Re: Anyone Ever Built or Even Seen, An Original type Greasing Pit?
I remember as a kid growing up, my father had a pit on the side of a hill.
No idea if he built it, or was there when we moved in.
There was a small barn with a carport, The pit was just planks on beams ... You just drove out onto the planks, then there was a trail down the hill on the side you walked down to get under the car.
They had dug into the ground and side of the hill to walk on etc.
I am thinking of no words to describe it's safety.
In fairness, this was in the 60's, we were renting the house and outbuildings on a old 125 acre farm. I suspect it was built by original farmer in the 40's or 50's.
Also have no horror stories to go with it, I know my father used it a few times, he also was a mechanic at a gas station and did most his wrenching at work.
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