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   RickLoDico | May 10, 2011 01:01pm | #1

   If the wood is dry then you don't need to sticker them.  What kind of brackets?  I store some pretty heavy maple on two heavy duty metal brackets from Lee Valley space 6 feet apart.

   
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   jeffs | May 10, 2011 02:20pm | #2

   lumber storage

   I use the wall brackets sold by Lee Valley. Mine are spaced about 32" appart (lag bolted into every other stud). The issue isn't just strength but sag of the lumber being stored... much more than the 32" in I think you might have a problem.

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   RalphBarker | May 11, 2011 10:40am | #3

   spaced in, not out

   I'm using heavy-duty steel shelf brackets, too, but spaced at 16" on center (every stud) for already-dry wood. If it's freshly-cut wood, I'd add horizontal support between the studs. Either way, but especially with green wood, stickers are the safer way to go, I think.

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   McKinneyMike | May 14, 2011 05:50pm | #4

   I would support the lumber with as many supports, as closely as possible myself.  If your studs are 16" OC, I would install a bracket on each stud so that I did not have any lumber unspported more than 6" on either end..  At a minimum every other stud.  The more brackets that you use the better that they will carry the load too.

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   swenson | May 15, 2011 08:14am | #5

   Sag is not the only thing to consider.  Get the spacing too far apart and shorter boards won't fit.  Then you find yourself using longer boards as a shelf to support shorter boards, fine untill you need the longer boards underneath.  That said, I still find the rack I use behind my chop saw works well at 64 inches.  But it is not for long term storage.