad said it like this: "engage brain before back".
On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 9:39 PM G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> I almost always work by myself, so moving a dead car onto a rack, or around
> the shop is a pain.
> That's why my rule is make it easy, straight in, straight out, and use your
>
Another neat trick is a movable chain fall.
Not really necessary if you're just rolling scrap cars in, lifting the
engines, and rolling them back out, but the bee's knees for remove and
reinstall.
I've seen two ways of doing that.
One guy put an upright pole in wheel bearings, with an arm
Good point.
A friend probably paid about as much for his 4' racks as I paid for my
MBZ collection. OTOH, in the past he's forklifted RX-7s onto those
racks, but not the ones along the walls. Actually, I'm not sure if any
of his racks are on the walls, or if he can walk around all of them to
ick
>
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Okie shop
>
> All the pallet racking I am seeing on Fakebook at Craigslist appears to be
>
: [MBZ] Okie shop
All the pallet racking I am seeing on Fakebook at Craigslist appears to be a
fortune
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> On Oct 14, 2021, at 9:39 PM, G Mann via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I almost always work by myself, so moving a dead car onto a rack, or around
> the shop is a
All the pallet racking I am seeing on Fakebook at Craigslist appears to be a
fortune
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> On Oct 14, 2021, at 9:39 PM, G Mann via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I almost always work by myself, so moving a dead car onto a rack, or around
> the shop is a pain.
> That's why my rule is
I almost always work by myself, so moving a dead car onto a rack, or around
the shop is a pain.
That's why my rule is make it easy, straight in, straight out, and use your
concrete drill to drive a thread insert to mount a pull point for a
electric winch then let your finger pull in the car..
It is older heavy duty rack, not bent [do NOT buy bent rack, it will hurt
you] the paint is crappy, so it's not pretty, but it's solid. I got the
whole batch for $350. Later went back and bought more cross beams [to make
more shelves.. another $250. So, all in $600.
You need a helper to set up the
There are 2 other overhead doors, but the 2 smaller ones are right
across from each other at the back as seen in the photos. Neither of
those would work very well for straight in.
On 10/14/2021 9:28 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
Yes, straight in, straight out, to the lift, with a winch to
Yes, straight in, straight out, to the lift, with a winch to pull a dead
car, instead of breaking your back trying to push it in, or out.
I also suggest you add a second door, and move the angled lift to line up
with the second door [Presuming there is clear space for access outside
where the door
How much did you have to pay for it?
On 10/14/2021 9:21 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
The tractor should work just fine.
I bet there is a local company that deals in used pallet racking. That is
how I found mine. Presently have 110 ft of 12 ft high x 34 in deep rack, so
with the first shelf 4
The tractor should work just fine.
I bet there is a local company that deals in used pallet racking. That is
how I found mine. Presently have 110 ft of 12 ft high x 34 in deep rack, so
with the first shelf 4 ft high [leaves room for tall heavy stuff down low]
the rest are spaced 2 ft up. That 110
So your vote is to put in inside the door on the left side, rather than
angling it on the right side of the shop to the left of the other lift?
I am thinking this would give me more room to work if needed.
On 10/14/2021 9:13 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
The other suggestion I would make is
The other suggestion I would make is to place the lift in line with the
garage door so it's easy to get a car in the shop and on the lift, THEN...
bolt an attachment point to the floor to mount a winch, and at the other
end of the lift area, a second bolt attachment point to attach a winch
pulley,
I have been somewhat keeping an eye out for pallet racks, but need to
step up the search. Don't need a fork lift as the tractor will lift as
high as I would want to go.
On 10/14/2021 9:01 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
The best investment I've made is to buy a good size load of industrial
The best investment I've made is to buy a good size load of industrial
grade used pallet rack, with cross beams and floor panels. Then, buy a fork
lift that works to lift heavy stuff up on the shelves.
The pallet rack I have is 12 ft tall, the fork lift I have will lift 12
ft. Bolt the pallet
If I wanted to get really fancy, I could probably build a second level on one
side, cars park under and a storage loft above.
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> On Oct 14, 2021, at 8:18 PM, Kaleb Striplin wrote:
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> Yea probably will eventually
>
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>> On Oct 14, 2021, at 7:25
Yea probably will eventually
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> On Oct 14, 2021, at 7:25 PM, OK Don via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> Throw up a quick and dirty pole barn for the running cars - keep them out
> of the shop.
>
>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 6:41 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
>>
Throw up a quick and dirty pole barn for the running cars - keep them out
of the shop.
On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 6:41 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I think putting it straight in the door would be easier to get a non opp
> car on it and would probably net more
Yep. Next I should post pics of the barn. It’s crammed full of parts
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> On Oct 14, 2021, at 7:08 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> We need an OkieQ to clean that building out.
>
> AZBob
>
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>> On Oct 14, 2021, at 4:58 PM, Clay via
We did that when we moved out here, but most of this stuff is Mercedes parts
that I may or may not ever need
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> On Oct 14, 2021, at 6:48 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021, at 7:41 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> The hardest part is
We need an OkieQ to clean that building out.
