Found a sweet garage/shop...
10-09-2009, 01:52 PM
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Found a sweet garage/shop...
..where I get to do the work myself.
It's part of a navy base/shipyard, and since I work on the yard I get to rent a bay for $6/hr. They are a full service shop so they have tools to do everything, and I get to use whatever I want.
Lifts, air tools, big oil collection things, tire mounters, wheel balancers, you name it... except a leak down tester.
Why don't they have places like this available to the general public??
It's part of a navy base/shipyard, and since I work on the yard I get to rent a bay for $6/hr. They are a full service shop so they have tools to do everything, and I get to use whatever I want.
Lifts, air tools, big oil collection things, tire mounters, wheel balancers, you name it... except a leak down tester.
Why don't they have places like this available to the general public??
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10-09-2009, 02:01 PM
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..where I get to do the work myself.
It's part of a navy base/shipyard, and since I work on the yard I get to rent a bay for $6/hr. They are a full service shop so they have tools to do everything, and I get to use whatever I want.
Lifts, air tools, big oil collection things, tire mounters, wheel balancers, you name it... except a leak down tester.
Why don't they have places like this available to the general public??
It's part of a navy base/shipyard, and since I work on the yard I get to rent a bay for $6/hr. They are a full service shop so they have tools to do everything, and I get to use whatever I want.
Lifts, air tools, big oil collection things, tire mounters, wheel balancers, you name it... except a leak down tester.
Why don't they have places like this available to the general public??
I forget sometimes how fortunate I am to have a shop available to me with a lift and tools. I don't mind working out under the weather when I have to, but its always nice to have a shop that's available.I would say theres not public rental garages due to insurance reasons. That and the misuse of tools, equipment, etc.
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10-09-2009, 02:02 PM
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10-10-2009, 02:10 PM
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I'd like to use this one for an LSx swap in the future, but I just don't see their hours supporting my project. They close at 5 most days and only working on weekends just wouldn't get the project done very quickly.
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10-10-2009, 03:33 PM
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There are some bases in the area here that have the same kind of setup. It is a serious fringe benefit for motorheads that are in the service.
The main thing I would love to have that I do not have now is a lift... and a good MIG and/or TIG welder.
The main thing I would love to have that I do not have now is a lift... and a good MIG and/or TIG welder.
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10-10-2009, 03:54 PM
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A neighbor of mine back in CA who was a Marine sergeant introduced me to this concept. We cracked the frame of his KTM in a really ackward spot one day. Took it to Pendleton, and a buddy of his laid a TIG weld across it that looked better than the factory beads.
Good friends to have.
Good friends to have.
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