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What are you using? Did you build it or buy?

I’m looking for shelving that will hold car parts, tires, etc.
 
 
We have a couple of these. Can be easily moved around. Might not be good for tires (that might be custom?).

www.uline.com

Chrome Wire Shelving Unit - 36 x 18 x 54

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I bought two of the Target racks from the hot deals section, but I don't necessarily recommend them for what your looking to do. Mostly because the shelves are wire racks and cans, be they soup or spray bombs, tip over easily.

Edit: It was two of these when they were on sale for, I think, $56 shipped.

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rdinatal said:
We have a couple of these. Can be easily moved around. Might not be good for tires (that might be custom?).

www.uline.com

Chrome Wire Shelving Unit - 36 x 18 x 54

4 SHELF STARTER UNIT Maximize storage in large office closets. Shelves adjust in 1" increments. Assemble in minutes. No tools required. Reduce dust and dirt accumulation. NSF certified. Optional 5" polyurethane swivel stem casters add 6" to height. Add-On Units and Wire Shelving Accessories...
www.uline.com www.uline.com
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Work was throwing out a bunch of them stil new in the box. I just had to buy the post.
 
kcult said:
I bought two of the Target tracks gettin the hot deals section, but I necessarily recommend them for what your looking to do. Mostly because the shelves are wire racks and cans, be the soup or spray bombs, tip over easily.
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A thin sheet of plywood or a big piece of cardboard takes care of that if you are planning on storing canned goods on them. Or, leave the canned goods in their flats. The latter is what we do.
 
cubrock said:
A thin sheet of plywood or a big piece of cardboard takes care of that if you are planning on storing canned goods on them. Or, leave the canned goods in their flats. The latter is what we do.
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Already on it.

I fixed two of the shelves last week with some foam poster board.

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I bought the metal framed shelves with wood shelving from Lowes. I had to cut 1/2 inch OSB to lay on top of the factory shelves to keep them from sagging in the middle. I guess motor oil, antifreeze, DEF, washer fluid etc is heavier than I thought.
If you put them in the house you will need shoring under them. They will damage the floor if you don’t. Ask me how I know.
 
amnesia said:
I just emailed this person. I’ll grab a cheap tire rack instead of trying to find a one shelf fits all type of deal.
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That’s good sturdy shelving. I gave away three sections with 4 shelves high a few years ago. The guy who wanted it took 4 months to come get it.
 
wire shelving, cheap new can find even cheaper used from lots of places including sturdy ones from stores closing down on fb marketplace or CL

For wheels/tires we watched Craigslist for a big used rack then clean/ sprayed it. Three rows, holds 5 sets. If you will only have 2 spare sets get a couple wall mount types. We started with one from tire rack we sold to our neighbor but there are cheaper versions with good reviews on Amazon

SafeRacks Tire Rack - Adjustable 31"-56" Wall Mounted Tire Holder with Telescopic Rods | Heavy Duty Steel 400 Pound Weight Capacity | Black https://a.co/d/17iCawU
 
amnesia said:
What are you using? Did you build it or buy?

I’m looking for shelving that will hold car parts, tires, etc.
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Just saw this. Not a bad idea and easy to build.

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I didn't like the cost of big box store shelving brackets and none of them were really heavy duty enough for what I wanted. I also didn't want a shelving unit that took up floor space. I bought a bunch of 1" square tube and welded up a dozen of these brackets. Then just laid some OSB across them.

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I just use this Rubbermaid brand stuff.

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One other thought, I can't recall seeing how your garage is laid out, but for parts and products you don't use very often consider doing something like this above your doors.

You can buy them but we just built them - wasn't difficult and very sturdy. Great use of wasted space to convert it to storage - need to access with a ladder though.

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2x4 frames, 2'x8' per, OSB for the shelving. Pretty cheap and will hold just about anything you can put on it. Paint it or not.
 
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cubrock said:
A thin sheet of plywood or a big piece of cardboard takes care of that if you are planning on storing canned goods on them. Or, leave the canned goods in their flats. The latter is what we do.
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I use 1/8” hardboard.
 
Im with others, the metal wire racks from HD/WM/Lowes etc.
 
DaveInCLT said:
One other thought, I can't recall seeing how your garage is laid out, but for parts and products you don't use very often consider doing something like this above your doors.

You can buy them but we just built them - wasn't difficult and very sturdy. Great use of wasted space to convert it to storage - need to access with a ladder though.

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First thing i bought for the house, they're a great use of space
 
2x4 framework and 3/4” plywood. This was 20 years ago, though. I’d hate to think how much that lumber would be now.
 
amnesia said:
I just emailed this person. I’ll grab a cheap tire rack instead of trying to find a one shelf fits all type of deal.
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Uline has a tire rack for $200 list, maybe where you work has a discount with them and you can order through them. Just search for tirerack on uline.com I'd paste a link but it's like 1/2 a page long and full of tracking info.
 