AZBob
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> On Oct 14, 2021, at 4:58 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote:
>
> I posted my horde of benz bits on CL for pennies on the dollar. Got a few
> hundred bucks for a box truck full of goodies. And that was for parts I had
>
Every time I have tried to sell small items on CL or eBay it has ended up being
more work and hassle than was anywhere close to being worth the time for the
money.
If you have stuff you haven't touched in 5 - 10 years (some would say less),
unless it is some kind of family heirloom/keepsake,
I posted my horde of benz bits on CL for pennies on the dollar. Got a few
hundred bucks for a box truck full of goodies. And that was for parts I had no
car they fit on.
clay
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims
may be the most oppressive…those who
On Thu, Oct 14, 2021, at 7:41 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> The hardest part is figuring out what to do with all the crap.
Get a big roll-off dumpster delivered and start filling it.
Did that about 5 years ago at the house and need to do it again.
Allan
The hardest part is figuring out what to do with all the crap. I have a couple
of additional shelving units to put it but I don’t think even that will be
enough.
I think putting it straight in the door would be easier to get a non opp car on
it and would probably net more room to work around
Place it so that it is easiest to get a car on it, especially if it can't
move under its own steam. Also, minimized the available space for cramming
in other cars - the fewer in there at one time, the more room (easier) to
work on those that are there.
Sheesh, that mess looks a LOT like my hangar
I was thinking of angling it to the left of that other lift, toward the smaller
door. If I do it to the right it will be a real tight turn trying to get it in.
If I do it straight in, if far enough in I would have room to park cars behind
it and should have room to the right to get around it
Angle it in to the right of that other lift?
--FT
On 10/14/21 4:38 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
Here are some pics of the Okie shop after I moved most of the cars out. As you
can see, I have a ton of crap to go thru, clean out, and organize. In the pic
you see a 126 on the
I had terrible water problems in our basement until I reworked the gutter on
the back of our house. It needs more tuning but has helped greatly. We used to
have water in the basement every single time it rained, now we only get
intrusions during the worst storms.
Curt
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An open ditch or swale is fine, it’s just pasture anyway. I first need to clean
the area out as it has become the scrap pile for things needing to go to the
scrap yard or dump
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> On Jul 11, 2021, at 3:06 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> You need gutters on the
You need gutters on the roof with drains to carry the water to lower ground.
If there is a path to lower ground and you don't mind an open ditch that would
be easiest. Maybe a more gentle "swale" you could plant grass in so it isn't so
ugly as an open dirt ditch.
Allan
On Sun, Jul 11, 2021,
It would be, only they would be “Okie drains”.
-D
> On Jul 11, 2021, at 1:53 PM, greg via Mercedes wrote:
>
> My house in the PNW has "French Drains" which prevent my garage from
> flooding. What you are describing sounds like basically the same thing.
>
>
>
>> Yeah dig a trench around
We had big rains some years ago and Angie asked if I was worried about
flooding. I explained that if we flooded Boston would be 900 feet under water...
Curt
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On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 12:03 AM, Allan Streib via
Mercedes wrote: My house is on high ground.
My house in the PNW has "French Drains" which prevent my garage from
flooding. What you are describing sounds like basically the same thing.
> Yeah dig a trench around the perimeter of the building, put in some
> gravel then a drain pipe with gravel over, then connect it to a drain
> going out
Yeah dig a trench around the perimeter of the building, put in some
gravel then a drain pipe with gravel over, then connect it to a drain
going out to your retention pond or ditch or whatever. Kind of a
reverse septic field. You want to get the water from around the building.
--FT
On
Probably, and then you wouldn’t have an open ditch to deal with.
-D
> On Jul 11, 2021, at 10:14 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> You think that would be better than just cutting a drainage ditch to let it
> drain?
>
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>> On Jul 11, 2021, at 9:05 AM, dan
You think that would be better than just cutting a drainage ditch to let it
drain?
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> On Jul 11, 2021, at 9:05 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> Get a roll of drain tubing and rent a Ditch Witch for a day. Run a drain
> tile from that area out to the road or
Get a roll of drain tubing and rent a Ditch Witch for a day. Run a drain tile
from that area out to the road or to the pond.
-D
> On Jul 11, 2021, at 10:02 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I was talking the neighbor the other day and he said he didn’t understand why
> they
I was talking the neighbor the other day and he said he didn’t understand why
they didn’t build the pond in that area behind the shop where all the water
runs too instead of at the opposite end of the property. I should look into
building another one. I wonder how much that costs.
The levees
Hope you get that figured out, sounds pretty miserable. Are you allowed to
dig out a big pond / drainage area? I'd think about that, create a nice
big pond, and then all that dirt that is dug out can be used to build up
your levees and such to keep water out of the shop. May need to use some
My house is on high ground. After dealing with 4' of water in my basement in
Chicago, I will never buy on low ground again. Somehow the furnace was OK but I
had to replace water heater, washer, and dryer and throw out a lot of stuff
that was stored down there.
Allan
On Sat, Jul 10, 2021, at
Went out to the shop just now and it’s got an inch or 2 of water in it. On the
back side of the shop there is an overhead door that I never use. In the
pasture behind that the water from the back average drains in that area toward
the road. There is some dirt work done next to the shop,
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