If there was anything to add, I’d add a sump pump in a small hole under a grate just to pump up any water. Then you could presher wash the underneath of all the vehicles before greasing or inspecting etc. The pump would stop the pit from filling with water and a squeegee could be used to push any remaining water into the pump hole.
Cracking job... Our inspection pit at work, you need wellies to go down there and watch out for the frogs... 😉 We have a big mirror on the far wall, makes it so easy to get over it on your own and a vertical line either side of it the width of an artic trailer when reversing in..
Tom that is brilliant. Paint 2 yellow stripes on the wall ahead of the pit for guidance. Or a tennis ball hanging from a string at windshield height on center of pit.
Paint multiple lines. Black centre, at black at each edge of the pit then every 6" each side. Then paint white numbers on the vertical lines (2 of the same number on each, one the right way one mirror image for when you're reversing). Same numbers on each side, increasing as you get further away from the pit. "Where is the pit? Hmmm, I can see a 4 in my RH mirror, but only a 2 in the LH mirror. Guess I need to be over a bit to the left." Second attempt, "Ah lovely, I can see 3s both sides."
@@Tomlamb980 just f*cking wing it Tom, i know you love the thrill of taking big things into precarious positions. admit it tom, it's exciting isn't it.
A superb job Tom, you should be really proud of that. As far as costings are concerned ( it is very rare for RUclips people to actually cost work ) you will get your money back in no time. Plus, saving time and effort not crawling around on the floor. I'm into vintage vehicles ( I do my bit on my RUclips channel ) and some years ago I installed a two post lift for modernish vehicles and a four post one for vintage stuff. Now you don't look for excuses not to do jobs underneath equipment, you just pop the on a lift. Time and money saved. Keep up the good work with your videos, excellent interesting content.
That looks like a really useful addition and I don't think there will ever be a time when you regret building it. It's a great idea to have the boards to cover it when it's not in use, it only needs one person, aftet a long, hard day, to stumble and you'll have a world of regret and paperwork. When you have the yellow paint out don't forget to do the stair edges with it too. It's not about being safety conscious, it's about thinking about and reducing risks.
For your wood safety planks, you could put hinges (alternating top and bottom) so they can easily concertina up for easy add and remove. You might need to split them into several sections. Great job on the pit!
Looks great mate. I know pits get a hard time from some of the 'its gotta be a lift expurts' out there, but you'll never have to inspect or change out the rams/cables/nuts etc , with the added bonus of never having a jcb drop on your head 😅👍
Tom, do what my mate did, throw some cattle slats in then you can pull them put quickly with the telehandler, hes got a small removable section just for dropping oil so everything doesnt need to come out for quick jobs
I mentioned Millennial Farmer in a recent comment. I have seen him clamber over large disk harrows to change broken and worn parts. It would be much easier for him to access the inner/central disks with a pit, but most of what he uses covers something like 36 rows. The outer banks fold up for driving from yard to field, so he could access those while in their fold up position. I am still not sure it would fit your pit, but he would obviously design accordingly. You have made a very impressive job of your pit Tom. I love the lights. When you were under the big tractor the illumination was bright and total. Barely a shadow in sight. That's down to good planning, and the white walls will have helped. I imagine your accountant can work some magic with the cost of the pit. Heck, the tax man will end up giving 'you' money with all the projects you do. I discovered your channel via Collin's videos, an while he is highly entertaining, your channel is a lot more interesting.
A great facility, the jacking beam on my 4 poster uses voided rubber bushes as rollers, when you jack it up the bushes compress and the beam rests firmly on the ledge preventing it moving around.
Excellent job Tom, from start to finish it as been impressive. I just like to mention your brilliant looking MF tractor, ( what a beast of a machine) a bit different from the old MF that I use to drive. Great video also, looking forward too your next one. 👍 👍
You can always let the air out of the tires carefully to lower the vehicles. Also you can paint the leading edge of the stairs with the yellow paint as well just in case someone is having a bad day.
Looks good Tom, a small suggestion though for people who'll be servicing rippers and the like; get some hardhats to wear. You don't want to turn and split your head on anything accidentally!
