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(Msg. 16) Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:23 am
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:23:45 -0500, PeterD <peter2 DeleteThis @hipson.net> puked:

>On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:49:38 -0600, "Jeff Dieterle"
><djdieterle DeleteThis @lhughes.net> wrote:
>
>>A pit is also an option I've not eliminated.......yet
>>
>
>Well, I eliminiated it eventually in my design. I could just see it:
>in the pit, oops, need a tool, up out, get tool, in pit. Opps, need a
>different tool. Up out, get tool, in pit.
>
>Pits are not common today, and there's a reason for that! <bg>

If the work he's doing is mostly oil changes, I don't know why it
would be that difficult to work in. Venting is something that would
have to be taken into account, but it's done all the time at Jiffy
Lubes and the like. It really isn't reinventing the wheel.

And down here in Fla. they have to deal with a water table, something
most of the rest of the country doesn't have to contend with...
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Jeff Dieterle

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(Msg. 17) Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:23 am
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The pit I'm considering would be sit down height since it's for lube service
only. The appeal to me on a pit is no lost floor space vs. other options.

"lab~rat >Smile" <chase.DeleteThis@cheeze.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:23:45 -0500, PeterD <peter2.DeleteThis@hipson.net> puked:
>
>>On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:49:38 -0600, "Jeff Dieterle"
>><djdieterle.DeleteThis@lhughes.net> wrote:
>>
>>>A pit is also an option I've not eliminated.......yet
>>>
>>
>>Well, I eliminiated it eventually in my design. I could just see it:
>>in the pit, oops, need a tool, up out, get tool, in pit. Opps, need a
>>different tool. Up out, get tool, in pit.
>>
>>Pits are not common today, and there's a reason for that! <bg>
>
> If the work he's doing is mostly oil changes, I don't know why it
> would be that difficult to work in. Venting is something that would
> have to be taken into account, but it's done all the time at Jiffy
> Lubes and the like. It really isn't reinventing the wheel.
>
> And down here in Fla. they have to deal with a water table, something
> most of the rest of the country doesn't have to contend with...
> --
> lab~rat >Smile
> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

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PeterD

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(Msg. 18) Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:22 pm
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:23:27 -0600, "Jeff Dieterle"
<djdieterle.TakeThisOut@lhughes.net> wrote:

>The pit I'm considering would be sit down height since it's for lube service
>only. The appeal to me on a pit is no lost floor space vs. other options.
>

"Excuse me while I walk over to the workben...


Yaahhhhhhhhhhh....



Thump!


I guess that's not a loss of floor space, but it is one hell of a big
first step!

I know, you will 'cover' it...

And what's this 'sit-down' pit idea? Secretaries sit down,
receptionists sit down. Mechanics don't sit down.

IMHO it won't work.
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Mitch Crawford

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(Msg. 19) Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:56 am
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In article <pdqrk3dtc14ss3rt0347sp7ghcoqr68rll RemoveThis @4ax.com>, PeterD
<peter2 RemoveThis @hipson.net> wrote:
> "Excuse me while I walk over to the workben...


> Yaahhhhhhhhhhh....



> Thump!


> I guess that's not a loss of floor space, but it is one hell of a big
> first step!
Yep, done that & it hurts.

> I know, you will 'cover' it...
Yeh Yeh Yeh, like you always would !


My father in law had a pit in his coach garage. It was the biggest pain. It
was covered in Railway sleepers.It took 10 minutes of grunting to lift them
and the same to put back.It was always full of water & needed pumping out,
that took half an hour. As the sleepers varied in height and weren't quite
flush to the floor, it made jacking anything up (place own swear words
here) difficult.

YMMV

Give me a smooth concrete floor anytime. If your just doing oil changes,
I'd go with the ramp.

HTH

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