RE: [ihc] Shop size and Shop envy

["Ed Sohm" <idaemes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll weigh in.  42 X 84, and no that isn't my pants size.  Mine is all
cemented out, but not insulated and not heated so it is not of a lot of
use this time of year.  Keeps things out of the precipitation and wind
year 'round though.  Miserable cold in the winter and miserable hot in
the summer.  Boy can I get a lot done in spring and fall.  I figured 14
vehicles will go in pretty easy even around all of my tool chests,
benches, storage shelving, parts piles, sectional sofa, desks, and IH
appliances. I could probably get 20 in if it wasn't for all the other
stuff.  Right now (well, when we are home from work) there are 8
vehicles, one tractor (Super M), one skid loader (Hydra Mac), and one 4
wheeler (Kaw Prairie 650).  There is definitely room for more if I
should decide which project needs to be in next.   

As long as I make sure there is room for the wife's car each night we
are both pretty happy. 

I may divide it roughly in half before next winter, maybe only with a
tarp.  My 150K BTU space heater won't really put a dent in the chill at
-6 degrees.  Maybe it could make half the space bearable.  I plugged a
tire for my mother-in-law last night, had to work right in front of the
heater.  Boy did my skin get dry and my ears ring.  But then I wasn't
working outside  in the dark/snow/wind either.

My quote when asked if I like my new house (bought 8/01) "There is a
house there? I bought the place for the shop!"  My wife assures me the
house meets her standards.  

Ed Sohm
Battle Creek, IA 

'71 800 B
'74 200 4X4 Travelette Camper Special
+ a bunch more


 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
Joel M Brodsky
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:12 PM
To: ihc@domain.elided
Subject: [ihc] Shop size and Shop envy


Well, well,
      Here I am pondering the windfall of having a HUGE shop enough to
actually get a truck into.  When my folks built their house out in the
toolies east of Tucson we had a bunch of cubes of extra block.  After
building a guest house, Dad asks me if I want a garage/shop.  After
measuring the Scout, the shop is 12x20.  Well, 12x20 is not even wide
enough to open the doors on the truck once I pull in, so the 'garage'
quickly became a workshop and after 9 years of buying equipment and
tools I
have barely enough room in there to change my mind.  To think some
actually
have the truck or plural or even a trailer INSIDE?  Wow, the thought.

signed,
Green in Tucson,
JoelB