Vinny I'm looking at putting one up. That is the size I want. Can you tell me how big your doors are ?
Our New Shop
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Here is mine I went a different route on the door layout same size, I needed a few more doors to get the duece and halfs worked on.
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Pretty common size these days, still too small though.
On the " front" which is 60'wide, we have a walkin door, 24x16 and a 14x14 which is lined upw ith our driveway for backing semis in.
On the "Side" which is 80' long we have a walkin door next to a 12x14' door. That door doesnt get used much, and that side is kind of close the to parlor so no huge macheinery can get manuevered over there.
We went with all overhead doors for cost reasons. They work fine, the tracks usually arent in the way either.
We havent founf ourselves wishing we have bigger doors yet. Most of the big equipment we just fold out inside.
I remember watching you build on it awhile back and couldnt remember was it a morton?
Beautiful shp either way.
Yep she is a Morton, my door size was dictated by the lving area in the corner, whcih will be the office once the house gets built. I have had to take a looooong break on working on and finishing it, I got into a battle with the land company. But all is well now and she will be finished by mid summer I hope. I'll update my thread when I get back to work on it. I have ALOT of money in materials sitting on the floor waiting to hung or anchored so I got my work cut out for me.
Morton has impressed me to say the least, there customer service was so-so but there construction crew was AMAZING they worked hard and the craftmanship is perfect. They warrantied a section of panel that got tagged by the bailer and it put a pretty good dent in it. I'm not sure why they were cutting or bailing that close to the building but I wasn't there and they had a brain fart I reckon
Morton has impressed me to say the least, there customer service was so-so but there construction crew was AMAZING they worked hard and the craftmanship is perfect. They warrantied a section of panel that got tagged by the bailer and it put a pretty good dent in it. I'm not sure why they were cutting or bailing that close to the building but I wasn't there and they had a brain fart I reckon
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We've had really good customrr service but have also spent a couplr million there over the years. We've built 10 mortons if you count all of the additions seperate. We just really like the quality of materials and work. Morton rep just left the farm, repairing some of the downspouts this spring that the ice ruined. The don't cover those but cut a pretty good deal.
Small update on some of the things going on around the shop.
Been very busy. With the amount of time it takes me to just keep track of everything, keep things stocked, source parts, source products, and keep the maintenance schedule in check, I run out of a lot of time. Looking for another helper now to take up a lot of the workload.
I've been going back through a lot of our stuff and upgrading it or getting things we never had that we needed. A good start was with reels. Extension cords dissapear the day i get new ones. So I ordered 4 reelcraft 12 gauge 45' cord reels. They will be mounted to the ceiling and spaced evenly. Next to them will be 3/8"x50 Reelcraft hose reels. only one in the pic. I'll also add another 1/2" hose reel on the other side of the shop where I do a lot of the truck tires as well. We currently have one of each size near the walkin door as shown in the picture above. I also will be adding fresh water reels for washdown.
Also got the shop toolbox some more goodies. New Ingersol Rand Quiet Impact wrench, bearing drivers, seal pullers, slide hammer, gear pullers. Just a lot of things we have been comlaining about needing for awhile and never got. I don't work out of the shop box as I have all of my own stuff so I don't always see what they are missing or need. Also got a new Alemite 18v lithium grease gun. Currently have a 12v at our other farm and 14.4 at this farm. The 12v got two new batteries the other day. The 14.4 is loosing steam so I put it away to be used when guys want to take one out to the field. That was the nicer one stays inside and not rolling around in a pickup bed getting rained on. A couple months back our DeWalt grinder disappeared. We have been less and less satisfied with them over the years. Theres a new welding show in town that is great to deal with. I had always heard great things about Metabo and they were a dealer. So I got a 4.5" quick change an 9" grinder from them. The 4.5" has a quick change nut which has a snap ring in it to keep it tight. No tools. we never use the wrench anyways but we had one guy who insisted on it which would screw up the entire cycle. Now he can't as there are no holes. It also has an anti-kick feature that stalls the motor when it sense a kick. It actually works pretty good. I also bought a bunch of Metabo wheels. we get much better life out of their grinding wheels, and we all love their Slicer cutoff wheels. They are only 0.040" thick but are tough. None of us have broken any yet. They slice through like butter.
