How Can I Work like This ?

Move south.

 

Its about the only comfortable time to work outside. I'm insulating my garage against the heat, put in AC this year.

 

Beg, borrow or rent garage space at a buddy's house...

 

Yah, the neighbors will LOVE that.

 

Now that would be the logical choice... Hmmm. Wonder why it took that long to come out

 

Fine if you think it's pointless go away.

 

I love my heated shop. I may have a train in my back yard, but I love my shop.

 

make a tent out of canvas an pipe, and put a propane heater with a chimney in it. like an outfitters tent

 

My Dad and I changed a water pump in January once. In Saskatchewan. After dark too. I think the temperature was around -25 deg C (-13 deg F), at the warmest. But it was a dry cold...

We just hung a tarp off the open hood to shield our backs from the wind (lean-to configuration), shovelled snow up to the tops of the fenders to insulate the engine compartment, and stuck an electric baseboard heater under the front bumper. It was a little cramped but it kept the space warm enough to work in comfortably.

Other than that, the obvious answer is to invest in some good winter coveralls and heavy boots, and dress in layers. Another tip: If you need to lay on the ground, get yourself a piece of styrofoam insulation. That'll keep the chill off.

The possible solutions are endless, really.

 

hmmmmm..ok

 

no offense to anyone but this post is rather a waste of time. if you have the skills and knowledge to build a car/truck you should be able to muster up a little common sense on how to build a make shift shelter.

 

you could just.....ah, forget it.

 

Ya know..this is very true..be resourceful..I have lived in many places where i never had a garage or shop for so many years of my life..and always in the climate of Michigan you do what you have to do to make **** happen or you sit on the couch and wish

 

Why can't you get in the garage?? What's in there? If it's a bunch of ****,clean it out. Put the **** out in the tent/shed/canvas shelter/mattress house,whatever. Whats the point of having a garage if you can't work in it?

 

leave the Junk in the Garage & put the truck in the House what the Hell is your wife
going to throw you out!
I have No Garage & work on my car in the Cold & it gets Cold in the Mountains
if there is a will there is a Way
use your Brain man

 

heres a easy shelter..... look on the local craigslist for any old school garage doors(the ridgid wood framed ones), most people just give them away after a remodel. its kinda like a pre-fab wall for poor folk....
no building permit required if it only has 3 walls and a roof, its concidered a agricultural shelter to the building inspector's i think

 

Its doable thats how my 'camino got on the road hopefully this summer i can slide it into a paintbooth it helps to have a work that will allow afterhours fun

As for a shelter, i dont have one cuz i'm to cheap to buy a tarp one and afraid of the city on a real one

And yea Ol' No7 sippin whiskey helped me!

 

This is one of the funniest threads I've read in a long time hehe

I love the moldy old mattress suggestion!

I guess I've never lived anywhere cold enough where this is common. Can you actually build some kind of shelter/leanto/tent on your driveway and not get a ticket from the city or complaints from the neighbors?!?

learn something new every day!

Actually garage journal might be a good/better place to do a search or ask this question

 

i might try that...

 

As said before, those things at Sam's are fine. I have two of them, 10X20's. They have survived hurricane scares and tons of rain. In your case you'd have to put something on the roof for snow but that would be do-able, plywood or styrafoam etc. I put 3 loads of pine needles in it for a floor. You have to buy the anchor kits extra. I got mine from King Canopy and they are cheap. They are good for a couple of years before you have to do anything and then it's just replace one panel/roof at a time. They are about 200 bucks or so and are made by King Canopy. Here's mine

 

Don't know about your local ordinances but a few years back I checked with one of the trucking companies for a used semi trailer. they had several - both were roadworthy 45 footers but were old and no longer good OTR material. Asking $1100 each, I offered $900 for one & they took it. Got one of the independent drivers to deliver it for $75.00, and my neighbor brought a couple loads of pit run gravel over to make a ramp in back of it. It's a tight squeeze (width-wise) if working on a big car, but mine didn't leak and it was a great storage shed, I put lawn mowers, engine hoist, etc in there and cleaned the "junk" outta the garage so I could put newer "junk" in. But as best said above, if there's a will, there's a way.

 

I've got one too. Gave $900 for it delivered. Like you said, would be a tight squeeze for a car. 8' wide I think.