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[Herzog]

What do you guys do to store your huge lengths of tubing out of the way in your shop? I would build a ground rack but my shop just isn't conducive to storing tube on a rack against a wall because of the structure. I could make it work, but I'd have to completely re-organize everything (which maybe I'll have to...?)

I've thought about a hanging rack of some sort but wanted to see if there were some out of the box ideas. I don't have a ton of tubing, probably 8 lengths. I just need to get it off the ground since I'm going to be using the atv to push snow soon and I don't want to rust it all out.

 

[I Lean]

Mine just sits on top of my shelves. I'll bet I can find a pic that shows it in the background...

 

[I Lean]

Here's one. The shelves are ones I got from Costco, kinda like Gorilla shelving.

 

[UNSTUCK]

In the meantime, sit them on a 2x4 or 4x4 to get them off the ground.

My idea for more permanent storage would be sections of flat bar bolted to the wall, into studs, with 1 foot tubes welded to them at an angle.

 

[skippy]

My wife just picked up the shelf system like Carl posted. At Costco right now for 159.99

 

[Kiel]

I have the same shelves. 4 of them

 

[YROC FAB.]

If you gots open rafters or even if you dont some little drop hanger brackets like i have pictured work really well and are simple to make. >>

 

[Pile of parts]

Your idea is good but I'm really liking your flower!

 

[YROC FAB.]

Your idea is good but I'm really liking your flower!

Thank you. I spent alot of time on it.

 

[Gravy]

Hot Carl stores his tube in a bighuge pipe he buried in his yard. It's on a bit of a hill so just the pipe cap sticks out.

 

[Herzog]

Good ideas in here. I ended up doing something similar to the flower pic, minus the flower

It’s a steel building so I just used some old atv winch rope and hung the tube from the beam.

Thanks for the ideas!

 

[Greg]

I have two Jarke cantilever racks that I store everything from axles to lumber to steel and so on. If you can find them for a deal, it's a good route. You can find them in pretty wide widths. I actually had to narrow the orange one.
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Those are neat!