Parking problem !!
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Install a "No Parking" sign on the sidewalk. Better yet, buy a fire hydrant and stand it in front of your garage.
http://www.replicahydrants.com/buy_now.html
Then, if someone does park there, have their car towed. Problem solved!
http://www.replicahydrants.com/buy_now.html
Then, if someone does park there, have their car towed. Problem solved!
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I respectfully disagree, i park my bike in a 10x20 shed, with the door in the center of the narrow end. I built a small porch across the narrow end, with a ramp facing the door, and another off to the side. I drive up the ramp, straight into the shed. When backing out, i start cutting the wheel as soon as possible, and along with leaning the bike over to make it turn sharper, i have no problem, with only one back-and-forth motion, making the turn onto the porch. Now my bike is sitting cross-ways on the porch (same as in the op's sketch if he backed out onto the sidewalk), and i drive off the ramp on the side (same as if the op drove off down the sidewalk). I've backed the bike out onto the porch to give her a bath or whatever, and i CANNOT get it back in. It simply will not turn as sharp going forwards as it will going backwards.
Last edited by tryus; Apr 17, 2013 at 08:36 PM.
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I don't think you guys have a Harbor Freight in Belgium so you can order this or better yet build one for yourself or some version of it...You could roll your bike outside on it and after you get the bike off return it the garage.
http://www.harborfreight.com/low-pro...lly-95896.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/low-pro...lly-95896.html
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Yes, that harbor freight dolly works great. I've wanted to build one for awhile, and if i did, I'd use a piece of heavy channel-iron (no flex), and weld the caster mounts off to the side and positioned higher, instead of just mounting the casters underneath, in order to keep the bike as low as possible. Also, two non-swiveling casters in the center, shimmed up to maker them lower than the end (swiveling) casters...
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I respectfully disagree, i park my bike in a 10x20 shed, with the door in the center of the narrow end. I built a small porch across the narrow end, with a ramp facing the door, and another off to the side. I drive up the ramp, straight into the shed. When backing out, i start cutting the wheel as soon as possible, and along with leaning the bike over to make it turn sharper, i have no problem, with only one back-and-forth motion, making the turn onto the porch. Now my bike is sitting cross-ways on the porch (same as in the op's sketch if he backed out onto the sidewalk), and i drive off the ramp on the side (same as if the op drove off down the sidewalk). I've backed the bike out onto the porch to give her a bath or whatever, and i CANNOT get it back in. It simply will not turn as sharp going forwards as it will going backwards.