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Old 12-20-2013, 11:06 AM
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I hear ya, Jonathan. My shop needs some cleaning also.
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Old 12-20-2013, 11:38 AM
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The only floorspace left in my shop is pathways.
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Keeping the shop cleaned up seems to be harder than the actual work that is done there.

FWIW, this is my "I hate when that happens" thing.
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Old 12-20-2013, 12:27 PM
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The only floorspace left in my shop is pathways.
Mine was getting that bad... bad thing is I have a 5000 sqft shop!

Good to know I'm not the only one! Biggest issue is, it isn't profitable for me to spend days cleaning. But, it has become necessary. Maybe I will post some "after" pics. Don't expect any soon...... this is gonna take a while.
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Old 12-20-2013, 03:21 PM
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lol I need a shop
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Old 12-20-2013, 05:56 PM
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My 4wd truck sits in the driveway and a bunch of useless junk is in the garage. Just don't make sense.
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My 4wd truck sits in the driveway and a bunch of useless junk is in the garage. Just don't make sense.
LOL Paul. My garage at home is that way. Nice car and the truck sit out, cubs and attachments (along with "her stuff" and kids outside toys) is in the garage.
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Old 12-20-2013, 07:10 PM
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Nope, can't say as though my workshop is messy. I put things back when I'm done with them and am good at organization. I'm not trying to blow my own horn here; I work logistics for a living so it's almost a habit.
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Old 12-20-2013, 07:43 PM
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I know all to well. When we moved into this place last summer I had to move the garage about 25' to get the home in. So I had No floor (dirt & mud from the rain), no power, and everything just literately got piled in there on Pallets.


I have made enough headway to get an old school Portland/crushed stone floor in. Electrical & lights are in and I built some shelves & a couple of benches heavy enough that I could park the 1450 on if I had to.

Funny thing, I STILL don't have any room!!!
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Nope, can't say as though my workshop is messy. I put things back when I'm done with them and am good at organization. I'm not trying to blow my own horn here; I work logistics for a living so it's almost a habit.
I pick up tools and equipment. That really isn't the problem. It's the pile of scrap steel next to the trash can, it's a couple snowblowers, a couple of blades, about 3 cubs, the air compressor and motor scattered about that I bought and was going to fix and flip but then didn't get finished. It's the motor parts lying in a pile that I'm in the middle of rebuilding. The tractor that has been in here for years in pieces that a customer and I both lost interest in, and now is just here. A truck stripped down, sanded bondo'd and almost ready to paint that just isn't done yet. All the equipment that had to be moved to get that truck in the shop area it is in, and is now shoved to the side and in the way. Parts and pieces that were saved for "future use" and just need put on a shelf, but the shelf is full.... Sooooo the shelf needs sorted out. Throw the stuff that has been there for years out, and make room for new.

It's that kind of thing. 5000 sq ft of work space and only maybe 1800 free. Gets old. Need to finish up some stuff that has been in here way too long and get it out. Need to ask some customers if they forgot about that thing they were supposed to pick up, or didn't want to finish "just yet". That kind of mess.
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Old 12-21-2013, 09:29 AM
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I pick up tools and equipment. That really isn't the problem. It's the pile of scrap steel next to the trash can, it's a couple snowblowers, a couple of blades, about 3 cubs, the air compressor and motor scattered about that I bought and was going to fix and flip but then didn't get finished. It's the motor parts lying in a pile that I'm in the middle of rebuilding. The tractor that has been in here for years in pieces that a customer and I both lost interest in, and now is just here. A truck stripped down, sanded bondo'd and almost ready to paint that just isn't done yet. All the equipment that had to be moved to get that truck in the shop area it is in, and is now shoved to the side and in the way. Parts and pieces that were saved for "future use" and just need put on a shelf, but the shelf is full.... Sooooo the shelf needs sorted out. Throw the stuff that has been there for years out, and make room for new.

It's that kind of thing. 5000 sq ft of work space and only maybe 1800 free. Gets old. Need to finish up some stuff that has been in here way too long and get it out. Need to ask some customers if they forgot about that thing they were supposed to pick up, or didn't want to finish "just yet". That kind of mess.

OK so the answer is SIMPLE, you need at least a 10,000 sq/ft shop!!!!
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