New garage time!

fatjay · Jul 3, 2020

airbiscuit said:
No project is worthy unless it involves buying more tools.

So far I’ve bought a 24” bucket for my backhoe, a bobcat, a trencher, and this miter saw for the garage and I’m still way shrewd of the game of paying someone else to do it.

AllByteNoBark · Jul 3, 2020

fatjay said:
After making all those 2x8" cuts with a 10" miter saw that doesn't fully cut a 2x8", I figured it was time to make an upgrade since I'm doing quite a few more cuts. First I was looking at harbor freight's admiral 12" sliding miter saw for $200 with a $20 coupon. The 20% off coupons exclude admiral brand. I figured it was a long shot but I'll see if there's anything on craigslist. There was endless junk, but then one 2 towns over was for sale for $300, a hitachi 12" sliding miter saw with stand. shot the guy a text and boom, proud owner of a new saw that will make cuts much easier.

I have that same saw and it is great. Good find!

powersrp · Jul 4, 2020

Those cement truck drivers can be real asses, they dump the leftover and the cleanout anywhere they want

aczlan · Jul 4, 2020

powersrp said:
Those cement truck drivers can be real asses, they dump the leftover and the cleanout anywhere they want

Every one we have had has asked where to put the washout. No problems with any of them.

Aaron Z

4570Man · Jul 4, 2020

aczlan said:
Every one we have had has asked where to put the washout. No problems with any of them.

Aaron Z

I’ve never had any problem with them. I’ve even had them drive to a different job a short ways away to dump.

Big Barn · Jul 4, 2020

4570Man said:
I’ve never had any problem with them. I’ve even had them drive to a different job a short ways away to dump.

I would venture to guess it depends on how you interact with the driver.

Not concrete, but I’ve had customers treat me like crap on deliveries. Talking down to me because I’m just the dumb truck driver....

sodamo · Jul 4, 2020

aczlan said:
Every one we have had has asked where to put the washout. No problems with any of them.

Aaron Z

Never had a problem with ours, but likely 2 good reasons 1. Our concrete guy is a major contractor using these guys. 2. We have bought a serious amount of concrete (several hundred yards) over the years. That said, wife’s brother drove concrete truck a few years and he related that sometimes a driver would treat axxhole customer “special”.

EddieWalker · Jul 4, 2020

powersrp said:
Those cement truck drivers can be real asses, they dump the leftover and the cleanout anywhere they want

I've never had a problem, but I always have a spot for them to clean out there trucks too.

One time I was driving from a job and there was a cement truck along the side of the road, dumping his truck into the drainage ditch. That has always stuck out to me as something kind of odd.

powersrp · Jul 5, 2020

The owner of the cement company said this was the largest exposed aggragate job they have ever hauled, and other than watching them unload it i never had any contact with driver until the hydr line broke in the drive way, they came the next day and soaked up what was left. When done pouring they just rotate chute and dump one side or the other, at least it wasnt on a finished yard.

Wobblin-Goblin · Jul 6, 2020

Catching back up with the thread:

Always love a new garage project. Good luck on yours. Seems to be a decent size.

I'm a concrete contractor. It's always interesting to me when I see somebody pour a job themselves in order to save money. Many times, it goes poorly for them. Kinda like when I decide to frame something

fatjay · Jul 6, 2020

Wobblin-Goblin said:
Catching back up with the thread:

Always love a new garage project. Good luck on yours. Seems to be a decent size.

I'm a concrete contractor. It's always interesting to me when I see somebody pour a job themselves in order to save money. Many times, it goes poorly for them. Kinda like when I decide to frame something

To be fair I poured the concrete for my generator shed, all around my pool, and various other jobs in my life and I had 3 friends 2 of which are contractors by trade on the job. I had a guy reach out on Facebook asking to do a pad for him which I declined, citing I’m not a professional. It’s one thing when it’s mine, whole other story when it’s someone else’s.

buckeyefarmer · Jul 7, 2020

fatjay said:
So far I’ve bought a 24” bucket for my backhoe, a bobcat, a trencher, and this miter saw for the garage and I’m still way shrewd of the game of paying someone else to do it.

I bought a new cab tractor and backhoe when I did my geothermal, and still came out ahead.

powersrp · Jul 7, 2020

I agree, let the supject experts do the job, and its good for the economy when the $$ are available

fatjay · Jul 13, 2020

If i let the experts do everything, i wouldn't be able to afford the garage. Because I'm doing most of it myself, it's significantly less expensive.

The floor joists arrived today! Very excited. The crane truck was great as well, really made life easier. The joists are really sturdy and there's lots of holes predrilled and cut so it'll be that much easier to run stuff through them without having to drill everything. I can't wait.

I was a bit worried. They called and said my credit card was declined and they were ready to go. Stupid credit card fraud protection triggered and it took an hour to get it fixed. I almost missed my delivery window.

ovrszd · Jul 13, 2020

Awesome!!

airbiscuit · Jul 13, 2020

How much do they weigh?

fatjay · Jul 13, 2020

airbiscuit said:
How much do they weigh?

I did the math on it and they should weigh about 100lb each. Not unmanageable. But they're about a thousand degree's in the sun, so we'll need gloves.