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Hi Bruce
Not sure that you got the information you needed. I've been playing with CMPs for 30+ years. I started with an over sized two car garage 24' wide 32' deep and 7' high doors. First mistake, when I got my HUP it would not fit in the door. Then built a 14' wide 32' shed attach to the existing garage with 94" doors which works fine for the HUP. The extra depth in the garage allows for storage and in our case parking six vehicles (two deep in each bay).
Now we move on to bigger trucks. They don't fit period. Too tall and if you remove the cab top and windshield to get them in you don't have enough room around them to work. Next phase a Pole Barn 24'x36' in which I can park my HUP, C60S with long frame and radio box mounted, nose to tail in one bay and my C60L with 12' cargo body in the next bay. Leaving some area to work. But to really work on any of the trucks one of them has to get parked out side or in the other garage. (Generally the HUP is parked in the other garage.
Because we live in a rural area all of the buildings are separated by a minimum of 30' feet if we have a fire I only want to loose one building.
Back to you size question though, storage is also an issue, living in New England with heavy snow all the roofs have to be pitched pretty steep and be of heavy design. In our case I had the barn built with an attic floor built to hold a heavy load. Also I installed structural shelving which gives me nearly twice the storage area that the floor space alone would allow, plus you can see what is stored on the shelves. At one point I had every part accept the frame stored in the attic for one of the big trucks. I also built a simple cargo elevator that can handle any part up to 1500 lbs which makes the loft storage useful and practical.
If you are interested in how these spaces worked out take a wonder through my web site and you will get better idea of working on trucks in place. If you need particular dimensions let me know.
Cheers Phil
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