Pallets & Racks for attachment storage (not a fork discussion).

[Bullwinkle123]

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Nice. My existing tool wall looks like a poor man's version of that. The problem is that I'm losing my wall space as part of making room for tractor and attachments, so I was trying to hatch ideas for how to store tools within the to-be-built rack space. I could definitely allot some of the 24' of rack width for tools if there were a good way to hang them. I'm liking my conceptual (ascii graphics) picture above, I think, only I'm not sure what kinds existing clamps would fit the beams and cross bars, or whether I'll have to fabricate my own, and what they would look like.

 

[Peter 315]

I think you will have to make your own...

 

[Peter 315]

Or hooks like this and bolt on....https://www.amazon.com/Garage-Storage-Hooks-Extended-Organizer/dp/B07H84CTBP

 

[Bullwinkle123]

Or hooks like this and bolt on....https://www.amazon.com/Garage-Storage-Hooks-Extended-Organizer/dp/B07H84CTBP

Heh, nothing says tool hangers have to be steel, no doubt I'll prototype something ugly out of 2x4's or 2x6's. I think I will order at least one less wire deck than would normally fill the space to experiment with tool hanging options on the rack. After all, we're talking about something approaching 16 square feet of hanging area, plus I want the tools near the tractor. Meanwhile thanks for all the ideas and advice.

Should I even bother with the wire decks? I was kind of assuming I could still set big-ish things on them that aren't on pallets (e.g. 5 gallon buckets) if they weren't too heavy, but maybe that's wrong and I'm going to have just put in pallet supports under plywood? (I know one of you uses plywood with mdf, did you have wire decking under that?).

 

[dstig1]

Wire racks allow you to be less precise with placing pallets. This helps if your pallets are not to spec, or if you don't have a straight shot, or a good forklift... Or if you have other oddball things to store. Fork usage with a FEL is nowhere near as easy or precise as with a forklift. Plus experience. You don't have to paper the world with them, but they are useful in spots.

 

[jmc]

Interesting thread, good ideas and pictures. I bought the racking to do this same thing, stored them against the barn, and they're still out there. This thread might get the project going again.

Agree with dstig1 @ #11 about picking up with pallets rather than directly with a SSQA on a tractor. I can see me "chasing" the implement backward into the barn wall with either system but worse with the SSQA technique.

To get a taller target for the forks, I will make skids consisting of a solid plywood top with 4x6 skid rails on edge. Hopefully the roughly 4 inch wide rails will be stable without bottom support cross members- less obstruction if my forks aren't quite horizontal. And a solid top instead of cross boards should be less for the fork tips to catch on.

 

[Bullwinkle123]

I traded emails with sjf.com today to get a quote. Unfortunately their MA depot is new stuff only and he said shipping was likely prohibitive and didn't actually give me a quote, so still waiting on that.
Sent an email to brentwood surplus too, no word back.

While googling, Home Depot turned up. The closest I could come to my 12' beams and 10' uprights was 108" beams and 8' uprights. The wire decks were powder coated too (more expensive than galvanized). And of course ... no used pricing. It was $18xx shipped. Ouch. Don't think so. But the shipping portion was only like $50, compared with the $300+ sjf said I was probably looking at. (Plus more for residential address).

Have an inquiry out to a craigslist post too. If it's going to cost me $1800+ for 24' of rack, I may just build one very small rack out of wood for three attachments (one on floor) and go back to the idea of building a new shed/barn. Here's hoping brentwood (in NH) and sdf (in MA) get back to me with something better. I'm thinking $1800 buys a lot of cement (not really, a shed will will be expensive, a barn even more so, but I've decided my old barn may on its last legs, literally, so may have an excuse to replace it).

 

[dstig1]

Yeah CL is your friend for this stuff. I used CL for my first buy and SJF for my second, as they are only an hour and a half away from me.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

I was going to build a rack in my barn 10ft wide 10 ft deep about 12ft high to store my mower, rotary cutter and box blade on.

Then I got lazy and just leave it in the pasture.

You could probably build something on 4x4 post under $500

 

[ddbackhoe]

Nice. My existing tool wall looks like a poor man's version of that. The problem is that I'm losing my wall space as part of making room for tractor and attachments, so I was trying to hatch ideas for how to store tools within the to-be-built rack space. I could definitely allot some of the 24' of rack width for tools if there were a good way to hang them. I'm liking my conceptual (ascii graphics) picture above, I think, only I'm not sure what kinds existing clamps would fit the beams and cross bars, or whether I'll have to fabricate my own, and what they would look like.

You could scour some job sites and look for PVC pipe cut-offs. They make nice long handled tool holders (think golf clubs). A wooden box works too but you’d have to build that.