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Originally Posted by speede5
I feel like you're over complicating a bit. 9'10" is pretty tall and can easily accomodate a hoist for vehicle storage. you really should'nt need scissor trusses.
I have seen, and was going to do the following myself til we changed plans. A truss roof can easily be separated from the walls and lifted off with a crane, put off to the side and replaced once the walls have been extended. You will have to get under the soffit to disconnect all the hurricane ties and a sawzall will come in handy to cut any nails between the trusses and the wall. Oh and don't forget the electrical.
Talk to a crane company and they should have all the straps you need and some advice. If you prep well and they are only needed fro a couple hours to remove and same to install it's actually fairly cheap. Keeping the roof saves you a ton of cash too.
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That's good info about lifting the roof off. I did the math using a LiftPro Pro Park 8 PLUS, a Range Rover Sport, and an Aston Martin Vantage:
Lifting height: 86"
Height under runways: 81"
Range Rover height: 71"
Aston Martin Vantage height: 50.12"
136.12" required, works out to 11.34 feet. So unfortunately I'd still need scissor trusses for the desired clearance.
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I wonder if you can convert your gable trusses to scissor trusses in place? And you would only need to do a few of them(3 or 4?), as I assume the lift would be on one side of the garage. Would probably need an engineer.
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I've seen and heard converting the trusses is doable (definitely needs an engineer). If I don't do all of them, I'd need to swap the garage door to a roll-up model. Otherwise, the garage door rails will get in the way.