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Robert, since the garage is attached, I'd have a conversation with Ferrell Gas about the local codes and types of heaters that can be used in attached garages. Any heater with an "open flame" may have to be mounted X number of feet above the floor as gasoline and other combustible fumes usually dissipate at floor level. Also, make sure that you have a working carbon monoxide detector in the home for everyone's safety! (Not to mention insurance liability for the property.)
Another option is, if the house has natural gas already, look into the possibility of piping an overhead shop heater in the garage. Can't hurt the property value in the Great White North to have a heated garage space. :clapping:
Sometimes the "quick and easy" solution ends up costing more in the long run. "Pay me now or pay me later."
On my first vw trike i too had a tight budget. Yamaha 650 front end. Got brake master and lever from local mc shop used 10.00 got the hand controls for 15.00 reused old headlight off a gl 1000 and cobbled it all together.
Rambling is ok. I am a retired public school employee, 32 years. Now have a part time tow business. The trikes are my toys.
This is Sharlee, some friends of hers and me going for out morning constitional in South Western Minnesota. View attachment 64518
Don't see Sharlee? She is between two of her friends, keeping warm. After we got back into the house, I had the bright idea of going into the garage to take the other pictures of the pig trike. We were in there less than five minutes when Sharlee tried jumping into my arms. I picked her up, and her little feet were frozen from the outside and the concrete floor. Sharlee has spent her whole life indoors, she is a chihuahua and Dachshund mix commonly called a Chiweenie Dog, but there is nothing comm about her. She has even started answering to Bar-B-Que.
We cut the picture taking short, so Ill get back into my fur parka and brave the frozen North again.
Wow, frozen tundra is that what you call it, LOL
We call it a "cold in Hell" because shit does not move around here when there is that much snow on the ground.
Lovely pictures, so sorry about the little one frozen paw's, we have one we have to watch also. Best little lap buddy there is. Enjoy life as we can, that is all we can do.
Just thinking back, because of my frequent scrounging at land fills, dumpsters, and backroads, my mom used to call me Sanford. From the show Sanford and Son. I still pick up usable to me stuff but not so much after land fill closed and now have a transfer station to take our junk. Sorry for the hijack.
It does stink at times like that, not getting to do what we want, but it is life. I just got used to it over the years, and even now my adult children are back at home and my budget it tapped. I got real lucky with this machinist and his partner as they are doing my right. Letting me do as much work as possible and charging me as little as they can.
Now I learned there seems to be alot of work on the trikes that is just hard labor work. If you like a shinning engine, well lots of cleaning and what not to do there. If you want the frame to be looked over and repaired, lots of wire brush or wheel work to clean each weld so you can inspect them. Wow now that is done one can just do the rest of the frame and put a fresh coat of paint on it.
So you say your engine is froze up ? or just that cold out in the garage ? I thought I had rewired things right, not the best on some, so more work to get it right, seems to be the name of the game for me....![]()
no money for parts means, sneaking parts down to the basement. Get out the sandpaper/brillio pads etc, clean and polish ,disassemble and inspect parts. maybe a can of spray paint and a can of clear to keep cleaned up stuff from rusting. good luck!