Re: Stock Storage

"Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:102890r$116qk$1@dont-email.me...
A fixed rack below the
beams was better, it can be suspended at all four corners if there's extra
space at one end to angle long stock in. Supporting long stock ~1/4 of its
length in from both ends bends it the least.
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If you leave one stock length clear at one end of a roof-suspended rack you can lift a piece by its center with a chainfall hung slightly less than half a stock length out from the end of the rack. When it's at rack height you can climb a ladder, support the end of the stock on the rack and slide it in. The chainfall sling will support the outer end while you move the ladder until the stock balances on the rack.
This way you could move twice the weight you can lift with minimal equipment, since you lift only half its weight at the end. I can slide a 20', 400 Lb wooden beam onto a stack, though not from a stepladder. I temporarily hang a gantry track across the center of the stack of beams to pile more onto it.
Sawmill practice is to place thin wood strips between rows to speed drying. I found that 3/4" spacing is too tight for mice to nest and foul the space. The spacers or "stickers" allow slipping a webbing sling around the stock, or a forklift fork under it.
jsw