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Re: "H" racks () Alan in Little Washington (NC)
I'll be contrary here. IF you have the headroom- forget a horizontal rack and go vertical with wood stacked "soldier style" edges towards the wall. Benefits:
- Requires almost no structure
- Easy and quick to build
- The floor supports the weight
- Easier AND SAFER to load and unload (no step ladder or stool required to reach high boards). Safety chains recommended however.
- Can easily examine both sides of all boards
- Any board can be selected- no re-stacking needed to get "the" board at the bottom of a stack
- Doesn't take any more space, actually less, than a horizontal rack
- No warping if wood is 20% MC or less. A few "average" woodworkers do it that way- Sam Maloof, David Marks, Lon Schleining, many Woodcraft stores, etc.
I and many others store vertically:

