Put bigger tires on the 170

The second diagram that you posted is nearly exactly how I have two planes situated in my hangar. I do have the wheel dollies (I got from Harbor Freight) under one of the planes to enable it to be positioned correctly. I will say it is a tight fit, but the one plane is only in for the winter and will be flown to Oregon this spring. My son purchased it last year but didn't have the time to fly it to his place so it was up to Dad to store it for the winter.

jugheadF15 wrote:Put bigger tires on the 170

Cheaper to add on to the hangar with BW prices where they are these days! haha

Yup, I think its going to cost me about one 31".

Here ya go! I think I may build one of these just to try it out.

Well it took longer and it was harder work than I thought but getting somewhere now.

And they fit:)

Nice! Looks good.

Looks great! Do you plan on enclosing the new section?

daedaluscan wrote:And they fit:)

Nice

The pups looks satisfied with your work lo

Tell me more about your hangar door?

My door is a home made bifold. Two panels each made out of 1 1/12" square. (I/8" wall I think) with light angle cross bracing. The upper panel is a little narrower in height than the lower so it cannot overwind. The lower panels have wheels on the outside of the posts which roll up as the door opens. There are five pickup points along the bottom of the door with turnbuckles to adjust tension. They hook up to a counterweight which is a ply box full of scrap steel. A twelve volt ATV winch opens it, with a solar panel on the roof. I also have a boat winch installed if that fails. It has worked well for 9 years so far.

If you are interested I can give you more detail.

Not sure I would do it again, a lot of fiddling and you lose a lot of height - not a problem for me but might be for another owner.

If I take anything away from building a hangar it is listen to the old farts. Build it biggger and wider. Real shortage of hangars that will take a cessna with wing X for example.

daedaluscan wrote:My door is a home made bifold. Two panels each made out of 1 1/12" square. (I/8" wall I think) with light angle cross bracing. The upper panel is a little narrower in height than the lower so it cannot overwind. The lower panels have wheels on the outside of the posts which roll up as the door opens. There are five pickup points along the bottom of the door with turnbuckles to adjust tension. They hook up to a counterweight which is a ply box full of scrap steel. A twelve volt ATV winch opens it, with a solar panel on the roof. I also have a boat winch installed if that fails. It has worked well for 9 years so far.

If you are interested I can give you more detail.

Not sure I would do it again, a lot of fiddling and you lose a lot of height - not a problem for me but might be for another owner.

If I take anything away from building a hangar it is listen to the old farts. Build it biggger and wider. Real shortage of hangars that will take a cessna with wing X for example.

Thanks for the write up!

From my phone it looked like a slider

For our build thinking we were going to build sliders of some sort, partly because of the ambhib height and part to keep it more simple

Well done.