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Making it all fit (garage pics)

mimico_polak said:
I'm embarrassed of my garage space currently but will take a photo and post later in the day. Full of cardboard from the kids' playground and gazebo. Lot of potential though.
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Haha, when we were moving in, we had no need for a dining room so that was where the cardboard went. The entire room shoulder deep in boxes. The garage was useful space, the dining room wasn't. Eventually took 4'x8'x6' of flattened cardboard to dump. Since then, I just burn most large boxes as the dump is far and bundling for the truck sucks.
 
OverRyde said:
"It's too small" .....

yeah ok...
#jealous

lol
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Well compared to having a garage just for toys and a separate 800 ft for work it will feel very cramped. He did remarkably well getting everything to fit without screwing up the space entirely.
 
GreyGhost said:
Well compared to having a garage just for toys and a separate 800 ft for work it will feel very cramped. He did remarkably well getting everything to fit without screwing up the space entirely.
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i know, hence the #jealous! just being funny/sarcastic

My little single car garage IS small! no matter how we organize it, can't find enough room or ideas on how to store all the kids (3) bikes, riding toys, scooters, etc.... might have to take some tips from the above pics
 
OverRyde said:
i know, hence the #jealous! just being funny/sarcastic

My little single car garage IS small! no matter how we organize it, can't find enough room or ideas on how to store all the kids (3) bikes, riding toys, scooters, etc.... might have to take some tips from the above pics
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Don't forget the space over the door. That is where you can put a ton of infrequently used junk (xmas, halloween, medium size power tools that only come out for projects etc.)
 
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No spring cleanup yet so still a mess. Lift is down right now to get tires off.
Platform on left is 10x10. Came with house, crap design (one corner suspended from beam with five deck screws), used for kids crap and holiday crap. Shelves under platform on left for toys kids are using and things that are too heavy to get up top.
Platform on the right is 20'x6' with 3' headroom and 10'x8' with 2.5' headroom. Ladder at each end for access. This is main storage area.
String of Barrinas under platform on right. Two "300 watt" corncob lights, one "100W" A19 led and two pole light fixtures for main lighting.
3/4" copper air line along the back and side walls (yeah I know, unnecessary, but that's what I had around). One outlet by 10x10 shelf, one in basement because why not and two spools on the far wall near the ceiling (1/4" and 3/4"). 3/4" spool has a manifold at the end so I run 120 psi right to the tool and then step it down. Entirely excessive and I would recommend 1/2" any day of the week, but I got a good deal on the 3/4". It was a ***** to hang. Impact gun is very very happen with that setup though.
 
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I have drawings for my custom house to build for my self. The plan was to loose the shop save some money and build in 5 years. The plan now is see wtf happens.
but that house is 3/4 the house I’m in now but 2x the garage.
1200sqf 1 bedroom 1 office main floor with 2 bedroom 900sqf apartment for teen kids in walkout basement. 4 car garage, 2 bay toys 2 bay for business.
 
Clutt-225 said:
I have drawings for my custom house to build for my self. The plan was to loose the shop save some money and build in 5 years. The plan now is see wtf happens.
but that house is 3/4 the house I’m in now but 2x the garage.
1200sqf 1 bedroom 1 office main floor with 2 bedroom 900sqf apartment for teen kids in walkout basement. 4 car garage, 2 bay toys 2 bay for business.
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Sounds great. Look forward to seeing that progress!
 
lucky2 said:
more info on the sled in storage please...lol
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Photo is from 1999, last time it ever saw snow. Sled is a 1986 Polaris Indy 600 Limited. Only a few hundred ever made.

It's probably suffered under the cover sitting in the garage. I know a lot of the chrome I can see (on the skis specifically) is showing it's years.

I'd love to see it back alive and going again but I don't have the time or desire to do it right now. The only reason I keep it is because it was my dads, bought brand new in 1986..and it holds a lot of good memories. I rode it a lot as well.