I suppose I should also update for those who do not know my harbor frieght box got upgraded to this one.
To go along with many of the new tools. We finally build our tool room. its dual purpose. It serves to quiet the air compressor down, but will also be locked with a coded entry to store all of the more expensive tools, duplicate replacement tools, or other things of value we don't want walking off.
After years of not having an air dryer we finally put one in. It wasn't that we were cheap or lazy. Just never really thought much about it. We'd drain the lines and say oh yeah we should put in a dryer someday. Then we got the plasma cutter and decided maybe we should pursue it harder. The plasma cutter was actually a trade with another member on here. I rebuilt his transmission and he had an interest in a skid steer we had that we suspected a stripped drive plate on. We were going to scrap it but he wanted it. He had this plasma that he couldn't use since it was 480v 3phase. So we traded. its a Hypertherm Powermax 600. I do have an additional filter for it though.
I was looking for a portable water barrier to lay on the floor to channel water when washing down or when melting equipment and came across New Pig. If we could redo the shop we would put another drain down the middle of it and slop the rest of the floor to it. Problem is we read to many dirt farmer magazines with tips on how to build shops. They all liked having half of the shop level to layout things and build equipment. They don't have many pieces of equipment that need to come in the shop in the winter much less do anything else. Ours is always full of melting stuff. Anyways. When looking through their stuff I found the barrier but also started contemplating their mats. I ended up getting a roll of their absorbent mat, a package of the oil only absorbent mats, a box of oil only socks, and a roll of adhesive absorbent mat (for toolbox liners). it takes a different approach and is a bit more money, but this stuff is so much nicer than floor dry. That one grey roll will soak up over 40 gallons. A bag of floor dry does 4. YOu never get the full use out of floor dry. With these we can just pick them up, set them in the storage area I have, and get the majority of the life out of them. With floor dry nobody would want to clean it up all the way. With these pads, they aren't making a mess anyways, and cleaning them up is easy. The number one issue though is dust. Floor dry dust bothers my sinuses a lot. Very annoying. In addition to that, it gets into everything you are working on and if you drop something into the pile of floor dry then you have to try and get it all cleaned off. These pads really work best if you put them down anticipating a spill versus after the mess. When i do injectors or headgaskets I just roll out a huge chunk and lay it under the truck. When I am done I just shake the dirt off it, tear out the sections that are saturated (its perforated) and stow away the rest of it for use on another project. It still works after the spill, but you have to put some pressure on it then wipe the remainder up like its a rag.
On the cleaner side of oil, I am switching companies soon. Our current one is a mom-n-pop company that seems to operate on the "cheap/simple" motto. We use their house blends of everything and the UOA's keep coming back with some oddities espcially on viscosity which nobody can explain. I also have to stock OEM fluids to feel comfortable with machines still under warranty as I feel this company will not have the power to stand up to the dealer or OEM if an issue arises. They also do not really like the idea of change, or any of my ideas. I wanted to store all of the oil up on pallet racking or on a loft to keep it off the floor as floor space is at a prime. They wouldn't go for it. I was looking into going with a lube dispensing system and mounting reels more centralized in the shop where it would be nicer to use but they wanted it sitting right on top of the tank. The rep had looked at our needs before and I told him we had newer diesels so we needed the later 15w40 also stated we use 10w30 as diesel oil. We ended up with CI4 15w40 and an HD 10W30 that is not diesel rated nor did the VOA show it was suitable. The rep doesn't seem to know the industry very well either, enough of his stuff when you get into the terminology and makeups of fluids are a little off.