Really awesome result! Can't wait for part 5 with more paint and more fun stuff 😋 The rollers, not sure if you've bought any yet or decided.. but I guess the rollers can't hold the weight of what you jack up and could be "dangerous" also I guess with wheels under.. My idea is to use those flip down wheels that you can find on some workbenches for shops and garages.. Those should at least hold the weight of the steel bars so you can move them easily back and forth.. then just fold those wheels up and have the steel on steel so you can jack up what ever weight you need. You probably already thought of those or some other solution. But again, so awesome, I hope you make another video showing off more final touches and additions you come up with! 😃❤
Tom, if you can get some synthetic plastic matting and place some in your waste oil catchers hopper. It prevents splashback and makes retrieving the sump plug without fishing around in oil sludge
Great job Tom when i put my pit in i put 100x50 channel under the angle iron so i can run a pit jack on and still put in my timbers to close the pit when not in use
Excellent work, efficiency in farming is everything - £5000 all in (big handfuls) is a relatively small investment that will pay back every year. I am well jealous of that setup, getting machinery turned around quickly and doing preventative maintenance etc is awesome. I am building a drive through 16ft high RSJ gate - with high pressure spray bars on sides and top to quickly clean my machines and implements in the yard. Need to workout an "Automatic way to turn on/off the system" when I get close to save hopping in and out.
I think I have workshop envy as this is looking more like fancy car garage than farm. Any farm would be lucky to have this and as someone who always got the jobs under things I'd have thought this a dream.
Great video, when I was on my appreticship in early 70s, another apprentice had to put a brand new Granada over the pit, but he missed judged it and put it down the pit, he never lived that down, after that the firm placed 100mm angle iron around the edge, bolted to the floor, to help stop this happening
Well built & thoughtful consideration of the working bits! Should be a labor saver for all the maintenance you have. Much nicer than a lot of thrown together crap I've seen, lol! Thanx !
Very classy Job Tom - Well doe you and your crew. Not as expensive as I thought and you will more than get that back in time and effort saved over the years. Top Job.
Great job. Save yourself a load of hassle and put in a retractable airline and power line. I think the oil coming out of the sump will hit the pan and go everywhere see if you can get something like a scotch bite pad in the pan to stop it from deflecting.
First class job mate, well done. We had a pit in the old garage when I was growing up, me and my mates done a lot of boy racer mods over it. Maybe look into getting a CO alarm for it and beware of heavy toxic or flammable vapours pooling in it. Cracking build and video. All the best.
*_Looks good all finished up. Looks like you do have room under there. Though you should have built in a tool alcove for tools and storage. Maybe now you and colin and connect a tunnel....._*
Really appreciate the detail you provide in your videos, the finished pit will be a tremendous help and allow you to complete all the essential maintenance your brilliant range of equipment deserves. Great presentation look forward to watching you expand.
Absolutely spot on vid. It just goes to show the breadth of skills that our farmers have. Hopefully we'll see you at maker central again this year. I've still got the book signed by you and Rick before Furze got to it. 😂
Nice job Tom. How about a large mirror on the interior wall of the shed. Angle it down to help drivers line up on the pit when they bring vehicles in. 👍
Best pit build ever. Tom, you knocked it out of the park with the add-ons. I wouldn't have thought of the air hose. The best part was the water drain and wood to cover. Great job, absolutely brilliant.
We used to have a mirror in front of you on the wall so you could see the wheels as you drove on. Not actually necessary but it really helped the nerves when the vehicle was pricey!!
Looks amazing! I've wanted one of these so many times! I really like how you done the ducting and channel and I'll bet it's going to be so mice having the lights and air down there. Way awesome.
Great pit! I want one in my single car garage :D Good job you remembered the important crate. It really finishes it off. But I want part 5 to see the final paint job!
I have always wanted a pit. It was great that you broke down the costs. I am a bricklayer by trade so labour is free! I probable don't need it to be as long as yours! The Only thing I would add would be an extractor at the bottom just in case someone got knocked out and ended up in the exhaust fumes down there. Lovely job on the lights, power and air. I think you could recoup your costs renting it out.
@@Tomlamb980 Don't listen to me Tom, I'm a daft Trowel. I remembered someone telling me years ago but it was probable like you said, commercial garages. That is such a good investment for you. No more lying on cold concrete or mud
Looks awesome. The lights are excellent. Great work all around. Less money than I was expecting, so good on that too. I may have to do the same in my garage!
tom you hole looks awesome! 😉 a useful time saving project that should make you servicing a lot easer , and it looks super professional with the "health and safety" yellow, all it needs is a shelf for a kettle and tea making bits and your sorted, you may want to use a non slip paint around the edge so if the floor is wet or muddy when the pit is open no one slips in , look forward to the next project
I'm not a farmer or builder. Just a sad man that enjoys watching people dig holes. Cracking video.
Thanks
You just like watching people create! Nothing sad about that!
Once your not looking for info to bury the wife 🤔
you can learn to dig holes now by learning from Tom
Same here. I've been binge watching Tom Lamb videos while I'm stuck at home ... Loving it!
