New From garage Gorilla from Sears!

[enginerd]

http://s7.sears.com/s7ondemand/broc...ber2007&isr=http://s7.sears.com&ww=945&wh=770

Sears is offering a new product line from Garage Gorilla, for which I can't find anywhere on the internet.

Its basically an industrisal grade shelving system, that has "kits" that are available to add drawers, cabinets, shelving and workbench tops to the shelving system.

Its not very aesthetically pleasing, but it has a nice industrial feel to it.

16ft system is $1600. It includes 3 three shelf units, two cabinets kits, 1 workbench kit, 4 drawer kits, and 2 universal shelves. Looks to be very universal and modular. Its only available from catalog/online.

Interested to see what people think of it.

 

[Jay H]

It looks very nice, but man thats expensive. $1600.00 seems very high to me for what you get.

 

[Chris ostling]

Look like intermediate warehouse racking. You might try your local material handling company

 

[Danglerb]

I love commercial shelving, but pallet rack like they use at Home Depot is designed to withstand forklift bonks. Package grade is much lighter and cheaper and still is good for 800 to 1200 lbs per shelf. Gorilla has been selling this light version of smaller dimension "pallet" shelving for several years, maybe to avoid some of the patent issues with commercial "boltless" shelving. I prefer the greater shelf depth offered in commercial shelving, like 18, 24, 30, 36, and 48 inch deep and up to 8 feet or more long.

The L shape of the corner posts in commercial shelving vs sq tube of pallet means more usable space per unit of floor space, but the sq does lend itself to attachments maybe easier. If its quality construction, and a good modular design that makes efficient use of the space, it could sell very well. Thats kind of the name of the game now in garage storage is to get you locked into a proprietary attachment system, then soak you for the component parts.

I met the guy here in SoCal that invented and patented the first products, sold I think as RiveTier, and the stuff is just amazing. As the load increases the structure gets incredibly solid, enough so that with strong plywood shelves it feels fine to walk on, zero wobble.

Doing a bit of surfing, looks like the Gladiator line of cabinets is Whirlpool. I wonder if my wife will want my garage cabinets to match the washer and dryer?

 

[PoorOwner]

I believe you can get something similar at Costco they are 24" deep, Industrial grade wire shelves, for around $130.. they hold ridiculous amount of weight.

These things are a little two bulky for me to use at home so I use the NSF certificed chrome wire shelves which are very strong as well. There is a guy on here, whom I forgot the name of, modified them to make carts and also mount them on the wall.

 

[enginerd]

Well, the purpose of this system is to be modular with its "kits."

This is not just a 4 post industrial shelving system, it seems its made to be a cross between straight shelving and a cabinet system. You have the option to add cabinet doors (which seems to be the aesthetic component), and then the drawers which are a functional/aesthetic component. The butcher top is nice, but not the best use of space.

Definitely not something we would buy, I agree for the purpose of shelving, going to a warehouse thats closing is a much better place. Local CompUSA's here closed, and they were $150 for a 16'Wx4'Dx8'H, super heavy duty.

 

[PoorOwner]

I understand, IMO these things look quite nice (finish and all), as mentioned is a bit overpriced for what is shown in the picture for $1600.

The drawer parts of it doesn't look like it's a good attempt to keep the dust out of whatever you are trying to store, though the size of it looks like you put a jackhammer in there

To use it for work surface I think putting a chop saw on there to the exact user preferred height is a good thing. But then you can do the same with the standard industrial units except it's not coated black like these ones.

I think it's a good idea in a garage to have open shelves and also drawers and cabinets; but I think for these units since they are so beefy, would be underwhelmed to act as cabinets and drawers. Just my opinion.

 

[enginerd]

If you read closely, what is pictured is NOT $1600. $1600 is a 16' system, the 12' system is pictured.

Please read the fine print, it makes all the difference

 

[MustangFJ]

I used to buy shelving for my warehouse and I always found that the used stuff was cheaper and often higher quality than I would have bought otherwise. One old trick to use with pallet shelving like this is to use 2X6s for the pallet cross supports instead of the metal supports. A few uprights and beams won't cost to much used. I also found that the dealers of the used shelving were happy to cut it down to the height I needed.

 

[Danglerb]

The wire shelving are all copies of Metro racks, or bakers racks, at least the ones based off four round posts that have banded rings plastic holders go into and the shelf has a tapered sleeve that slides down over it. 72x18x48 used to be about $200+, Seville the brand at costco is more like $75 including decent wheels. 600 lbs per shelf, and a great way to really pack a storage unit. Once you use them nothing else has much appeal, just way too stable and handy.

One thing if you buy used, make sure the parts you buy go with each other. There are about 4 similar brands all dancing around the same patents, some fit in some ways and not others, some not at all, some sort of with a hammer.

 

[V-10 Killer]

At least these are advertised as being made in the USA. As much as people are pointing out problems with chinese steel quality, the Costco brands still seem really popular.
I'd like to have the 12' set, but after what I've already spent, it'll be up to the wife as to whether or not I deserve to get that too this year.

 

[Rickster]

I have a Gorilla storage rack I got from Costco in my garage. I use it for my parts department. It's not the heavy duty stuff shown at Sears. It's 4 ft wide and 18" deep. All four sides are interlocking into the frame rails and then a particle board fits into its center. This thing cost me around $60 I think. I have it overloaded with nuts and bolts in metal parts bins and it holds up really well. So if you're looking for a recommendation on the strength of the Gorilla Rack, I would not hesitate to buy this stuff.

 

[enginerd]

Thanks for the input everyone.

For the money though, if you compare a 16' cabinet system, its about the same price, but its not as modular.

I'd like to use this rack system in the storage area, we'll see.

 

[PoorOwner]

I have both the chrome wire shelf and the gorilla rack kind that costco offers, I prefer the wire shelf, it is alot more stable just because of the way it goes together.

The last wire shelf I got from costco was made in taiwan, not china.

 

[Danglerb]

One note on the rack shelves, many use a two piece corner post for shipping reasons, and this IMHO totally ***** compared to one piece corner posts. I have two racks of the "gorilla" two piece variety, and they "seem" to work ok, but were a pain to get the posts to line up well top to bottom.

I much prefer commercial grade shelves, and used they are cheaper and in many more variations on size than the Gorilla type. If you have room for it, a 24"x60" shelf is 10 sqft per shelf, and 18"x36" is 4.5 sqft, and 18"x48" is 6 sqft, with capacity differences even larger when you look at fitting some last box on the shelf.