I met with the rep from another supplier who is a 1st Choice dealer for Chevron. Very nice guy, very smart retired fleet manager. I had liked the Chevron product line which was why I contacted him. They also have a new customer bonus right now. They were much more flexible on the layout I wanted and of course their products are much better which is expected for the price difference. They are very strict on quality and cannot deliver under 100 gallons in bulk due to maintaining product integrity. If you need less they just bring drums. I will also be able to get rid of the other products I have been keeping around cluttering the shop for the specific brands. Chevron has a product to meet most of our hydraulic fluid needs. They also have an ATF that will meet all of our needs. In addition to those they have a coolant that will work with Dexcool, Green, and Cat ELC. He said it turns the green coolant brown which scares some people. Its rated for 800,000 miles with no boosters. Dex-Cool compatability was my main concern. I'm not as worried about our stuff, but all of the vehicles I work on that are not the farms are Duramaxes many with picky owners. Chevron is the father of Dexcool though so I trusted their insight there. We will also be getting our DEF and some other supplies through them. Looks like it should be a good fit for a long time.
Been very busy. With the amount of time it takes me to just keep track of everything, keep things stocked, source parts, source products, and keep the maintenance schedule in check, I run out of a lot of time. Looking for another helper now to take up a lot of the workload.
I've been going back through a lot of our stuff and upgrading it or getting things we never had that we needed. A good start was with reels. Extension cords dissapear the day i get new ones. So I ordered 4 reelcraft 12 gauge 45' cord reels. They will be mounted to the ceiling and spaced evenly. Next to them will be 3/8"x50 Reelcraft hose reels. only one in the pic. I'll also add another 1/2" hose reel on the other side of the shop where I do a lot of the truck tires as well. We currently have one of each size near the walkin door as shown in the picture above. I also will be adding fresh water reels for washdown.
Also got the shop toolbox some more goodies. New Ingersol Rand Quiet Impact wrench, bearing drivers, seal pullers, slide hammer, gear pullers. Just a lot of things we have been comlaining about needing for awhile and never got. I don't work out of the shop box as I have all of my own stuff so I don't always see what they are missing or need. Also got a new Alemite 18v lithium grease gun. Currently have a 12v at our other farm and 14.4 at this farm. The 12v got two new batteries the other day. The 14.4 is loosing steam so I put it away to be used when guys want to take one out to the field. That was the nicer one stays inside and not rolling around in a pickup bed getting rained on. A couple months back our DeWalt grinder disappeared. We have been less and less satisfied with them over the years. Theres a new welding show in town that is great to deal with. I had always heard great things about Metabo and they were a dealer. So I got a 4.5" quick change an 9" grinder from them. The 4.5" has a quick change nut which has a snap ring in it to keep it tight. No tools. we never use the wrench anyways but we had one guy who insisted on it which would screw up the entire cycle. Now he can't as there are no holes. It also has an anti-kick feature that stalls the motor when it sense a kick. It actually works pretty good. I also bought a bunch of Metabo wheels. we get much better life out of their grinding wheels, and we all love their Slicer cutoff wheels. They are only 0.040" thick but are tough. None of us have broken any yet. They slice through like butter.
I suppose I should also update for those who do not know my harbor frieght box got upgraded to this one.
To go along with many of the new tools. We finally build our tool room. its dual purpose. It serves to quiet the air compressor down, but will also be locked with a coded entry to store all of the more expensive tools, duplicate replacement tools, or other things of value we don't want walking off.
After years of not having an air dryer we finally put one in. It wasn't that we were cheap or lazy. Just never really thought much about it. We'd drain the lines and say oh yeah we should put in a dryer someday. Then we got the plasma cutter and decided maybe we should pursue it harder. The plasma cutter was actually a trade with another member on here. I rebuilt his transmission and he had an interest in a skid steer we had that we suspected a stripped drive plate on. We were going to scrap it but he wanted it. He had this plasma that he couldn't use since it was 480v 3phase. So we traded. its a Hypertherm Powermax 600. I do have an additional filter for it though.
