How would you build this?

[Hay Dude]

Best part is they are adjustable and made of box tube steel. Plenty strong.
Very little labor to install (look at lumber prices)
All you have to do is keep them painted (cans of spray paint) and they will last a long time.

 

[Torvy]

In my head, lumber prices being up are good for me (in theory). Somehow, the price of timber doesn't seem to go up, just the lumber. I'd like to get a small sawmill to make my own. Reality is that I would probably use it a few times and then move on. The upside is that quite a few people around here do milling as a side hustle.

I suppose like most things I do, it will be a spreadsheet and cost-benefit analysis. I am very patient with analysis, but rarely with anything else. I'm not a good shopper. I'd rather figure out what I need and buy it. The legwork involved in finding quality used stuff drives me crazy. It's like sitting in slow traffic in a Ferrari to me.

 

[2manyrocks]

Over 10-20 years, I think you will prefer to have poured a pad under the racks to keep the weeds out. The formwork would be relatively simple. Doesn't have to have the greatest finish on it to be entirely functional.

Sawmills involve a lot of labor. Takes time for a portable bandsaw mill to slice up a tree trunk. But you can accumulate full dimension lumber for your own projects.

 

[WM75Guy]

Pallet racks are not cheap. I am buying a set to store 4'X4' pieces of 1/2" plywood project boards with stained glass projects on them in the shop. I included an extra set of beams so we would have another shelf. The height between the shelfs is not a big deal. The rack will be fastened to the outside wall of the glass workroom, inside the main shop.

 

[WM75Guy]

FYI I am getting mine from ULINE. They have a DFW warehouse. If I order today, they will arrive tomorrow via SAIA freight truck. I use my FEL with pallet forks to unload them.

 

[2manyrocks]

If I were using them to store implements outdoors, I'd be shopping for used racks. But despite the price, I can see where it would be nice to have implements stored neatly together where they aren't grown up in weeds year after year.

 

[gstrom99]

If you have the room, I'd suggest something like this. Put the stuff on wood pallets and not worry about shelving/racks.

 

[sea2summit]

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Might add a roof this year

8' high inside?

 

[DaBear3428]

I’d look on FB marketplace for some older hardware store shelving racks. Those units are super strong. The put pallets of bagged concrete on them.
Place them atop a nice concrete pad and you have an excellent attachment storage system.

yes that is pallet racks and what we have been talking about

 

[DaBear3428]

If you have the room, I'd suggest something like this. Put the stuff on wood pallets and not worry about shelving/racks.

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for FEL implements getting them up in the air so you can see them helps a lot with attaching them so for me all of my FEL stuff will be high.