Shelving options

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:01 pm

Im searching for a shelving option. Im looking for a 48X18X72 shelving unit and perhaps 48X24X72. Enough to hold some small tanks, the largest would probably be a 20 long. I also want this to store fish related items, you know all that crap that you seem to accumulate! HD, lowes, Target, ect have the wire shelf but they only support 350lbs per pound. The other shelving units that are the steal Z-beam have partial board and I would have to replace that with plywood.

I found these which are ideal, but shipping is as much as the shelf
http://www.shelving-direct.com/family/m ... king/3.htm

Then these, shipping is about 30 bucks
http://www.uline.com/Product/ProductDet ... del=H-1749

Another option is pressure treated 4x4s, 2X4s, and plywood. But with that comes work and more time! So if I can find a suitable commercial option that would be ideal. What is your input on the shelves, think the second link will work? Anyone else looking, there is a discount for 3 or more and we could split shipping via motor freight.

chris_todd · Post by **chris_todd** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:20 pm

Jeff, at my prior employer, we used shelving similar to that in the second link to hold servers and multiple desktop computers in a small computer lab. If the shelves in the link are anything like the ones we had (and they look similar), I would not trust them to hold the weight of tanks. They are adjustable because there are rubber gaskets that slip into grooves in the vertical posts, and then the shelf has a lip that rests on the gasket. We had some of these things slip on us, when we only had about 150-200 pounds on a shelf, and dump computers onto the floor. Hard to tell from the pictures in the link whether these shelves work the same, but if they were, thought I should give you a heads up.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:34 pm

I got my heavy duty shelf from Costco - 6 feet x 2 feet deep x 8 feet tall.
Rated to 2000lbs per shelf. ~$130 from costco 2 years ago.

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:36 pm

I tried looking for those and cant find them! They arent on their site. That shelf you have is ideal and what I want. Just a little smaller version though

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:39 pm

I saw some at my local Costco a couple months ago. Was tempted to buy it and replace my wooden racks.

anybias · Post by **anybias** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:43 am

I bought 2 of this in costco few month ago.

PaulS · Post by **PaulS** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:29 am

They had them at the Costco in Columbia last time I was there about two weeks ago.

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:52 am

Paul, did they have a smaller version then Ghaz?

PaulS · Post by **PaulS** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:38 pm

The one I saw was 77" wide, 24" deep, and 72" high. It had four shelves rated for 2000 lbs each. The price was $149. The frame was steel and the shelves were a very heavy wire mesh. They look very sturdy but if I was using it for my fish tanks I would probably still cut plywood sheets to put over each shelf as an added measure. If I recall, Rob Peterson had the same exact unit in his fish room with a 75 gallon tank on one of the shelves.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:43 pm

Paul, that sounds like the one I have. Its a NICE unit.

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