Warehouse racking for wood stacking?

[MIkeWard]

Last year kept going to the BJs near me and over a couple of months, the got rid of quite a load of pallet racks and beams. More than I needed but as my Dad trained me, I took em anyway- raw materials!
Turned out my brother could use them for a quick hay storage shed and also to build more small sheds for his tractor wood equipment etc. I kept collecting them and he ended up with quite a few. Loaded his pickup with one load. 4 hr drive to his place.
I kept getting them and he ended up bringing his big box trailer for the rest.

I always knocked on the back door of the warehouse and asked if I could take the racks. They were happy for me to take em!

Here's the pics

 

[MIkeWard]

To make a small 8' x11' shed like the one I'm moving with my tractor forks
I took 2 damaged pallet uprights. They were 12' high.
I used a 4 1/2" grinder to cut the welds on the diagonals and hit em with a hammer to remove. I wanted the front of the shed 7' high and the rear 6'. So I cut the front upright 7' and the rear 6'
The horizontal cross brace was only 42" deep so I cut them with a sawzall in the center. I had some chainlink fence toprail tubing that I cut to 7' long. Which was the depth I wanted for this little shed.
The toprail tubing fit perfectly inside the horizontal cross brace I cut earlier. I used a self starting metal roofing screw to attach and soon I had my right and left sides of the shed. Welding would have been better.
Get the front and rear beams attached and you have a basic sturdy shed.
Apply roof and sides and there you go
Simple light shed

 

[Komrade]

MikeW,

That's some good scavenging. I'll have to try that with Costco. Unfortunately for me my trips are pretty rare and far, so it would be tough to build up a materials arsenal.

Glad somebody else is already using warehouse racking for firewood, although I haven't thought of using racking steel beams for building structures.. Even if not free, they could be cheaper than 4x4's.

Also, glad there are still parts of long island where you can have a little freedom in your yard. Although, LI probably has fewers HOAs than some newer developments (e.g. around DC)

 

[JPRambo]

MikeW where on LI? I'm from Riverhead (40 years ago).

 

[MIkeWard]

MikeW,

Also, glad there are still parts of long island where you can have a little freedom in your yard. Although, LI probably has fewers HOAs than some newer developments (e.g. around DC)

no HOA just the town and they don't know. No foundation so should be same as HF tent canopy just a lot stronger.

 

[MIkeWard]

MikeW where on LI? I'm from Riverhead (40 years ago).

Smithtown, my daughter lives in wading river

 

[Komrade]

MikeW,

Do you do anything to reduce rust?

 

[JPRambo]

I have a few (many) cousins in Wading River.

 

[MIkeWard]

MikeW,

Do you do anything to reduce rust?

Did not do anything yet. the most rust I have seen was in the pile of beams and uprights that sat in a pile uncovered outside for months.
The rust on the bottom of beams was on them from BJs


Big shed has been up 4 years and no rust yet
Smaller sheds have faded paint but no rust
All have roofs.

 

[thepumpguysc]

I was showing the Mrs. this thread as I'm in the process of looking for "shelving" for my new shop.. & considering new covers for my boats..
& I asked her if her store{manager at W.Mart} threw out racking systems.. she said, NO, they send them back to the manuf. for replacement. ******..
I thought I had a gold mine.. Oh, well.. I guess I'm off the BJ's??
LOVE the thread btw.. nice job.