Portamate Bora Wood Storage Rack

This is a sturdy wood rack. It is also very easy to assemble and install. I used 5/16" x 4" structural washer head screws in order to mount the steel vertical brackets to the framing studs. The holes in the steel mounting brackets, and the round plastic spacers, needed to be drilled out 1/16" larger in order to to accommodate the 5/16" screws, since the holes are only 1/4", but the larger screws worked great for more structural support. It took about 30 minutes total to assemble and install the wood rack. The instructions recommend 1/4" x 3" lag screws, but I wanted something a little stronger, so I used larger screws. By the time the mounting screws go through the 1" vertical steel bar, the 5/8" plastic spacer and 1/2 " to 3/4" sheetrock, they are going to need some real length in order to sink far enough into a 1-1/2" × 3-1/2" framing stud. I mounted the vertical brackets 5 feet apart, so they hold 6 foot and 8 foot long lumber perfectly. Any shorter lumber can just be placed on top of the longer lumber. The weakest point of the wood rack seems to be the little sheet metal screws that hold the horizontal shelf brackets in place, but so far they are holding well. If you have some lumber that you need to get up off of the floor and organized, then I highly recommend this sturdy wood rack.

I bought 2 of these wood racks to store extra material from projects I'm working on before cutting it down to size. They were easy to put together and are very sturdy. My only complaint is that they do not include the mounting hardware. Thankfully other reviewers pointed this out as well so I ran to the hardware store and picked up some 1/4" lag screws 3 1/2" in length as well as some washers. After drilling the pilot holes it was really easy to install them with a ratchet and the lag screws. If you're getting the 4 level/shelf mount you'll need 4 lag screws for each set (I needed 8 since I bought 2 racks)

Since I have only a single car garage for my shop, I got the smaller size. Pretty easy to install; as other reviewers have said, make sure you get some 3 1/2 to 4 inch lag bolts (not included) for the mounting. Some folks didn't like this, but I generally prefer to choose my own bolts or screws anyway. Just fussy I guess.Feels very strong once installed. Be mindful of the listed weight tolerances and you should be fine.Once I had this set up, and had stocked it with all my wood, I really could have kicked myself for waiting so long to implement something like this. Saved me lots of space and made finding things much easier.Happy with the product.

Not bad at all for the price.4/5 stars only because a few of the plastic end caps were broken/chipped on arrival, and the other ones broke fairly easily during assembly, but thats just a cosmetic thing.I bought the 4 tier, and just after installing wish i had bought the 6 tier.The horizontals are nice and short so they dont stick way out into the room.Seems to be pretty sturdy so far, i used 1/4” x 3” lag bolts into studs. I wouldnt try to do pull-ups on it, but for basic home owner storage these are great.

Works great. I use these for storing long pole yard tools. Hedge trimmer; Edger; String trimmer.

Installed these to hold stacks of mahogany lumber for an antique wooded boat restoration. They were easy to install into the studs and held a surprising weight of lumber. Easily handled 250+ LBS of 12' lumber. Installed 4 racks, 32" OC.

The first product I received was clearly open box, and I returned it in part because I thought it was missing some mounting hardware. The instructions said there should be six screws + standoffs, but the product came with only 4. The problem however was not that the hardware was lost by the previous buyer. The instructions incorrectly state that the four bar product should have three screws per side, but if you actually unpack the product, there are only two holes per side, so 4 screws is in fact the correct number.