How would you build this?

[Torvy]

I've been thinking about how I want to store my 3pt and FEL attachments/implements. What I envision is a stand-alone covered lean-to with room for 6 items. 3 up, 3 down. For my purposes, the implements would be 72"(6ft) or less (+/- a few inches). The plan is to use pallets.

How much clearance do you think? I was considering the outer 'stalls' at 96" and center one at 84". Is 4' high enough for the 2nd level to start? 6x6 posts at the corners? I'll slope the roof toward the back and cover with leftover roofing/siding from my house.

I know I could hunt around for Pallet racks, but those typically are not covered and I have no skills at metal working. I can do ok with wood working as long as it doesn't have to be pretty.

Just looking for ideas at this point. It will probably take a few months before I am ready to start.

Thanks!

 

[alexpops]

20 ft shipping container with bays cut/framed in the side?

 

[gmgm]

I place my 3pt implements on pallets/frames with wheels, so they are really easy to attach. If you can put in a smooth concrete floor, and put all the 3pt implements on the ground that is what worked for me. FEL implements will happily go in a pallet rack.

You can get galvanised outdoor pallet racks, which might be an easy place to start.

 

[MossRoad]

I've been thinking about how I want to store my 3pt and FEL attachments/implements. What I envision is a stand-alone covered lean-to with room for 6 items. 3 up, 3 down. For my purposes, the implements would be 72"(6ft) or less (+/- a few inches). The plan is to use pallets.

How much clearance do you think? I was considering the outer 'stalls' at 96" and center one at 84". Is 4' high enough for the 2nd level to start? 6x6 posts at the corners? I'll slope the roof toward the back and cover with leftover roofing/siding from my house.

I know I could hunt around for Pallet racks, but those typically are not covered and I have no skills at metal working. I can do ok with wood working as long as it doesn't have to be pretty.

Just looking for ideas at this point. It will probably take a few months before I am ready to start.

Thanks!

One caution about wooden shelving... it's not so much the weight of the implements that you're storing on them, but the accidental application of down pressure with you FEL forks if that's how you're planning to get them up there.

A regular fork lift has no down pressure. It's gravity.

A FEL can have down pressure if you're not careful. So just something to consider.

Good luck with your project.

 

[2manyrocks]

Which implements do you plan to store? Just thinking some might be easier to handle than others. Some will also weigh more than others. Have you added up the expected weight that will have to be supported?

 

[sea2summit]

I'm with Moss on this one, wood probably isn't appropriate for a 6' implement's weight and likely incidental added pressure when storing/retrieving the implement. But it would be pretty easy to build a shelter over some pallet rack as you described, just a pole barn then you could set up the pallet rack inside. That would also make it very easy to replace components that get damaged over time compared to a wood shelf.

One note though, you're measurements come out to 23'. Is that ID and your OD is planned at 24'? Just my construction OCD talking. Also, I don't think you'd like trying to get a 72" implement into an 84" opening but maybe you have better visbility from your tractor than I have and you have more room to line up on the opening.

 

[Torvy]

Which implements do you plan to store? Just thinking some might be easier to handle than others. Some will also weigh more than others. Have you added up the expected weight that will have to be supported?

The list will include: box blade and forks (already own those). Near future: flail/ditch mower, grapple, and PHD (not likely to be stored that way). Down the road...tiller, chipper, stump grinder, other?

 

[Torvy]

I'm with Moss on this one, wood probably isn't appropriate for a 6' implement's weight and likely incidental added pressure when storing/retrieving the implement. But it would be pretty easy to build a shelter over some pallet rack as you described, just a pole barn then you could set up the pallet rack inside. That would also make it very easy to replace components that get damaged over time compared to a wood shelf.

One note though, you're measurements come out to 23'. Is that ID and your OD is planned at 24'? Just my construction OCD talking. Also, I don't think you'd like trying to get a 72" implement into an 84" opening but maybe you have better visbility from your tractor than I have and you have more room to line up on the opening.

I hear you. That's a big reason I started this thread. Trying to determine what I don't know or didn't consider. I was mostly trying to keep it from becoming a monstrosity. I want to keep the place as much in trees as possible. Maybe I could share a wall with the chicken coop? That's a whole other project down the road.

 

[rgr33]

I have the steel commercial racks in my barn. In this state, it’s just too rainy to leave expensive implements outside.

I decided to build an 8 foot wide by 5 Ft high wood rack to store a couple of lightweight sprayers on. It didn’t work out well, the forks mangled it a bit, other equipment would hit it and shove it out of alignmen. It became a damaged mess in about 2 years.

meanwhile, the steel pallet racks were unaffected by the same experience , and they look a lot better too.
The downside is the one time expense compared to the wood version.

 

[2manyrocks]

You can see how these attachments are stored on pallet racks in the background of this tractor listing if that's of any help. 2019 KUBOTA BX23S For Sale in Lewisburg, Tennessee

Are you building a storage building for your tractor? It would seem like you'd want a lean-to on the outside of it to store implements but you'd need a concrete base to support the pallet racks?

Maybe you could find some used pallet racks or your neighbor who has the fabrication shop could weld up something similar?

 

[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