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I inherited a bunch of jugs of old trans fluid from my neighbor. I use it in the trans of my little convertible, no problems yet. They’re still sealed, and come out looking clear red. I think it’s ok, not much can happen to hydraulic fluid.

I tend to overbuild a little myself. On my garage I used conventional framing instead of trusses and have a complete 2nd floor. 3 dormers, and 2x12 rafters, knee walls under the rafters, at 5” and collar ties, every 32”. The 2x12 were only $300 more than 2x8, which I could’ve easily used, but...

my post also eludes to the architecture of the building, and how it relates to his current architecture. A 25x 40’ garage is disproportionate in terms of length vs width, and a long building with high sidewalls and a shallow pitch just doesn’t look right. Same with a long, skinny building with a...

You won’t get a lift into a garage that is only 16’ tall at the peak. I have a 28x36 attached and 3 cars in it is too tight to work on anything. I also have a 30x40 pole barn, which is a typical size, and 3 cars in there is tight as well, but there is room to work in there. A lift requires 12’...

6/3 with a ground, stranded copper would run a 60a sub. I would buy it from a supply house, as it’s much cheaper than the big box stores. I would also put it in conduit. I would also run it on a 60a breaker at each end. That would be more than adequate to run what you have, and allow for future...

Straight from Big Al.....take the wires coming in to the box in the 2nd garage, nip off a few strands until it fits into a 60a breaker, use the 60a breaker as the main shutoff. It is not legal to go 100a to 100a, the breaker is only meant to protect the wire, which a 60a will in this case, and...

this is a piece of 00 or 02awg, which is 100a aluminum wire. I am guessing this is what you have, and is acceptable to run a 100a panel in your 2nd garage, especially if it’s already there. If it is already in the panel of your 1st garage and on a 100a breaker in there, you can simply buy a new...

Neither garage needs 100a worth of power, but if that’s what’s feeding the 1st garage, you can run a 60a to your 2nd garage, that’s plenty enough power. I would run it into a 60a breaker in the panel in the 2nd garage and use that as a main shutoff in there. You want to be able to shut off each...