Most professional-looking hole in the ground I've seen in ages 😀
I winged it
11 days to bang out 4 episodes and have the job as near as complete, nice going Tom, if only a friend of yours was just as good 🤣
That’s because I’m not there doing it
Every man needs his own inspection pit at home, great video Tom!
Thanks 👍
The perfect maintenance pit.. You Brits are awesome.. Greetings from Colorado USA.. 👌😎🇺🇸
Thanks for the support
If there was anything to add, I’d add a sump pump in a small hole under a grate just to pump up any water. Then you could presher wash the underneath of all the vehicles before greasing or inspecting etc. The pump would stop the pit from filling with water and a squeegee could be used to push any remaining water into the pump hole.
Cracking job... Our inspection pit at work, you need wellies to go down there and watch out for the frogs... 😉 We have a big mirror on the far wall, makes it so easy to get over it on your own and a vertical line either side of it the width of an artic trailer when reversing in..
You beat me to it. Yes a big mirror on the end wall is what our workshop has too and it works well when manoeuvring over the pit.
Tom that is brilliant.
Paint 2 yellow stripes on the wall ahead of the pit for guidance.
Or a tennis ball hanging from a string at windshield height on center of pit.
Good idea
@@Tomlamb980 We have a 6ft wide mirror mounted at a slight angle on the wall in front to assist with this
Paint multiple lines. Black centre, at black at each edge of the pit then every 6" each side. Then paint white numbers on the vertical lines (2 of the same number on each, one the right way one mirror image for when you're reversing). Same numbers on each side, increasing as you get further away from the pit.
"Where is the pit? Hmmm, I can see a 4 in my RH mirror, but only a 2 in the LH mirror. Guess I need to be over a bit to the left." Second attempt, "Ah lovely, I can see 3s both sides."
@@Tomlamb980 just f*cking wing it Tom, i know you love the thrill of taking big things into precarious positions. admit it tom, it's exciting isn't it.
A superb job Tom, you should be really proud of that. As far as costings are concerned ( it is very rare for RUclips people to actually cost work ) you will get your money back in no time. Plus, saving time and effort not crawling around on the floor.
I'm into vintage vehicles ( I do my bit on my RUclips channel ) and some years ago I installed a two post lift for modernish vehicles and a four post one for vintage stuff. Now you don't look for excuses not to do jobs underneath equipment, you just pop the on a lift. Time and money saved.
Keep up the good work with your videos, excellent interesting content.
That looks like a really useful addition and I don't think there will ever be a time when you regret building it.
It's a great idea to have the boards to cover it when it's not in use, it only needs one person, aftet a long, hard day, to stumble and you'll have a world of regret and paperwork.
When you have the yellow paint out don't forget to do the stair edges with it too. It's not about being safety conscious, it's about thinking about and reducing risks.
In the states they run angle iron around the perimeter bolted to the floor to prevent you from being able to drive into it.
Only Tom can make a video about paint drying and I find it fascinating. Brilliant 👍😀
Glad you enjoyed it
Oh look there, it’s Tom lamb!
For your wood safety planks, you could put hinges (alternating top and bottom) so they can easily concertina up for easy add and remove. You might need to split them into several sections. Great job on the pit!
Looks great mate. I know pits get a hard time from some of the 'its gotta be a lift expurts' out there, but you'll never have to inspect or change out the rams/cables/nuts etc , with the added bonus of never having a jcb drop on your head 😅👍
Thanks for putting the costs at the end of the
Great job on the pit,absolutely love it 👍
That looks the business Tom well done.
Tom, do what my mate did, throw some cattle slats in then you can pull them put quickly with the telehandler, hes got a small removable section just for dropping oil so everything doesnt need to come out for quick jobs
I mentioned Millennial Farmer in a recent comment. I have seen him clamber over large disk harrows to change broken and worn parts. It would be much easier for him to access the inner/central disks with a pit, but most of what he uses covers something like 36 rows. The outer banks fold up for driving from yard to field, so he could access those while in their fold up position. I am still not sure it would fit your pit, but he would obviously design accordingly. You have made a very impressive job of your pit Tom. I love the lights. When you were under the big tractor the illumination was bright and total. Barely a shadow in sight. That's down to good planning, and the white walls will have helped. I imagine your accountant can work some magic with the cost of the pit. Heck, the tax man will end up giving 'you' money with all the projects you do. I discovered your channel via Collin's videos, an while he is highly entertaining, your channel is a lot more interesting.
Millennial farmer could do with a big concrete ramp to drive up onto
Great job Tom and be very handy
🤙🤙👍👍
Cracking series of videos looks amazing, will make your life a lot easier
That pit is dope! Want one myself!!
