Kentucky Krawlers

I'll be interested to see how your double shear bracket holds up. I decided to avoid that bracket by going single shear using a tie rod end with tapered shaft. Who knows when I'll actually be able to put mine to the test though...

Very nice!

Looks good! No affect to your up travel with engine pulley clearance?

My shop is all ran in EMT. I can take some pics if you wanted to see how it looks. I don’t have any drywall or plywood though. My shop is a steel frame with the white backed insulation on all the walls and roof. Sorry, missed your reply. Thanks for the offer, but I've convinced myself to just wire ...

I think if I do anything with conduit, I'd do the hybrid method. I'd be pulling wire through ~10ft of conduit, with maybe a single 45deg bend in the attic to get it above the insulation and pointed along the roof. Hmm, still more research to do.

Does anyone have experience/opinions on wiring with surface-mounted conduit (haven't looked too much into PVC vs EMT) vs drilling studs for romex in the walls? Walls are going to be 2x4 16" on center. Air lines will be surface mounted eventually as well (not PVC though), so it wouldn't be visually o...

There's also the option of hanging drywall but not taping/mudding it. I've not been able to find anything about the fire resistance of drywall that's taped/mudded vs not. But I could apply paintable fire resistant caulk in the joints pretty easily, and live with the "finished" seams, which would be ...

I keep going back and forth on this. Just the panels alone, plywood is twice as expensive than drywall. Like $750 more. I need to get some bids to hire out the drywall, because to do it myself I'd have to rent a drywall lift, rent a scissor lift, and still end up with a crappy tape/mud job. I'd pain...

You mentioned a right angle drill for wiring. When I wired my house back in the spring we did most of the drilling with a Dewalt impact and wood drill bits like these https://www.grainger.com/product/1PMT8?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2rOX9-nH3gIVgh-GCh1faQYPEAQYAyABEgKK0vD_BwE&cm_mmc=PPC:+Google+PLA&ef_id=EA...

One think to keep in mind is drywall mud doesn’t like large temperature swings. My garage at home is finished out and I have cracks on a lot of the sheet joints. Good point, because if I bother keeping it heated all the time during winter it'll be like 40deg during the week, then bump up to 65-ish ...

I've got updates! We've since moved into the new house, mostly settled in, life happens. I've been planning/designing/consulting/bidding for this garage the whole time, but didn't bother updating this thread with boring details. We just signed a contract to build the shell, then I'll be responsible ...

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I guess this wasn't a big surprise. Any indication for future venues?

Thanks Darrall.

Huh, ok. I thought it was a slang term or something. I actually have one of those out where the pool was, near the third shed.