Re: Cantilevered Lumber Storage Ideas
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I have experienced my fair share of great lumber buys, and i am not envious of your experience on saturday. I have had days of moving thousands of bdft by hand, and those are not enjoyable days. Still, great to have a large inventory of cheap lumber for years to come! I purchased a steel cantilever rack at auction for very cheap about ten years ago. I cut 2-3'+/- lengths of angle iron and bolted them to either side of the existing arms. To your point, the oem arms are not deep, and wood doesnt have nearly the same density as steel. I have my rack stacked to the max without a thought given to exceeding the?weight rating on the rack.?
Patrick
On Saturday I was lucky enough to find a shop selling a stack of Walnut, Mahogany and White oak for an amazing price. I jumped at it and rented a 6x12 uhaul trailer. Upon arrival at the shop it was obvious that they had come into the wood for free and really had no way of using it in the cabinet business they had. They were making builder paint grade stuff.
It totally filled the 6x12 trailer. It is about 4000 pounds of lumber. When I got home I sorted it. These numbers are conservative:
- About 200 bdft of walnut - off cuts mostly and not very valuable IMHO - cutting board stuff
- About 600 bdft of 4/4 mahogany - nice, wide and clear some 16" widths
- About 100 bdft of 5/4 mahogany - nice, wide and clear
- About 350 bdft of 5/4 rift sawn white oak - really good stuff - a few 13" widths
- About 140 bdft of 4/4 rift sawn white oak - some skip planed
- About 25 bdft of 6/4 rift sawn white oak
I paid less than 10% of what it is worth in So Cal. Now that the gloating is done, I need a way to store this.
I have a 10'x10' shed on a concrete pad that is 8' tall that is my wood storage. The traditional wall mounted racking will result in this sheds demise as it is not built to handle those loads. I have looked into the traditional 8' tall steel cantilevered rack. I can get it for about $1k locally with 4 adjustable shelves, and that may be a great investment. The drawback is that it is way over engineered for my use. the uprights are 10" deep and the bases are the same 10" tall. The shelves are only 4" thick.
Anyone have a better idea? I do not have a welder...
PK
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