Antenna

[got3fords]

Don't be the house isn't that great I bought it for the garage!

I opted for a house without a garage, but has gorgeous 360 degree Blue Ridge Mountain foothill views. (I also have little option for any type of plug-in EV.)

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[Langwilliams]

Yep, another source of owner lack of knowledge. At least a few years ago, there was a saftey cord that you can pull that separates the opener from the door. This can result in the bar than connects the opener to the door dropping free and becoming a dangling obstruction. But with the opener separated from the door, you could manually raise and lower the door in an emergency.

Not a lack of knowledge! I know all doors have a release to open the door if the opener fails or power is out. Our condo had a round lock in the door with a keyhole in it on the outside. When you unlocked it it fell out an a chain was attached so if your car was in there an power was out you could get to it to go to work. For security garages were solid on three wall so no owners could enter another units garage, the only way in was the big overhead door.

 

[Langwilliams]

I opted for a house without a garage, but has gorgeous 360 degree Blue Ridge Mountain foothill views. (I also have little option for any type of plug-in EV.)

If I were building a garage I'd go with a 12 foot ceiling not the 16 (or 18?) ft I have since it's so high it's a pain to lube the opener chains an add openers (can't reach the learn button). Once I add a half bath an update the kitchen the house will be fine.

 

[Langwilliams]

Yep, another source of owner lack of knowledge. At least a few years ago, there was a saftey cord that you can pull that separates the opener from the door. This can result in the bar than connects the opener to the door dropping free and becoming a dangling obstruction. But with the opener separated from the door, you could manually raise and lower the door in an emergency.

Watch and learn. At the 1130 mark you can see the emergency release excess cable hanging. I only had about 4 or 5 inches of excess slack hanging down but it was enough to catch. I never had to worry since between my Harley an all my tools, lift, and other stuff I couldn't park my ranger in the garage (one reason for moving).

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[got3fords]

Watch and learn. At the 1130 mark you can see the emergency release excess cable hanging. I only had about 4 or 5 inches of excess slack hanging down but it was enough to catch. I never had to worry since between my Harley an all my tools, lift, and other stuff I couldn't park my ranger in the garage (one reason for moving).

Ah, never had to install one of those. But why the heck does the cable need to be so long? When he holds up the illustration on the instruction sheet, it doesn't show so much slack.

 

[Shelpdogg]

I have the stubby antenna and don't notice any issues with satellite or radio reception.

 

[QuickSilver]

Stubby antenna, works well for me but doesn’t mean I am not pushing my luck lol, 1” of clearance left….

 

[Rocketeer61]

Yep. I have the CravenSpeed stubby and yet I managed to tag the yellow pipe at a parking garage recently. Strider is stock height and I still moved that pipe with the antenna going in. I had to drive around the entire garage to get out and the ceiling (along with the walls and pillars) were terrifyingly close the entire time. I also own a KIA Soul and I was kicking myself big time for not driving it, but then again why should that be a concern? Build the thing big enough and they will come. You gotta love how disconnected from reality some architects can be.

The Parking Garage from Hell belongs to Salt Lake City's Walker Center, BTW. Tell your friends. Don't tell your enemies.

 

[Apples]

You guys are wimps. Imagine driving down the boulevard at 35 MPH, with an HF amateur radio antenna sticking up 14 feet. Suddenly, out of nowhere, is an errant tree limb. The top whip of that antenna is still wrapped around that tree limb, 40 years later! The hole in the quarter panel was averted, as the coil assembly came apart and saved the day. The real story is where the stainless steel corona ball went? I won't tell!

 

[Trustable]

Wow! That antenna must be strong to rip the base out too!

 

[Trustable]

Yep. I have the CravenSpeed stubby and yet I managed to tag the yellow pipe at a parking garage recently. Strider is stock height and I still moved that pipe with the antenna going in. I had to drive around the entire garage to get out and the ceiling (along with the walls and pillars) were terrifyingly close the entire time. I also own a KIA Soul and I was kicking myself big time for not driving it, but then again why should that be a concern? Build the thing big enough and they will come. You gotta love how disconnected from reality architects can be.

The Parking Garage from Hell belongs to Salt Lake City's Walker Center, BTW. Tell your friends. Don't tell your enemies.

I always feel bad at the videos where you see a high roof work van in one and the driver has no choice but to just keep going scraping the roof the whole time. Another video source of something similiar is the 11’8” bridge YouTube channel.

 

[CF6-mech]

The house we moved to last year has 8ft garage doors. The previous house had standard doors and the antenna was close.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

I always feel bad at the videos where you see a high roof work van in one and the driver has no choice but to just keep going scraping the roof the whole time. Another video source of something similiar is the 11’8” bridge YouTube channel.

No choice? How about stopping and backing out? Or airing down their tires to ~10 psi and cutting ~4 inches off their height?

 

[veedubtuner]

Yikes. Getting mine in my garage was tight, went with a stubby for extra clearance lol.

 

[D Fresh]

For cost savings garages were solid on three wall so no owners could enter another units garage, the only way in was the big overhead door.

Fixed it for you.

Pretty sure a steel man door beside the garage door would be about 42.3x as secure as that flimsy thing.

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