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Location: Chicago | Plan on building a new 2 car garage and have some room to play with on the length. From your experience what is an ideal length to handle a 620 and trailer |
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Location: Hopefully on the water | If you have the room to play with and the extra cost isn't a issue. I would go with a big as you can. You can never have too much gargae space. Besides if it is long enough you could have the truck and the boat hooked up in the garage together. Had a uncle that did it for his race car trailer and tow vehicle. that was nice use. But on a better answer I would figure 30-32 feet deep. The motor should be able to be up or down with the swing arm on the trailer to be left in the ready position. |
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| Make sure you have an 8 foot garage door height wise as well. I learned that I cannot back my boat in the garage without the motor trimmed down because it hits the top of the door. That sucked, only took once to learn that lesson though.
Otherwise, do not go with two single garage doors on a two car garage either. Go with one 16' wide door. Even if you would be lucky to back it in an 8 foot door (probably BARELY squeek in) its a royal pain especially late at night when you cant see well.
Depth wise I would go 32'. This should allow plenty of room to walk around the front or back and not require you to swing the tongue. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | 32' Deep, 18' wide x 8' tall garage door. Let me know when you need the floor poured for it. I'll grab a couple buddies and head down there for ya! Chicago prices are way too high. I'll beat them. *wink* |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | My garage is 38'x25' and that's more than enough. I'd say 30 or 32 would be fine. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | You can't have a big enough garage. Remeber when are older you are going to live out there! The second nicest garage I have ever seen a fisherman come up with had overheads on both ends. Drive it, leave hooked up to the truck and walk away. |
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Location: Warroad, Mn | I have a 205 Triton, which is about the same size as a 620. My garage is 20X30, which is big enough, but once you get all the other stuff in there another two feet each way would be nice. It's real hard to open the door on the pickup on the riders side. Got to remember at the grocery store to put the groceries on the drivers side. Sometime I forget! Another two feet wide would be nice. The 30' long is O.K., and would be more than enough if I wouldn't put a big pile of stuff behind the boat. A swing away tongue on the trailer would also help. Ideal size with room to open the pickup doors would be 22'-24'x32'. My door is 12X8.
Doug Johnson
Edited by dougj 5/26/2011 4:22 PM
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| My garage for my fishing and boat is 60' x 75'. The doors are 12' x 12'. I have no problem get in and out and my boat is always hooked up ready to go. I would recommend 12' wide door son a new garage. 18' for 2 units side by side is trouble. 12' x 8' is a great door size and 30'deep will cove the 620 without having to swing the tounge. Good luck with the new garage.
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Location: Stones throw away...finally!! | I am just finishing my new home and made sure the garage was big enough for my 620, but due to budgets I couldn't get too carried away. Mine is 26' deep with a 10' wide third stall door. Won't have a lot of extra room around the boat, but plenty of space around the rest of the garage. |
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Location: Brainerd, MN 56401 | Go BIG, as big as you can. My boat lives in a 42' x 52' pole barn with 20' wide x 14' high dual sliding front doors. I can almost make a U-turn inside. Besides, garages are for cars. |
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Location: Twin Cities, MN | As someone who as seen quite a few crummy garages when I looked for a house 2 years ago, if money is no object, I would suggest the below as have others noted
32 ft depth
24 ft wide for 2 car, 36 wide for 3 car
8 foot doors
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Location: NE Wisconsin | I have never heard any one say, I built my garage too big. What ever you think you need for size... go a little bigger. When I had my shed built, they asked how big of doors do you want? I said what is the biggest which will fit. You never know what you may want to put in there. I had the area and built a 60' long shed with a 12x11 door. I come home after a day of fishing and back the 620T and the truck in the shed and close the door. GREAT. |
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Location: Chicago | After layout,functional space, and garden were taken into consideration i have come to settle on a 22x24 mansard roof loft/garage. Couldn't play with to much space once I took the peek height into consideration. Thanks for all the suggestions settled on some rough drawings and eagerly await my new kickass garage. |
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| 620 is going to be tight on the 24' depth. it will go, but you won't be able to walk around the back. |
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Location: Rhinelander | Don't skimp on door height, I did and regeret it. My second garage at the house is a 24'x36' with (2) doors on the eave end. A 16 footer and a 10 footer with only a 7' height. The 7' height clears the boat and Polaris ranger but with a little snow piled in front things get dicy.
Don't know what I was thinking as I went with 10' high walls but only 7' doors. Bonehead move.
Edited by Hodag Hunter 6/7/2011 10:30 AM
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| jaycbs74 - 6/5/2011 2:07 AM
After layout,functional space, and garden were taken into consideration i have come to settle on a 22x24 mansard roof loft/garage. Couldn't play with to much space once I took the peek height into consideration. Thanks for all the suggestions settled on some rough drawings and eagerly await my new kickass garage. Are those interior or exterior dimensions? If its exterior you probably will only have 23' on the inside. Hopefully you have a swing tongue, but you may still have to park crooked in there.
My boat will not fit in my dad's 24 x 24 garage straight. |
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Location: God's Country......USA..... Western Wisconsin | For sure and I mean for sure minimum 8' tall and 10' wide. Outside tire to outside tire is approx 101". 9' door = 108" 2" trim boards + 4" leaves you 3" clearance. I can get a new Ranger in my 8' door but I scrap the rubber gasket on both sides and once you hook your boat up you cannot walk back into the garage to grab anything. You will not be happy with a 9' or with an 18' as your boat will be in the way of you other vehicle. I sure wish that mine was 9' wide, would save a lot of trying to get straight to back in.
By the way mine is 30 x 35 should have made it bigger!!!!
Edited by muskyone 6/7/2011 3:49 PM
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| muskyone - 6/7/2011 3:45 PM
By the way mine is 30 x 35 should have made it bigger!!!!
I think that is what everyone says once they finally get done. I have heard that you plan what you think you need, then add 15% because you want the extra space and its amazing how they get choked up with stuff in a hurry.
By the time I actually build mine it will need to be a 60 x 120. LOL |
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Location: Uxbridge Ontario | I'm glad this topic came up. I will be looking to build a new shop in the spring. Was interested in going 32wx48L with 12x10 roll-ups on each end. |
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