My GMC at Home
Langley, British Columbia, Canada

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On a recent return into the garage I heard  a crack as  drove I over the wooden pit covering. I have to drive over it while straightening the coach as I don't have a straight in approach. I wanted to save some trees.

The cracking sound was sufficient to make me research alternatives to wood. What I ended up with is 1 3/4" steel grating cut to 51 1/2" x 7 1/2" planks. This makes each plank an acceptable 33 pounds. The grating sits in 2" angle iron embedded in the concrete around the 4' x 16' pit.

	Coach in it's Home position.
	Rough 2x10's served as covering when the garage and pit were built.
	Unfortunately the shop didn't follow my measurements . I actually got 2 extra pieces but will have to cut one to fit. In the meantime a wooden filler is used.
	Buggy is staying outside tonight. The paint on the grating wasn't totally dry, which I didn't find out until I got there to pick it up. A little messy but made it without painting the inside of the coach. Going to leave the paint dry a day or so while it's nice outside.
	Cut one of the extras to size and we now have 100% steel grating covering the pit. Still leaves one plank in case extra strength is needed for use with bottle and/or floor jack.
	The Coach is usually parked with enough area open to make the pit accessable.
	A two-step ladder was manufactured to make getting in and out a little easier.
	Breaking in the new grates with an Oil & Filter change. I use a Pre-Luber to pump out the oil. That's the only job the Pre-Luber has these days. I didn't like pre-lubing against the normal oil flow so I delegated it to oil-change duty only.
	A few side benefits of steel grates over wood: I can view the coach from underneath without taking up the planks and I can now use a floor jack much easier to lift the front end. I had a jack stand on a 2x10 spanning 2 grates and there was hardly any deflection. I used to have to build up with 2 wooden planks and still have a jack under them to the pit floor to keep the planks up.
	The new home stance.