I threw these together recently to organize my chaos. I plan to build some more to the right of these shelves. Seem to be very strong and with the right dimensions would work for anything you want to store on them.



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DaveInCLT said:
One other thought, I can't recall seeing how your garage is laid out, but for parts and products you don't use very often consider doing something like this above your doors.

You can buy them but we just built them - wasn't difficult and very sturdy. Great use of wasted space to convert it to storage - need to access with a ladder though.

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That's on my winter time to do list.

Tell us about the car.

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Reeves Store Fixtures in Charlotte has lots of used store shelving & stockroom shelving. The drugstore stockroom shelving is great for storage purposes in a garage or outbuilding.
 
cubrock said:
A thin sheet of plywood or a big piece of cardboard takes care of that if you are planning on storing canned goods on them. Or, leave the canned goods in their flats. The latter is what we do.
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Amazon actually sells plastic liners that fit perfectly, or as mentioned leave em in the trays.

find a warehouse, or some place going through a remodel. maybe just maybe you can get some
of that orange warehouse "racking" the up-rights and the rails, the rails come in different lengths
and the up-rights, 8' and up. picked up a bunch where I was working years ago, can easily hold 2
pallets of sugar at that time was 42 bundles 50# each on bottom rails and 2 on top, pallets of
flour, beer, sodas, etc. the only thing that got them to flex (bow down a little) was stuff like sugar

basically the same as you see in Costco, Home Dept, Lowes, the heavy duty orange "racking" they
lock in place with tabs and a pin that keeps em from popping out, plus they are adjustable, they
also make great reloading benches, cut a piece of plywood and "drop" it right in the recesses on
the rails. Stack as much lead, bullets, brass and be done

-Snoopz
 
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Only a couple of the 5 shelf units, but I plan on doing a couple more like this in the connex -beef up as needed or use the idea for sturdier shelf units.

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DaveInCLT said:
One other thought, I can't recall seeing how your garage is laid out, but for parts and products you don't use very often consider doing something like this above your doors.

You can buy them but we just built them - wasn't difficult and very sturdy. Great use of wasted space to convert it to storage - need to access with a ladder though.

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More pictures of the BMW please.
 
What you're storing should play a fairly significant role in what you're choosing.

Is it parts/stuff you don't touch very often? Consider the up high/overhead racking. If you've got the vertical space, you can pick a standard sized bin/tote and double stack items along the perimeter of the garage interior.

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Drawers/equipment (shop vacs, battery jump carts, etc.) that don't fit cleanly on/between shelving? Consider some standing height work benches with taller spaces underneath for those items, and a plywood "top shelf" for stuff that you want to be able to reach once in a blue moon, but is heavy enough that you don't want to get on a ladder to bring it down (cylinder heads, clutch parts, etc.)

Tons of brake/fuel fittings/hardware (AN fittings, washers, cap/button head screws, etc.), consider individual organizers that slide in/out of racks as opposed to stacking them on top of one another, so you don't have to pull out 5 boxes to get the one you want (I use Husky brand).

I have the wire rack rubbermaid type shelving right now and hate it. It's not deep or sturdy enough. Plan is to stick shelving like that pictured above everywhere I can fit it. Wall mount tire racks are nice, but can take up a ton of real estate. I have two giant stacks of wheels/tires that take up less footprint back in the water heater nook stacked up on their sidewalls than they would hanging anywhere.

Consider at least one storage cabinet if you can for paint/oil/chemicals. It amazing how quickly that crap accrues all over the place, and if you get a metal one, you can use those magnetic hangers for funnels, shop towels, and various odds and ends.
 
Oneofsix said:
Only a couple of the 5 shelf units, but I plan on doing a couple more like this in the connex -beef up as needed or use the idea for sturdier shelf units.

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Nice layout and I like that type of shelving Mark. Where are you buying those and what are the costs if you don't mind sharing?
 
Try this link and see if it works -https://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-5-Tier-Steel-Wire-Shelving-Unit-in-Chrome-36-in-W-x-72-in-H-x-16-in-D-21656CPS/205885523

About ~$80 each
 
Brangus said:
Nice layout and I like that type of shelving Mark. Where are you buying those and what are the costs if you don't mind sharing?
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I’ve bought a bunch on EBay when they were very cheap. A while back, Target was also selling them cheap. They work great for me in the garage and office.
 
Brangus said:
Nice layout and I like that type of shelving Mark. Where are you buying those and what are the costs if you don't mind sharing?
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Garage storage solution

48x18x73h $56, shipped https://www.target.com/p/5-tier-wide-wire-shelving-chrome---brightroom--8482---no-aasa/-/A-83500102
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions. And a great big shout out to @DaveInCLT He went out of his way to meet me at costco so I didn’t have to buy a membership and helped me load these shelves. Best part they were on sale for $200. Got one built and need to clear space for the second one.

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