what to do with garage door rails/track

[Rlefig]

Hi all,

Thanks for all your help with previous questions. I am getting close to finishing my SIM build in my garage, but I am concerned about the garage door rail on my backswing. There is no auto opener in garage but the door does ride on tracks. With my driver swing I am short of rail by a couple of inches, maybe a bit more, but still want to protect driver head from hitting it. I don't want to move mat over to right anymore.

I was thinking of putting a pool noodle on rail when playing, that way if I do hit it its soft.

Thoughts?

[bubbtubbs]

How much higher than your rails are the ceilings? Can you high lift them?

I haven't converted mine yet but they're standard 7.5' off the ground and the ceiling is 11.5'. Going to change to a high lift style (3" from ceiling) some point in the near future. They'll only be in the first 2' of garage because of the increased travel height.

[Rlefig]

I cant lift them anymore, maybe an inch or two but have to keep the front of the rail at current height so then rails will be out of level. I could raise the front but then would lose storage which I need

[aussiebenny]

I'm 6' 3" and I've never hit the garage door rail that's above me, but my dad who is 5' 12" has hit it a few times now. (not during his swing, but after it due to his habit of raising the club back up after a full follow through)

I never though of using a pool noodle but that's a great idea and I might give it a go when I play with him again!

[Hickory James]

I took all the out and did barn doors frees up all the space and looks good!

[Rlefig]

i have thought about barn doors, we will see

[kperry]

I had a similar issue but I noticed that the last 16 inches of track wasn't even used when the door was in the upright position. I drilled new holes to relocate the support bracket and cut off the last 16 inches of garage rail. Now I've got at least two feet of clearance on drives.

[chicub15]

I wasn't able to raise my rails either, but was able to cut off a substantial amount railing as kperry did. The rail was not in my swing path, but cutting it shorter allowed me to install a wider enclosure.

[yorkie]

I removed my rails & motor & fixed the door in position, I never opend the door as the sim takes most of the room. put the away if ever need to reinstall

[StanMI]

9 foot door.....Titleist driver.....door rail......... Bad combination !!!

[MadMax2021]

Can't you just go off center? That's what I do and have no trouble with the rails. Lifting them up is expensive.

[ontheteebox]

MadMax...I have the same experience with lifting my garage door rails. A company quoted me about $1,200 to raise the tracks. But I posed this question in the forum and some responses indicated that it should be a lot less to raise tracks. I'm trying to find another company to give me a quote for the same job to be able to compare prices.

[Rlefig]

After smashing my Mizuno driver off the rail, luckily it only dinged it and did not break it, I am going to shorten the rail by a foot. The garage door never goes in that "extra foot" of rail so why have it. This means I also have to rehang the rail back supports and build a structure to hang it from but so be it. Hopefully that will suffuce

[p3eps]

About 7 years ago when I first set my original sim up, my mate smashed my near new Taylormade SLDR across the rail and took a big chunk out of the decals. I was pretty gutted!
A few hits later, and I decided to change my door.

I fitted a roller door - which rolls into a small space for a number of reasons… better sealing, better insulated, more secure, no danger of hitting the car like the ‘up and over’ door, and no rails to hit with golf clubs! Cost a fair bit at the time, but so glad I did it!

My V3 sim now hits at the door - which is something I could never have done with the old door… as the opener (motor) was in the centre of the room and would have been totally in the way.

[bubbtubbs]

Did you find a decent-looking one? Most of them *look* like a roller door on the front of the house.

[MadMax2021]

MadMax...I have the same experience with lifting my garage door rails. A company quoted me about $1,200 to raise the tracks. But I posed this question in the forum and some responses indicated that it should be a lot less to raise tracks. I'm trying to find another company to give me a quote for the same job to be able to compare prices.

Thanks. That's good to know. I'm happy with my off center set up at present (and moving to a jackshaft motor from an overhead motor to make it work wasn't so inexpensive because the door needed a torsion mount). Out of an excess of caution, I'll probably also get a clone driver with a 44" or 43.5" shaft so I don't risk my gamer if there is an accident. The noodle idea isn't bad either as it would add like 30 seconds to set up.