Just a beautiful pit.
A great facility, the jacking beam on my 4 poster uses voided rubber bushes as rollers, when you jack it up the bushes compress and the beam rests firmly on the ledge preventing it moving around.
Top job, and miles safer working in a pit than crawling under a farm machine... Keep the videos coming Tom
Very nice and a good investment for years to come well done ❤
What a great way to spend my Sunday, getting caught up on all my Tom and Colin content.
Excellent job Tom, from start to finish it as been impressive. I just like to mention your brilliant looking MF tractor, ( what a beast of a machine) a bit different from the old MF that I use to drive. Great video also, looking forward too your next one. 👍 👍
You can always let the air out of the tires carefully to lower the vehicles.
Also you can paint the leading edge of the stairs with the yellow paint as well just in case someone is having a bad day.
Looks good Tom, a small suggestion though for people who'll be servicing rippers and the like; get some hardhats to wear. You don't want to turn and split your head on anything accidentally!
Pleasure to watch, very good job.
need to put some handle on that square stock make it easier to slide, you can bend up some rebar for handle. pit looks great !
Really awesome result! Can't wait for part 5 with more paint and more fun stuff 😋 The rollers, not sure if you've bought any yet or decided.. but I guess the rollers can't hold the weight of what you jack up and could be "dangerous" also I guess with wheels under..
My idea is to use those flip down wheels that you can find on some workbenches for shops and garages.. Those should at least hold the weight of the steel bars so you can move them easily back and forth.. then just fold those wheels up and have the steel on steel so you can jack up what ever weight you need.
You probably already thought of those or some other solution.
But again, so awesome, I hope you make another video showing off more final touches and additions you come up with! 😃❤
Tom, if you can get some synthetic plastic matting and place some in your waste oil catchers hopper. It prevents splashback and makes retrieving the sump plug without fishing around in oil sludge
Thanks
As a Master electrician and all all-around Mr. FixIt, seeing those lights come was awesome.
Great job Tom when i put my pit in i put 100x50 channel under the angle iron so i can run a pit jack on and still put in my timbers to close the pit when not in use
Love it and something I've always wanted. Maybe when new shed goes up next year...
Excellent work, efficiency in farming is everything - £5000 all in (big handfuls) is a relatively small investment that will pay back every year. I am well jealous of that setup, getting machinery turned around quickly and doing preventative maintenance etc is awesome. I am building a drive through 16ft high RSJ gate - with high pressure spray bars on sides and top to quickly clean my machines and implements in the yard. Need to workout an "Automatic way to turn on/off the system" when I get close to save hopping in and out.
I think I have workshop envy as this is looking more like fancy car garage than farm. Any farm would be lucky to have this and as someone who always got the jobs under things I'd have thought this a dream.
You sprayed that blockwork like you were coach painting ! Maybe you should make one for Olly Harrison's workshop - I know Rob would like it
Let him know
Ace build Tom. I'd love to see the big Massey over the pit at night with the pit lights on. Look ace.
i did a pit like yours in my garage to work on my car . no moor bad back yours is brilliant Tom
Nice work Tom outstanding in your field 😂💯🫵🏻
Great video, when I was on my appreticship in early 70s, another apprentice had to put a brand new Granada over the pit, but he missed judged it and put it down the pit, he never lived that down, after that the firm placed 100mm angle iron around the edge, bolted to the floor, to help stop this happening
Cracking job cost a lot less in materials than I would have thought 👍
Well built & thoughtful consideration of the working bits! Should be a labor saver for all the maintenance you have. Much nicer than a lot of thrown together crap I've seen, lol! Thanx !
Nice one ! Need some kind of slidey jobby for the Jack support !
Perhaps your crazy mate can design something !
😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Very classy Job Tom - Well doe you and your crew. Not as expensive as I thought and you will more than get that back in time and effort saved over the years. Top Job.
Great job. Save yourself a load of hassle and put in a retractable airline and power line. I think the oil coming out of the sump will hit the pan and go everywhere see if you can get something like a scotch bite pad in the pan to stop it from deflecting.
Awesome oil collectors. But make sure that you turn the valve off on the top when you connect it pump out.
great job tom
First class job mate, well done. We had a pit in the old garage when I was growing up, me and my mates done a lot of boy racer mods over it. Maybe look into getting a CO alarm for it and beware of heavy toxic or flammable vapours pooling in it. Cracking build and video. All the best.
Spot on, ref CO alarm, another danger in pits is welding gases, Carbon Dioxide etc.
*_Looks good all finished up. Looks like you do have room under there. Though you should have built in a tool alcove for tools and storage. Maybe now you and colin and connect a tunnel....._*
Top notch equipment and top notch work - you love to see it. God bless from USA!