If the right person came along and promised to restore it and let me ride it again after it's all done I'd give it away for free at this point. I sure could use the space in the garage it's been taking since the day we moved in.

r3r3r3 said:
Just be like my neighbor. Guy has a 2.5 garage literally jammed to the rafters, every square inch filled with Christmas crap, old vacuums, endless boxes etc. could do an architectural dig in there. There is a Mercedes 220 buried in the bottom. Best part is that he stores his motorcycle and tools outside, uncovered, all year round because they won't fit. Priorities I guess, drives me nuts to see people waste a good garage.
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I have pretty much every square inch of rafter space utilized in one fashion or another. Even my (electric) snowblower is hanging up there now along with anything that's light enough or small enough to hang from a hook. Only half of our garage is rafter though, our master bedroom actually overhangs inside half the garage.

mimico_polak said:
I'm embarrassed of my garage space currently but will take a photo and post later in the day. Full of cardboard from the kids' playground and gazebo. Lot of potential though.
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6 weeks ago I was horrified of the condition of my garage and there would be no way on the face of the planet I'd have ever posted a photo. I've done a TON of work in there. Got a lot done when I was quarantined a few weeks back when all this started and I'm still poking at things an hour here, an hour there.
 
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If a set up like this would be cheaper I would really consider it. Especially for bike storage in the winter.
 
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How do people get those big Tail of the Dragon plates home on their bike, and keep them in such good shape?
 
Baggsy said:
How do people get those big Tail of the Dragon plates home on their bike, and keep them in such good shape?
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Dad brought it back for me. His first trip down he trailered the bike, Harley Ultra Classic in an enclosed trailer. He stayed in a cabin in the smoky mountains for a week with my stepmother for their 25th anniversary.
 
PrivatePilot said:
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Photo is from 1999, last time it ever saw snow. Sled is a 1986 Polaris Indy 600 Limited. Only a few hundred ever made.

It's probably suffered under the cover sitting in the garage. I know a lot of the chrome I can see (on the skis specifically) is showing it's years.

I'd love to see it back alive and going again but I don't have the time or desire to do it right now. The only reason I keep it is because it was my dads, bought brand new in 1986..and it holds a lot of good memories. I rode it a lot as well.

If the right person came along and promised to restore it and let me ride it again after it's all done I'd give it away for free at this point. I sure could use the space in the garage it's been taking since the day we moved in.
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If you're ever interested I have a friend who is a sled mechanic and works for beer money now that he's retired. He's always up for a project.
 
I'm struggling with the sled thing. I'd absolutely love to see it back on the snow, or even just running again with that in it's future down the road sometime, zero question. I'd love to see it restored to it's former glory and would even be willing to kick in to some extent for the more expensive parts of that job like the chrome re-plating just to see it done right. And I'd love to go for a scoot on it again when that's all done.

But I don't want to give it to someone who's going to do the bare minimum to get it running again, use it as a ditch banger, trash it, leave it out in their backyard uncovered rotting all summer, and then send it to scrap in a few years because there's nothing left worth saving.

Like I said, it's 100% about sentimental value right now, end stop. If the right person wants it to restore and value as a legitimate limited run and very rare sled, I'd talk. But I need to detailed hear the long term case and make sure the person has the skills, time, and desire to make it happen. If it's just going to end up in a scrap heap in 2-3 years, well...I'll let it continue to collect cobwebs in my garage for another 20 years because that's of more value to me than just getting it out of the garage and feeing up the not inconsequential amount of space it's taking out there.

This thing was my dads pride and joy. I can't stomach the ditch banger and dead path.

Picture circa 1993 or so. My dad was a mechanic all his life so whenever he was puttering in the garage after his retirement around 1990...he was always in his trademark blue coveralls. ;)

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Why not do all that you want done to it yourself. Over a long period of time.
 
oioioi said:
Why not do all that you want done to it yourself. Over a long period of time.
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Honestly, my snowmobiling days are behind me, as is much of the passion about it.

Secondly, my sciatica and back issues really make any long term projects like this that involve a lot of bending and grunt work more "work" versus "enjoyment" anymore, sadly.

Lastly, I just wouldn't want to have it sitting out in the open in my garage taking up all that space for a long period of time. Right now it's tucked tightly into the corner and is taking up as little space is is physically possible, but it would be impossible to do any work on it where it sits.
 
oioioi said:
Why not do all that you want done to it yourself. Over a long period of time.
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I understand pp's position, but it will be a miracle for that sled to be restored. It will take many thousands of dollars to have something that you can probably sell for hundreds. You really need to find someone that has a similar emotional attachment and doesnt care about the cost.

For pp to do it (aside from the medical complications), does he want to invest many thousands in something that realistically is going to get pushed back into the corner of his garage and not used? I know I have things I would rather spend my money on.

There is always the chance that he finds someone with lots of time, money and space that has a similar love for that particular sled (probably also based on memories/nostalgia).
 
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