Lumber #3: Medium Rare, just like I like it.

Some nice storage.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

That looks like you will get some good space savings and excellent air circulation to boot. I realize that if you stack it too tight, it will negate the airflow that you have, but do you have any idea what this system could realistically hold?

thats a good point HokieMojo. as I was tidying up, I didn’t stop to think about that. I’ll space them out a little bit. as far as capacity -rubbermaid claims those shelves are supposed to support ~350lbs between 3 of those brackets… which is impressive. I doubt I’ll get anywhere near that weight with what I’ve got which is a good thing.

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PurpLev,
I’ve been using the same lumber storage system you just installed for two years now. They can hold a lot of lumber, I feel that I’ve pushed mine a bit more then I should have but it seems to be holding strong. I installed a track/brackets 16” apart/per stud. In the picture there is well over 300+ bd/ft of hard maple and other species.

To strengthen mine I used 3 1/2” drywall screws, and I added two more to each vertical bracket so there are 4 screws into each stud. As you can see in the photo, the system is very cheap to use and I’ve pretty much filled up every single square foot of wall space to store wood.

I live in colorado which is basically a kiln when it comes to drying lumber.. I don’t worry about air circulation at all, the tighter I can stack it.. the more wood I can horde. :)

-- Scott, Colorado

cool, Scott – I used 3 1/2” drywall screws into the studs as well. the last thing I wanted is to have the entire thing come off because of weak screw coming off.

glad to see it’s holding off so well. comparing numbers, this is by far more capable than the triton rack, and more versatile (longer brackets). so I’m pleased with this.

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Is that the floor I see?????

-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Ellen – shocking , I know …. lol. only problem with this is, what now if chips/cutoff pieces fall on the floor – I can see them as they don’t blend with the rest of the wood/chips/cutoffs/younameit. one problem at a time though :D

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Where on earth did you find such long lumber racks, way cool. I’d give my first born for one of those or two. Of course my firstborn is 36 now so who would want him, right? Man that is a great set up, nice and roomy.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

The back wall of my garage allows me room to store 16’ boards on either of the lumber rack shelves.

-- Scott, Colorado

Mike, I picked those 24” brackets at HomeDepot (or maybe it was Lowes… one of the 2) it’s a rubbermaid brand storage system, you can mix and match different sizes bars and brackets as you please.

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Nice storage. I need to work on mine. I’m tired of picking stuff off the floor.

-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong

Thanks for the info. I’m gone.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

flat is good ,
but some store their wood vertical ,
i saw nakashimas shop in pics once ,
he recomended on edge ,
not flat to wall ,it makes it bow .
same fingers off of wall ,
just place wood on edge ,
it resists bowing ( like an i-beam ) ,
and allowes air circulation .

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Nice storage!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Good Job Sharon you can never have to much wood storage.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/