Very nice job, Tom. The pit will save you so much time now it will pay itself off in just a couple of months. Well done.
Hope so!
Really appreciate the detail you provide in your videos, the finished pit will be a tremendous help and allow you to complete all the essential maintenance your brilliant range of equipment deserves. Great presentation look forward to watching you expand.
Tom, your a legend love watching ya videos, and happy supporting local talent from stamford, keep up the great work. Kk
Thanks 👍
lovely job enjoyed all 4 videos will be fantastic to do your maintance
Job looks bang on dude
would be nice to have one home at the horsefarm, but for now we have a big machinehall for our little chinese c910 :) nice done!
Looks really good. I think you have thought of everything
Absolutely spot on vid. It just goes to show the breadth of skills that our farmers have. Hopefully we'll see you at maker central again this year. I've still got the book signed by you and Rick before Furze got to it. 😂
We will be there
Nice job Tom. How about a large mirror on the interior wall of the shed. Angle it down to help drivers line up on the pit when they bring vehicles in. 👍
I’m on it
Best pit build ever. Tom, you knocked it out of the park with the add-ons. I wouldn't have thought of the air hose. The best part was the water drain and wood to cover. Great job, absolutely brilliant.
Great job!
You have done a great job with the pit Tom and it looks very professional as well and onwards to the next job 👏👏👍👍
We used to have a mirror in front of you on the wall so you could see the wheels as you drove on. Not actually necessary but it really helped the nerves when the vehicle was pricey!!
Good idea
Looks amazing! I've wanted one of these so many times! I really like how you done the ducting and channel and I'll bet it's going to be so mice having the lights and air down there. Way awesome.
Looking great well done that’ll make life easier.
Great job
Nice build! Maybe you can add a mirror to the wall so the driver can see the wheels and the hole when driving over it?
Wow amazing you are good what you do Tom 👏🏻👏🏻
I look forward to your video pop up
Very cool. I'd put the power points in the middle between the lights.
Look up "Sprung Ball Units" to fit under the jacking beams Tom.
Great build, it's a submarine pen really 😉.
Thanks for sharing
I wish we had this back when I worked on equipment for my father. It would have made my life a lot easier. Excellent job!
Great pit! I want one in my single car garage :D
Good job you remembered the important crate. It really finishes it off. But I want part 5 to see the final paint job!
Next week
I have always wanted a pit.
It was great that you broke down the costs.
I am a bricklayer by trade so labour is free!
I probable don't need it to be as long as yours!
The Only thing I would add would be an extractor at the bottom just in case someone got knocked out and ended up in the exhaust fumes down there.
Lovely job on the lights, power and air. I think you could recoup your costs renting it out.
Thanks didn’t think I needed a fan as won’t be working on lorry’s and cars
@@Tomlamb980 Don't listen to me Tom, I'm a daft Trowel.
I remembered someone telling me years ago but it was probable like you said, commercial garages.
That is such a good investment for you. No more lying on cold concrete or mud
Looks amazing it's far better than my pit
Proper job Tom 👍 Colin must be proud you went in the ground 😆
Great job,more use than a tunnel on a residential site .
A well thought out idea done right! Fantastic!
Great little project and well equipped,
nice job, that will be used a lot, and you are much faster at digging then the other crazy guy digging on RUclips, I think you know him.
He’s slow no days
Looks awesome. The lights are excellent. Great work all around. Less money than I was expecting, so good on that too. I may have to do the same in my garage!
Get digging
tom you hole looks awesome! 😉 a useful time saving project that should make you servicing a lot easer , and it looks super professional with the "health and safety" yellow, all it needs is a shelf for a kettle and tea making bits and your sorted, you may want to use a non slip paint around the edge so if the floor is wet or muddy when the pit is open no one slips in , look forward to the next project
Thanks
Looks great Tom, a great video. Keep it up.
Nice job
You have a soothing voice, and very confident with your explanations, great stuff!
I really like it! Professional work. 👍🏻
Fabulous job Tom. I’d love a big workshop with a pit 👍
Loving the pit Tom. 👍
Great series of videos Tom loved them all.
Great work Tom and co 😁😁😁😁😁
Cheers from New York, America! Great hole Tom Lamb!
Top Job!
Consider making the rollers, for the jacking beams, spring loaded so they roll easy, but rest solid when under load….
another first class job tom yer some man
Looks a fantastic job and a very handy addition 👍
Brilliant result !
You don’t build any cr*p do you Tom - this is high quality and built to last!
I can’t wait to see your other projects.
I hope so