Would it be too much trouble to post a photo for those of us without imagination?
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > We live on sand here, no concrete driveways or anything, so I built a pad > out in front of the garage to work on cars -- about 10x20, 6x 2x8-16 > sleepers on the sand, with 2x12-10s for the deck. I added about 4ft at the > back for the ramp to get up on it. I probably should have gone with 12' > wide, as I have about 2ft on each side to work and sit and whatnot, but it > is not too bad. I only slid my milk crate off once and went assover, which > I thought was kinda funny. About $400 for the materials, which is pretty > decent. I washed the car on it yesterday before I started working on it, I > have the 2x12s tight together (no losing bits between them!) and the water > still drained down well. It is very solid and feels good to work on. > > My wife was not initially in favor of this construct as she believed it > would encourage my automotive activities, but in explaining the safety > aspect, blahblah, I think I won her over. She said yesterday she liked it. > So I guess I am at least neutral on the effort, when her car gets done I > will gain some (temporary) points. > > --R > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
