Garage Storage - Tubes, etc.

[Mystic1906]

After perusing through page after page on the forum looking for and finding none of any mention and picture dealing with this subject I have resigned to start a new thread. Let me start by saying that my garage hasn't always looked the way it does now. It used to be organized and neat but with boat stuff, furniture I'm trying to sell from my mother's estate, and toys/bikes/STUFF for my busy son it has become a mess where I can't find anything and hate to go looking. I'm pretty sure there are creatures in there amongst the stuff simply because it probably is a good refuge.

My first plan of attack is to get the 3 towable tubes stored and I would like them off the ground where they can dry out (I spray them down after each use). I also want to store the knee board, wake skate, wake board, and fishing rods. If any of you have any pics of how you were able to accomplish this I would be most grateful.

 

[Bluewater272]

My tubes stay stuffed in the boat all season. At the end of the season, I inflate them, clean them, and dry them - then just fold up and put on a shelf. Wake/Knee boards are on a bungee cord against a shelf.

 

[Jameson Clark]

I built a loft in my garage. It helped a ton with items like skis and wakeboards. Also have dog crates and 4 wheeler ramps and cornhole boards and some other stuff up there as well. Here is a picture when I first built it (old boat in pic.) My garage is a bit weird and I couldn't go very low due to some breaker panels and a door so I went wide and deep. Works really well.

 

[Bluewater272]

I built a loft in my garage. It helped a ton with items like skis and wakeboards. Also have dog crates and 4 wheeler ramps and cornhole boards and some other stuff up there as well. Here is a picture when I first built it (old boat in pic.) My garage is a bit weird and I couldn't go very low due to some breaker panels and a door so I went wide and deep. Works really well.

Nice. I need to do something like that.

 

[Betik]

I will have something to in the near future.
I am trying to remedy this situation....

 

[Dixie Highway]

I built hanging “shelves” out of unistrut and some pallet racking expanded steel, it allows air flow top and underneath, it was fairly cheap, and I could likely park a small car on it and it would hold. You can make it as tight to the ceiling as you want, and I can still park my pickup underneath it. They also sell similar kits for very cheap at the big box stores, not as strong but for your needs very economical.

 

[Bluewater272]

Thats not a bad idea. I got tired of staring at my empty trailer in the driveway all summer. My luck the joists would rip out if I tried to hoist the boat trailer up, lol.

 

[Dixie Highway]

Something similar to this:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/NewAge-Pro...Gray-Steel-Overhead-Garage-Storage/1000054589

 

[Dixie Highway]

Thats not a bad idea. I got tired of staring at my empty trailer in the driveway all summer. My luck the joists would rip out if I tried to hoist the boat trailer up, lol.

You’d be surprised how strong those rafters can be. I’ve seen guys do exactly that with their boat trailers lol.

 

[Betik]

Huh !!! Maybe I should try with the jetski on the trailer LOL

 

[mdchachi]

I bought a saferack.com via Costco.
Just installed a month ago so not very efficiently used yet. But it's great for hanging things on to dry out. I can easily access directly from the boat when stowing or preparing to go out.

 

[2kwik4u]

I'm hoping to build a loft in the garage this winter. Most likely with Unistrut and metal grating as well. Mine will be over the garage door on the boat side. YOu can see how much space I have up there for "stuff", and I'm hoping to use it as a drying rack during the summer months instead of laying stuff over the boat trailer and hanging off the sides and such.

 

[mdchachi]

I'm hoping to build a loft in the garage this winter. Most likely with Unistrut and metal grating as well. Mine will be over the garage door on the boat side. YOu can see how much space I have up there for "stuff", and I'm hoping to use it as a drying rack during the summer months instead of laying stuff over the boat trailer and hanging off the sides and such.

What is the corded thing on your wake tower? Also what is the fan for? For drying?

 

[2kwik4u]

What is the corded thing on your wake tower? Also what is the fan for? For drying?

Corded thing is my Sound Bar. That picture was taken mid-installation while I was trying to figure out how/where I wanted it mounted. The cord will eventually be run within the tower to clean up that install. Currently it's just zip-tied inplace out of the way to get through the season. have to drill a hole in the hull under the tower mount for it to run through to finish that up.

Fan was up there while I was working because it was about 175 degrees in the garage that day

 

[Julian]

I have plastic shelving all down one side of my garage that I bought at Home Depot or Lowes.

Then I also bought shelving that hangs from the ceiling for boards, noodles, skis, etc

The combination of these two works well for me.

My former neighbor went whole hog on his ceiling storage and bought this: https://auxx-lift.com/ , there are cheaper alternatives...