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    Track shelving safety?

    The hang rails are on the top plate - every screw hole is engaged. There's no drywall on the utility room side regardless.
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    Track shelving safety?

    Sorry to bring this up again, but after shuffling lumber around (I haven't finished due to my shoulder), my guess is that the long pieces are a few hundred lbs combined. There are a number of oak boards as well as long 2x8/10 fir pieces. My concern is just having them on the top shelf, near the...
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    Track shelving safety?

    Interestingly, their sheet at Menards said to screw in the verticals or to use a hang track. Their guide online does not say that. The only mild concern that I have is that when screwing in the top screw of the verticals, that was close enough to the hang track to likely scratch it, but given...
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    Track shelving safety?

    Knape & Vogt actually makes the HEAVYWEIGHT shelves from Menards. "John Sterling" appears to be one of their brands.
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    Track shelving safety?

    Their screws were zinc #10 2½" flat-head wood screws. I went with GRK #10 2½" cabinet screws as I find GRK screws really easy to use and incredibly strong. So, same size, at least. I'm tempted, for my neuroticism's sake, to replace the top screws with 4" R4s, but I also know that that's a bad...
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    Track shelving safety?

    Hello, A few nights ago, I awoke to a loud crash - the track shelving in our basement (not quite our garage, but that part of the basement is largely used as a workshop for me as well) collapsed. I'd been storing scrap lumber, long pieces of oak/fir that I hadn't had a chance to work with yet...
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