Equipment storage

Did buy a $800 gas towmotor forklift with 12' reach.

Pile stuff on pallet put on shelf. done!!

Snowmobile 10' length spends the off season 8' high on top of pallet rack on a skid & couple of osb sheets.

Uprights are $20 cross beams are $10 mix and match heights & lengths. Holds 4-6000 lbs shelf. Park stuff under, make workbench. Make a place for everything & put it away..

Now only things on the floor of my barn have wheels on them.

Not what you wanted to hear but much safer: no climbing ladders no falling materials etc...

What I have above the implements are wide shelves I can use for items up to 100# that I can put there by hand. This shelf is only about 4' above floor. I have been thinking about a second shelf, above the first, rugged enough to withstand real heavy items. I would then use chain lift on a track down long wall of shop, over the proposed shelf. That last on is just in the think stage.

You probably already have figured out "upper" storage for the less heavy items. If not, I can add that I built 8 ft X 8 ft overhead lofts in two back corners of my shed. My shed has 12 ft clearance under the roof trusses and with the lofts 8 ft off the floor, it is still possible to stand up on most of the loft area. 8 ft clearance under the lofts allows tractors, pickups, cars etc., to move freely under them if needed. I supported the lofts from above to allow the free movement under them.