- Location
- Central Ohio
I wanted to see everyones thoughts on what should be in a shop. I am looking at designing and building a shop from scratch. If you had the space and dollars what would you have in your shop?
What Is The Perfect Tree Company Shop
- Thread starter buckeyeclmbr
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- Location
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
In floor heating with a wood chip biomass boiler. Free heat pretty much.
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- Location
- Chardon, OH
See Limbwalker's in Louisville. It's fairly close to you.
Nicely organized, office's, gear, etc.
Nice retro-fit of an existing building.
Check out Kramer Tree's shop in Chicago ! ! !
NEW several years ago, w/ Heated floors for the mechanics, pritine locker rooms, over-nite crews to fuel trucks, etc.
Nicely organized, office's, gear, etc.
Nice retro-fit of an existing building.
Check out Kramer Tree's shop in Chicago ! ! !
NEW several years ago, w/ Heated floors for the mechanics, pritine locker rooms, over-nite crews to fuel trucks, etc.
matdand
Participating member
- Location
- Montreal, Qc
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In floor heating with a wood chip biomass boiler. Free heat pretty much.
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Interesting, anyone actually use this??? Id like to hear more...
In floor heating with a wood chip biomass boiler. Free heat pretty much.
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Interesting, anyone actually use this??? Id like to hear more...
- Location
- rhode island
Personal cubbies and lockers for climbing gear, rain gear and any other personal things. A chainsaw maintenance station station and a place to tinker with climbing gear or even splice would be sweet. I would have a bay big enough for at least one truck and chipper for maintenance and repairs and I would def. put a sizable chain fall in that bay. A sweet bathroom with a shower would also be pretty rad.
marlinspiker
Participating member
- Location
- Pennsyltucky
we have a foosball table. i cant really think of any improvements beyond that.
TreeCo
Carpal tunnel level member
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we have a foosball table. i cant really think of any improvements beyond that.
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Cots.
we have a foosball table. i cant really think of any improvements beyond that.
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Cots.
AxeTree
New member
- Location
- central ohio
once your figure out how big you want it and think you will have plenty of room take the square footage and times it by 2 and build it
thank me a year after its done and almost full!
thank me a year after its done and almost full!- Location
- Central Ohio
We are looking at a central boiler with in floor radiant heating. Its very expensive up front but seems it will pay off in the long run, especially since we have the wood.
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In floor heating with a wood chip biomass boiler. Free heat pretty much.
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I don't have the biomass boiler, but in floor heating is great. Make sure to insulate the ground with at least two inches of rigid insulation before pouring and keep your tubing spaces close. I went at nine inch spacing and have cool spaces between the lines. The thicker you pour the slab, the more mass you have the longer it takes to heat, but the more efficient it is in the long run.
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In floor heating with a wood chip biomass boiler. Free heat pretty much.
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Interesting, anyone actually use this??? Id like to hear more...
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I don't have the biomass boiler, but in floor heating is great. Make sure to insulate the ground with at least two inches of rigid insulation before pouring and keep your tubing spaces close. I went at nine inch spacing and have cool spaces between the lines. The thicker you pour the slab, the more mass you have the longer it takes to heat, but the more efficient it is in the long run.
- Location
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
http://www.froeling.com/en/products/wood-chip-l-150-kw.html
I'm pretty sure that these smaller units are not entirely approved for use in north america. This of course makes no sense since they are widely used, tested and proven in Europe.
I am pretty sure that their use us just a year or two away from being legit in North America.
It would be pretty sweet to just use a simple loader to dig up a few yards of chips every few days, dump them into a bunker and that's all. Way better than cutting and splitting firewood.
Not cheap for the install and setup but the fuel would be essentially free for a tree care co.
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I'm pretty sure that these smaller units are not entirely approved for use in north america. This of course makes no sense since they are widely used, tested and proven in Europe.
I am pretty sure that their use us just a year or two away from being legit in North America.
It would be pretty sweet to just use a simple loader to dig up a few yards of chips every few days, dump them into a bunker and that's all. Way better than cutting and splitting firewood.
Not cheap for the install and setup but the fuel would be essentially free for a tree care co.
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- Location
- Asheville, NC
Think up a great place to dry gear. That is the most useful thing a shop can do a day after rain before another one. If you put a shower room in instead of a stall, this would be a great place to dry gear. Just some wall anchors to tie ropes to, to hang your ropes on, and a big fan to expedite the process.
I don't have a great setup yet, but always thinking about it after all of my gear is soaked.
A big, maintenance-free air compressor and multiple places to hook into it. Even a computer station needs blown out occasionally.
The same closet that houses your air compressor can house a pressure-washing unit. Both units can have hoses hanging inside, and if the floor underneath them is heated, you won't need to unhook the pressure washer in the winter. Always ready to deploy. I think a lot of gear doesn't get washed because it takes work to drag the old washer out.
I don't have a great setup yet, but always thinking about it after all of my gear is soaked.
A big, maintenance-free air compressor and multiple places to hook into it. Even a computer station needs blown out occasionally.
The same closet that houses your air compressor can house a pressure-washing unit. Both units can have hoses hanging inside, and if the floor underneath them is heated, you won't need to unhook the pressure washer in the winter. Always ready to deploy. I think a lot of gear doesn't get washed because it takes work to drag the old washer out.
macswan
Been here a while
- Location
- Champlain Valley, VT
High ceilings are the thing I want most. High ceilings with exposed beams.
marlinspiker
Participating member
- Location
- Pennsyltucky
A fire pole?
opposablethumb
New member
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
marlinspiker - don't you have a barber's chair in your shop, with a the spinning barbershop pole thing outside the door?
marlinspiker
Participating member
- Location
- Pennsyltucky
hahahha yes we do! and where did you get that pic of JMAN?
BigWood
Participating member
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
1 heated floor
2 fabrication bay w/ overhead crane
3 maintenance bay ( both 2&3 with enough room for 2 tandems each)
4 wash bay
5 loft/ second floor for offices, locker room, lounge/ rec room
6 carport for all trucks( like Cameron has )
7 brass pole.... For hot secretary
I'll post pics....as soon as I win the lottery!
2 fabrication bay w/ overhead crane
3 maintenance bay ( both 2&3 with enough room for 2 tandems each)
4 wash bay
5 loft/ second floor for offices, locker room, lounge/ rec room
6 carport for all trucks( like Cameron has )
7 brass pole.... For hot secretary
I'll post pics....as soon as I win the lottery!
- Location
- Michigan
Lots of buildings are forsale/lease around here these days. When the auto industry started struggling lots of space opened up in my area. I have been lucky enough to have all of my stuff indoors since I started in 2009. First was a tool and die warehouse, now I'm in a old auto dealership shop. 3 trucks, 2 trailers, chipper, work area, with room to spare, all indoors. Only catch is no outdoor storage. Sucks I can't sell firewood or stockpile chips but you can't beat indoors with an alarm every night.
Both of these places were under $1000 per month and the owners were just happy to have someone paying rent. Ask around with other business owners and friends tell them your looking for space to rent. Worked for me twice.
2 years from now I'm going to build a shop like Dooley!! Crane and grapple truck indoors, now that's a badass shop!
Both of these places were under $1000 per month and the owners were just happy to have someone paying rent. Ask around with other business owners and friends tell them your looking for space to rent. Worked for me twice.
2 years from now I'm going to build a shop like Dooley!! Crane and grapple truck indoors, now that's a badass shop!
marlinspiker
Participating member
- Location
- Pennsyltucky
right now i would be happy just to have a toilet in my shop.