I was looking for a portable water barrier to lay on the floor to channel water when washing down or when melting equipment and came across New Pig. If we could redo the shop we would put another drain down the middle of it and slop the rest of the floor to it. Problem is we read to many dirt farmer magazines with tips on how to build shops. They all liked having half of the shop level to layout things and build equipment. They don't have many pieces of equipment that need to come in the shop in the winter much less do anything else. Ours is always full of melting stuff. Anyways. When looking through their stuff I found the barrier but also started contemplating their mats. I ended up getting a roll of their absorbent mat, a package of the oil only absorbent mats, a box of oil only socks, and a roll of adhesive absorbent mat (for toolbox liners). it takes a different approach and is a bit more money, but this stuff is so much nicer than floor dry. That one grey roll will soak up over 40 gallons. A bag of floor dry does 4. YOu never get the full use out of floor dry. With these we can just pick them up, set them in the storage area I have, and get the majority of the life out of them. With floor dry nobody would want to clean it up all the way. With these pads, they aren't making a mess anyways, and cleaning them up is easy. The number one issue though is dust. Floor dry dust bothers my sinuses a lot. Very annoying. In addition to that, it gets into everything you are working on and if you drop something into the pile of floor dry then you have to try and get it all cleaned off. These pads really work best if you put them down anticipating a spill versus after the mess. When i do injectors or headgaskets I just roll out a huge chunk and lay it under the truck. When I am done I just shake the dirt off it, tear out the sections that are saturated (its perforated) and stow away the rest of it for use on another project. It still works after the spill, but you have to put some pressure on it then wipe the remainder up like its a rag.
On the cleaner side of oil, I am switching companies soon. Our current one is a mom-n-pop company that seems to operate on the "cheap/simple" motto. We use their house blends of everything and the UOA's keep coming back with some oddities espcially on viscosity which nobody can explain. I also have to stock OEM fluids to feel comfortable with machines still under warranty as I feel this company will not have the power to stand up to the dealer or OEM if an issue arises. They also do not really like the idea of change, or any of my ideas. I wanted to store all of the oil up on pallet racking or on a loft to keep it off the floor as floor space is at a prime. They wouldn't go for it. I was looking into going with a lube dispensing system and mounting reels more centralized in the shop where it would be nicer to use but they wanted it sitting right on top of the tank. The rep had looked at our needs before and I told him we had newer diesels so we needed the later 15w40 also stated we use 10w30 as diesel oil. We ended up with CI4 15w40 and an HD 10W30 that is not diesel rated nor did the VOA show it was suitable. The rep doesn't seem to know the industry very well either, enough of his stuff when you get into the terminology and makeups of fluids are a little off.
I met with the rep from another supplier who is a 1st Choice dealer for Chevron. Very nice guy, very smart retired fleet manager. I had liked the Chevron product line which was why I contacted him. They also have a new customer bonus right now. They were much more flexible on the layout I wanted and of course their products are much better which is expected for the price difference. They are very strict on quality and cannot deliver under 100 gallons in bulk due to maintaining product integrity. If you need less they just bring drums. I will also be able to get rid of the other products I have been keeping around cluttering the shop for the specific brands. Chevron has a product to meet most of our hydraulic fluid needs. They also have an ATF that will meet all of our needs. In addition to those they have a coolant that will work with Dexcool, Green, and Cat ELC. He said it turns the green coolant brown which scares some people. Its rated for 800,000 miles with no boosters. Dex-Cool compatability was my main concern. I'm not as worried about our stuff, but all of the vehicles I work on that are not the farms are Duramaxes many with picky owners. Chevron is the father of Dexcool though so I trusted their insight there. We will also be getting our DEF and some other supplies through them. Looks like it should be a good fit for a long time.
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Yes they do. Looks like they're prices may have come down even. I though I remembered the same air hose reel bein 450 a few years ago, now its only 330.
Got the new lube setup in today.
http://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/showthread.php?p=705549#post705549
http://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/showthread.php?p=705549#post705549