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DIY cantilever rack?

Started by Satamax, July 22, 2019, 05:02:49 PM

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Satamax

Have you ever made your cantilever rack for storing wood? 

I wondered if a welded one, out of I beams would be safe enough. 

Thanks a lot guys. 
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

jmouton

not yet satamax,   but i have wanted to buildne for all my concrete form boards,,   just have a big and long i beam on ground and then your upright on an angle back then your shelves ,  and the connect them togather  with re rod on diagonal  , so they dont fall over sodeways ,,,,,
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JRWoodchuck

You would have to keep up on painting it or it will stain your Tamarack that you mill. If you don't care about stain I don't know why it wouldn't work. Really depends on how big your I beam is and how much wood you want to stack. 
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Satamax

Over here, most people use stuff like this. 

Light ones have a 700 pound per arm rating. Heavy ones, the usual ones are 1 ton per arm. 



 
French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

YellowHammer

Those racks are really nice, I would only be concerned if a homemade one didn't have the proper welds.  Otherwise, I think they would work well.
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Sawing is fun for the first couple million boards.

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Southside

Not sure if you would have the same options there but here a hardware store distribution center closed up last winter and I bought 20 sets of the racking you are talking about.  22' tall for $200 each.  
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