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Put a small lift in the garage Tom.
 
I've stayed at a Holiday Inn Express, so I know I'm qualified to provide this answer......please contact an architect or structural engineer for their opinion.

BTW...The loft in my barn is 3/4 particle board over 2x10 joists on 16" centers. It is rated for #110 per sq.ft.

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Plywood is a very bad idea for a wear surface. It punctures easily and de-laminates with abrasion, flex or liquids. My vote is T&G although it will be difficult to move a service jack or wheel dollies under load and will dent with use of jack stands.
 
This is getting interesting. Is there some "resistant tile" that would be appropriate for the flooring? Something like:

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or:

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When my dad built the garage, he recovered all the material from another garage/barn. Was big enough for 2 cars with a loft for storage and a basement with about 14' of headroom.
Always kept our good daily driver in one side and the TR in the other. never had a problem with the floor. Its still standing 40 years later.
 
Thanks gents. I think I'll start a new thread on floor coverings - maybe in Restoration and Car Care.

Tom
 
My father built our garage out of wood using a wooden floor. Buicks sat on it from1933 to 1951 with no problems
and the Septic tank was underneath no problems there either.

Use the 16" centers for the supporting joist.
 
Years ago, it was quite common to make machine shop floors out of 4X4 or 6X6 about 6 to 10 inches long standing on end tightly together. In the machine shop, where cutting oils are used all the time, any spilled on the floor would be absorbed and essentially disappear. The floors were amazingly solid and at the time I guess very low in cost. Your question just brought that to mind. As to your question, there's no reason that a 3/4 inch floor setting on supported stationary timbers 8" apart wouldn't hold anything you would want to put on it! I wouldn't go beyond 10" apart though and use a quality grade of plywood, no sheathing! JMHO. PJ
 
I think you've gotten some good ideas here. And it never hurts to reduce joist spacing if you are concerned about load.

If you are really worried, lay down some 1/8" aluminum plate over the whole thing. You can get 2' X 4' sheets of 1/8" aluminum for about $65
 
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