How would you build this?

[DaBear3428]

pallet racks are specifically made to deal with numbskulls driving forklifts so should work well for a home owner in this application. I'm looking to do the same thing in my case i'm planning to install 2 back to back with a tin roof on just to keep most of the sun off as well as the rain. the back to back adds strength if you bump into it. bottom level for 3pt equipment and upper levels for FEL implements. if you are not good with metal fab u bolts and Unistrut can be used to make the roof. i'm avoiding walls so i can access from both sides. also nothing stopping you from attaching wood roof to pallet rack structure.
for the PHD a beam cantilevered off the end allows you to back up to it and chain the PHD under it and let it hang, makes getting it back on a lot easier also.

 

[Torvy]

I am very familiar with industrial pallet racking. It might surprise people to know we used it in the bank. One department I supported processed cards, letters, and statements to the tune of 25 million+ items per month. Lots of pallets of paper, envelopes and such. Bank operations are very much like other factory ops. An operator would process 30k items a shift...that's $10k in postage alone.

The concrete and the up-front expense are why I was trying to avoid pallet racking. It is great, no argument. I was envisioning a stand alone 3-sided shack. It may be more cost effective for it to share the back wall with the coop. I could set up a small set of racking in my shop, but I hate to lose the space. I have an existing lean-to attached to garage, but that will mostly be the home of T574. It's only 20' wide by 8' deep...it is really tall though.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

When I was growing up all the implements stacked up on racks where retrieved and placed with a forklift. When they where retrieved or set in place with a tractor was the only time we had damage to the racks.

Consequently, all my implements are placed on pallets and stored on the ground in an equipment shed.

 

[2manyrocks]

My question is whether it would be more convenient and possibly less expensive to expand the lean-to width another 8-10 feet and pour concrete to keep the implements and attachments at ground level?

 

[Torvy]

My question is whether it would be more convenient and possibly less expensive to expand the lean-to width another 8-10 feet and pour concrete to keep the implements and attachments at ground level?

The existing lean-to? No, it would obstruct the view out the front door of the house.

The hypothetical one could be made with concrete and whatever size, but my hope/plan was to find a reasonable solution that keeps cost and footprint down.

 

[2manyrocks]

Could you add a lean-to on the other side? I suppose you could put down railroad ties as something to park implements on as an alternative to concrete?

 

[newbury]

I think pallet racks are excellent.
(Erector sets for the big boys).
IF you can get it cheap.
I recommend 3 levels of rack, and use the third level to store "light" stuff, like rolls of fencing.
I've about 200 linear feet of pallet racking, most about 10' high, most bought off CL around 2012-2014 when there was still a lot downsizing going on. Prices were usually about $30 for an upright and $10 for a 9' beam.
Since you are in Texas you might be able to get by by just using taller racking and fastening a roof on the top.

 

[DaBear3428]

I think pallet racks are excellent.
(Erector sets for the big boys).
IF you can get it cheap.
I recommend 3 levels of rack, and use the third level to store "light" stuff, like rolls of fencing.
I've about 200 linear feet of pallet racking, most about 10' high, most bought off CL around 2012-2014 when there was still a lot downsizing going on. Prices were usually about $30 for an upright and $10 for a 9' beam.
Since you are in Texas you might be able to get by by just using taller racking and fastening a roof on the top.

cost here in texas are running $90 per upright and 25 per beam wire shelfs are 25 each

 

[DaBear3428]

one problem is what is behind the rack if you back it up to a wall my guess is that within a year you will have put at least 3 holes in your wall, that is how it would work for me anyway.

for me i plan on putting some footers to support the uprights and leave the rest of the ground bare, place wood pallets under anything i do not want in contact with the ground, box blade np on the ground but a tiller or rotary cutter i want to limit the rust. i do not know what would be cheaper than pallet rack as long as you can use that as the support for the cover as well as the rack.

 

[DaBear3428]

IMO here in texas the rain is not as big of a deal as the sun and stuff sitting in contact with the dirt.
BTW looking at you photo made me miss the pines lol