How would you build this?

[2manyrocks]

Would you recommend that the racks somehow be fastened to the footers or left freestanding?

 

[DaBear3428]

Would you recommend that the racks somehow be fastened to the footers or left freestanding?

i'm planning on attaching a roof to mine so it will be secured to the beams, if that was directed at me.

 

[2manyrocks]

Yes, I was interested in your opinion.

 

[DaBear3428]

Yes, I was interested in your opinion.

i'm planning to install in the open with access to both sides so yes it will be tied down, do not see it as an option, i just had the wind take down a huge tree in my yard so yea.

 

[Torvy]

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?

I could, the problem is that it is visible from the road. I'd prefer to put it elsewhere. I will put down some stone and bind it with concrete dust or something like that.

 

[2manyrocks]

Wouldn't minimal free standing pallet rack storage look something like this? Some kind of shed roof that would be open enough on one side to remove implements, with the pallet rack bolted to some concrete piers poured in the ground? If you don't have a backhoe to dig footers, I'm thinking PHD could dig the holes for concrete piers pretty easily.

 

[Torvy]

Definitely will set the posts in concrete. I could maybe do a 3x1 for now. It would be rare to have nothing on the 3pt. When using PHD, I could just set box or flail to the side, it would just be until end of the day. Grapple, forks and bucket could rotate into the top 2...my loader goes a little over 9' up, so even 4' high levels would be fine.

 

[i7win7]

Might add a roof this year

 

[Torvy]

Much bigger than I will need, but similar concept. What are the dimensions of your 'stalls'?

 

[Hay Dude]

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!

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.

 

[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.