Hanging storage from rafters

[knightryda01]

ok Guys dont know if I'm going about this the wrong way. built a small barn 16x36 with 10 ft walls. The roof trusses were free and were a bit worn from sitting outside. so I have a rafter every 2ft. (used em all up... lol )

anyways I'm hurting for storage and I had an idea. we have a bunch of the small storage totes. nothing really heavy. But I was thinking I could use the space between the rafters to store totes 2 high.

I was thinking I could sum it up by saying I would frame in a floating storage floor by hanging it from the rafters. Best way I can think to explain it is, I would be hanging a pallet from the rafters. connected by 2x4's. I could simply slide the totes in and out from the sides.

I guess I'm just concerned because I don't know if this is a good idea or not. Here is a pic of my trusses I would simply connect a 2x4 to the truss nailing across all 3 boards and connect my floor roughly 12 inches below trusses

 

[Jlbc212]

The trusses may not be designed to carry any additional load, so it may not be a good idea. But having said that, why frame from the rafters (the top chords of the trusses)? Why don't you just lay some plywood near the outer edges of the bottom chords and place lightweight items on top of the plywood?

 

[rburke65]

Do we assume these trusses are spanning the 16' width of the barn? I would think that some "light weight" storage would beak, but I would also hug the wall area of the truss.