New shop?

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:26 pm

Tokyojoe wrote:

Now I will have to also think about bigger tires so it doesn't look as bad.
Still looking at Ted's ARB's.

Chuh-ching.

Luckily I sold my stock tires and wheels but that money was to cover powdercoating the front bumper (when it comes out) and to add the super bars to my skinks. I'll need to get the super bars to help me and the gf climb in the KJ.....hehehe!

Let's see...I'll have to remove my roof basket so I can still get in the garage. Only 1" spare clearance with basket on and it sits about 3" above rails.

1.5" more lift than the Rusty's + future 32.5" tires (+.5" in tire radius increase from the MTRs) so a total of 2" of lift from my current setup.

Say goodbye to my Warranty.

You know, the Gecko Basket rack is about 2" lower than a 4" Defender Rack on stock rails. :twisted:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:51 pm

Tokyojoe wrote:

Now I will have to also think about bigger tires so it doesn't look as bad.
Still looking at Ted's ARB's.

Chuh-ching.

Luckily I sold my stock tires and wheels but that money was to cover powdercoating the front bumper (when it comes out) and to add the super bars to my skinks. I'll need to get the super bars to help me and the gf climb in the KJ.....hehehe!

Let's see...I'll have to remove my roof basket so I can still get in the garage. Only 1" spare clearance with basket on and it sits about 3" above rails.

1.5" more lift than the Rusty's + future 32.5" tires (+.5" in tire radius increase from the MTRs) so a total of 2" of lift from my current setup.

Say goodbye to my Warranty.

265/75's would be good,plenty of room left for tire stuffage,plus this lift seems to be just about 1/2" taller then what I'm running right now,we'll see when it get's here.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:49 pm

Tokyojoe wrote:

Look who spilled the beans, sorta. :lol:

FINALLY! Wow, I’m so pumped to see what this lift looks like……………………………..I might have to make a trip to the Springs just to see the installation. Maybe the Lizard will give me back stage passes! And then all the additional talk about the Gecko Basket sure makes my Jeep addiction worse, I hope I don’t have to go to rehab.

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:14 pm

Well, shop will be mine to move into on November 15. It's 3300 sq/ft work area with a 40x8' storage container (smaller than I thought, but still an extra 320 square feet of extra space). Can't wait to move in. These pictures don't show a good chunk of area where I was standing to take the pictures, but you get a pretty good idear. The wood shelves are mine to use, and he has a couple of fork lifts that I can use as well.

Loading dock

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:16 pm

SWEET!!!!! The new sfa/Ted head quarters...... now we just need a name for it

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:28 pm

Diggerfreek wrote:

SWEET!!!!! The new sfa/Ted head quarters...... now we just need a name for it

Lizards like to hide in caves, behind rocks, and inside logs. So we could call the SHOP "THE HIDEOUT”? Or since there is a lot of top secret things that happen in the shop we could call it the “CAVERN”

SoDakJeep · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:56 pm

just stack some rocks outside the loading dock. We do drive jeeps you know haha and that big white thing of yours would have no problem gettin in and outta that hahah

Jeger · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:27 pm

Forklifts to use too! That will be nice.
Did they block up a garage door?

It will be interesting to see how you set the place up. Post some pics of the progress, if you have time of course.

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:19 pm

Jeger wrote:

Forklifts to use too! That will be nice.
Did they block up a garage door?

It will be interesting to see how you set the place up. Post some pics of the progress, if you have time of course.

The back garage door is blocked up since the back side of the shop was cleaned up by the city and have a bike/walking track for the park. The only garage door to drive into the building is the dock, so I will be building a ramp for vehicles to drive into the dock. Will work out cool as it will also act as an RTI ramp. :twisted:

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:54 am

Rock Lizard wrote:

Jeger wrote:

Forklifts to use too! That will be nice.
Did they block up a garage door?

It will be interesting to see how you set the place up. Post some pics of the progress, if you have time of course.

The back garage door is blocked up since the back side of the shop was cleaned up by the city and have a bike/walking track for the park. The only garage door to drive into the building is the dock, so I will be building a ramp from vehicles to drive into the dock. Will work out cool as it will also act as an RTI ramp. :twisted:

So what were you planning on using the fork-lift for?

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:58 am

Moving and loading pallets of product.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:00 am

Rock Lizard wrote:

Moving and loading pallets of product.

do you ever sleep?? i thought most lizards moved around in the day..not at night :lol:

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:03 am

Diggerfreek wrote:

Rock Lizard wrote:

Moving and loading pallets of product.

do you ever sleep?? i thought most lizards moved around in the day..not at night :lol:

Not much. Been dog sick that last 24 hours so spent most of the day crashed out. Still sick as a dog but can't sleep.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:05 am

well thats a bummer...idk why im still up..5am come early so i better hit the sack

Weegie5 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:45 pm

That looks great Marty. I'll try to be available the weekend of the 20-21 to help in the move. (If that's when it'll happen.)

Weegie5 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:56 pm

Marty,

Do you have a few days scheduled yet for the move? I think I can be free one day this weekend to help. Keep us posted.

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:40 pm

Probably do the big move the following weekend, November 24. I have a bunch of stuff to catch up on that I would like to get done before getting everything shuffled up in a move. I'll keep you guys updated.