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Jun 28, 2017 | 01:47 PM

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TejasJeff

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Originally Posted by lh4x4

I started out 61 years ago doing all the work on a gravel driveway with the most basic of tools. Luxury was having a big enough piece of cardboard to lay on.

Only it my retirement years it became this:

And that is a fine looking garage Sir!

At 47, my saying is I "should have" or "could have" if she didn't take most of what I had. :-) I got the kids and house though!

Jun 28, 2017 | 02:00 PM

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...I got the kids and house though!

Well, you have to take the good with the bad (or bad with the good)

Jun 28, 2017 | 02:03 PM

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Well, you have to take the good with the bad (or bad with the good)

Ha! Yep. Oh have much grey hair from my kiddos.

Jun 28, 2017 | 03:01 PM

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Beware of bare treated plywood when it's exposed. Slippery when wet!

Jun 29, 2017 | 01:40 AM

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Made for horse stalls - pretty sure it'll work for a human / bike

Won't warp / soak up water either

Ghost

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...ck-4-ft-x-6-ft

Jun 29, 2017 | 05:53 AM

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Notgrownup

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A horse stall thick rubber mat works great ....like ghost said, conforms to irregular ground and you can easily clean, I had one in the bed of my Ram 1500 kept everything in place..

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Jun 29, 2017 | 06:50 AM

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Vec

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From: Kerrville, Texas

im in the same boat as OP, but here in Kerrville, TX we have black powdery dirt. I store my wide glide on the side of the house we rent behind the front 6ft fence, under a freestanding metal roof lean-to i constructed.

im planning on a couple 4x8 sheets of treated plywood with treated 2x4 under for supports as a parking/wrenching area... when it rains the bike actually sinks about an inch into the ground.

both the tires and jiffy stand.

Jun 29, 2017 | 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Vec

both the tires and jiffy stand.

Yep. I live on a caliche ridden hill and hardly any soil accept around my trees. We have some extreme geography here in Tejas!

Thanks again for all the suggestions. Think I'm adding a thick rubber mat to my list.