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What a nightmare...
Doc
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Yesterday I set up the ammo storage shelving unit in the garage and started unpacking the boxes and loading ammo onto the shelves. I quit after about six hours being about 80% completed. Went back to work today and 30 minutes in...CRACK! I watched in horror as one support leg of the unit gave out and the whole thing tipped over to one side dumping 40,000 rounds of ammo on the floor.
Most of the boxes remained intact but many did not, breaking open and spilling loose rounds all over the garage. Several bricks of 22 ammo split open and those are everywhere. It was all I could do to keep from crying.
So I hauled out the broken shelving and started stacking boxes for sorting and restocking after I get another shelving unit. A stronger unit. That one was fine for 15 years and then it collapsed with less weight on it than it had been holding all those years. For now I'll have to leave my truck in the driveway as I need to space to stack and sort all that ammo.
What a world...
Most of the boxes remained intact but many did not, breaking open and spilling loose rounds all over the garage. Several bricks of 22 ammo split open and those are everywhere. It was all I could do to keep from crying.
So I hauled out the broken shelving and started stacking boxes for sorting and restocking after I get another shelving unit. A stronger unit. That one was fine for 15 years and then it collapsed with less weight on it than it had been holding all those years. For now I'll have to leave my truck in the driveway as I need to space to stack and sort all that ammo.
What a world...
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Too old to live...too young to die...
Too old to live...too young to die...
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Several bricks of 22 ammo split open and those are everywhere. It was all I could do to keep from crying.
Karma is a mean *! Don
Yesterday I set up the ammo storage shelving unit in the garage and started unpacking the boxes and loading ammo onto the shelves. I quit after about six hours being about 80% completed. Went back to work today and 30 minutes in...CRACK! I watched in horror as one support leg of the unit gave out and the whole thing tipped over to one side dumping 40,000 rounds of ammo on the floor.
Most of the boxes remained intact but many did not, breaking open and spilling loose rounds all over the garage. Several bricks of 22 ammo split open and those are everywhere. It was all I could do to keep from crying.
So I hauled out the broken shelving and started stacking boxes for sorting and restocking after I get another shelving unit. A stronger unit. That one was fine for 15 years and then it collapsed with less weight on it than it had been holding all those years. For now I'll have to leave my truck in the driveway as I need to space to stack and sort all that ammo.
What a world...
....that is one of the most sad storys I have heard in a lifetime.....at least the shelves didn't fall on you....just think,no more bad luck this year![:D]
Bummer that happened.
The straw round that broke the camel's back shelf's leg!
Had a similar experience. Find yourself some good used pallet rack. I picked up a couple of three foot deep uprights and 10 foot beams. Each shelf is rated for 4000 pounds.
There used to be a seller on that bay site who specialized in taking the really TALL warehouse racking and cutting damaged lower sections down and re-welding the feet back on.
Or try one of these from Lowes or Costco. 2000 pounds per shelf.
Pro tip.... Buy 2 sets and set it up for 21 running feet of shelves. Go back and buy more "stringers" as needed. They come in wire and "chip board" shelves.
Too old to live...too young to die...
I hope you didn't damage the walls of your new home, too.
Ouch!!! I feel your pain brother[V]
Capt. Jack Sparrow.
looking at that picture is like watching someone get kicked in the nads, the one where you feel it yourself
i have learned over the years that those shelves work best mounted to the wall
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Still assessing the damage done to things that were on the floor when the shelf fell on them.
Too old to live...too young to die...
God bless America
Thanks for the chuckle tho buddy
Trinity +++
Too old to live...too young to die...
quote:Originally posted by WMClark
Had a similar experience. Find yourself some good used pallet rack. I picked up a couple of three foot deep uprights and 10 foot beams. Each shelf is rated for 4000 pounds.
There used to be a seller on that bay site who specialized in taking the really TALL warehouse racking and cutting damaged lower sections down and re-welding the feet back on.
Or try one of these from Lowes or Costco. 2000 pounds per shelf.
Pro tip.... Buy 2 sets and set it up for 21 running feet of shelves. Go back and buy more "stringers" as needed. They come in wire and "chip board" shelves.
Yep.....get these shelves from Home Depot or Lowes...they are not expensive, but built very VERY sturdy!
This is what we have in the gun room and you can stack CASES of ammo on there without any worry.
Damm,now I do feel sorry for you!! That just sux. [V][V]
Hey, that sounds like a line from a country/western song!
I was going to suggest Gorilla Racks but that looks like a Gorilla rack. I have put LOTS of weight on a Gorilla rack and never had any issue.
Sorry you had that happen Doc, at least you can have fun counting how many loose 22's you found. [:I]
Bright side? The more time you spend cleaning up the mess, the less time you waste shooting up your stockpile.