barncobob posted:instead of trying to get the 5/8 from the floor elevation how about adding 5/8 to the lift arms itself, the attaching arms that swing out, shim, weld, spacers whatever on the low end,,,trying to think outside the box here
Good question. It is a surveyor thing. I build freeways, highways to those of you who live outside California, and it is part of my job description to find and fix discrepancies where they lie, rather than make up the diff someplace else. It probably isn't necessary in this case, but it is habit, and if I didn't fix it in the floor, it would bother me every time I looked at it. Don't ask me how I know that?
Construction Surveyors do not think outside the box. They lay out the box per the engineering plans.