The footprint of the platform and ramp is double the footprint of the lawnmower alone. Fold the handle of the lawnmower and keep it on the floor and build shelves above, as many as you like, to hold much more, all the way to the ceiling if you choose. A TORO "store-and-go" mower will fold and stand vertically occupying one quarter of the floor space required by a traditional lawnmower.
I agree. My first thought was that the ramp takes up previously usable space. No less than what is gained under the caddy. I don't fold my handle, but I store my gas, bag, and side chute under the handle on the floor when I put it away. The lawnmower is pushed under my wall mounted wheelbarrow.
I got an idea from watching this. Just make it reverse. Have the mower stay on the ground and drive under the box and have the supplies on top. Make me WAY more sense. Kinda looks like this guy was like "Umm, this is ridiculous but since their recording, I'll go with it."
Instant thought. Smaller much simpler method is a shelf on top for cans and a hook for the saw etc. This might make sense to stack a mower and snow blower and alternate them by season for serious storage as needed.
I like it. This could also double as a little maintenance stand so you don’t have to squat down to change the oil, et al. Just create an opening in the plywood large enough to drain the oil and slide a pan underneath to catch it.
Very cool. I built something similar for my snowmobile. My " Sled Shed" was too cluttered but now i have a drive up ramp on hinges so i can store my sled on top and my wife's sled fits under it. My shed is huge but with tools, lawnmower, snowblower and patio furniture stored in there i had to do something. Plus i want to buy an ATV too but for some reason i just plain forgot to tell my wife about that part.
LOL I think I will continue looking for storage ideas where I can get my mower higher. It would make it easier when I wax it and maybe I could put my mini beer fridge under it. Best mower storage Idea I never came across.
Lol 😂 why would you push the heavy mower up a ramp then bend over to get the small items under the ramp. At some point common sense would suggest the lawn mower should go under the platform and the gas can and other items go on the top. You seem to have made this backwards for some reason.
+1 LOL A BIT overkill, costly like hell and makes no sense. But let's keep within the spirit it's DIY, it works, the kids are cute, so thumbs up anyway. :-)
The handle of almost every lawnmower and a couple of oversized plastic cover screws so that the handle can bend forward over the lawn mower reducing the volume of the mower to roughly the box made by the four wheels and a few inches above the top of the engine. Just design your shelf’s and work table to accommodate such a ground level cavity. If you don’t want to do that.... build a simple table that you can set down overtop if you mower and set things into top of the table. And get a five gallon gas jug that comes with a hand pump nozzle than can be set done in the area under the handles
I was thinking of making a similar setup for my 3.5kW Generator, I was going to make it tall enough to store two 5 gallon gas cans underneath and make the ramp removable. The extra height will make checking the oil level easier as the fill hole will be more than four inches off the ground.
Thanks for the idea, but I decided to keep the mowers on the floor and build a deep shelf just above it. I use the 5' wide shelf to store two sets of winter tires.
How much space did you save? The ramp takes up a ton of square footage area. Should have simply made a shelf from floor to roof, mower underneath....duh!
Wonderful that you 2 are showing your kids a good example. Not a way I would store my mower however. Glad you had eye protection on, gloves are a good idea.
Great idea l'm thinking of making one similar only higher so it's easier to remove the blade, change the oil, or any other repairs otherwise you sit on the ground or manhandle it up on top of a table thanks!
Ditto. I don't have a real need to store my mower in an elevated position, but I'm tired of tilting and/or wrestling with it just to change & sharpen blades, and change oil. So for maintenance chores, I'm going to makes something similar (but taller) with a hole in the center beneath the blade. Then I can do those jobs with it on the platform, in a convenient position. Getting it up there won't be hard either, because I have a cheap chain hoist that does the lifting for me. So I can also skip the ramp. Besides, doing projects like this is FUN! Build what works for you, and nevermind the naysayers.
I would kick around the idea of not screwing down the ramp to make a smaller overall footprint - stow it along side of the caddy and wall of the shed/garage.
Moon Pie oh no, what you need is a second ramp and shelf so that you can put the mower all the way up in the rafters and store your rakes and shovesls vertically under it
Ok so as I use a lot of vertical space in my micro shop maximize usage let me offer the following. If you undo the screws in the top of the ramp you could add a few (3 or more) L brackets like the ones for shelves. And cutting a matching # of slots where it was mounted before you would be able to remove the ramp when it's not in use. Every " Saved is a " earned? Lol see you in the funny papers
Quentin 33 that’s fine for storing two rolling pieces of equipment, but building a ramp and platform, just to put a wimpy o gallon jug and a pristine chainsaw on the floor?
Job well done but you could have shown the ramp a little longer than a few seconds at the end of the video. And maybe from a wider view. Kinda hard to tell what it looks like and how much space it actually takes up.
Excellent tutorial. I love how you got a powerpoint in there to list the tools and materials. What video production software did you use to put it all together? I'm really interested in the #technicalProduction aspects of #wellProducedTutorials.
There is only one problem. The ramp takes up to much space. For the same amount of space I could have a shelf rack with more storage than under the mower.
Just run across this video. Good job. Sure are a bunch of negative nancy's. They would rather tear down people instead of doing something themselves. Keep up the good work.
Instead of doing something themselves, like what every single one of us have done? Pushed the mower under the empty work bench and or built a simple shelf that goes over top. Rather than just call everyone who offers reality based constructive criticism “negative nancy” how about say one word about how that criticism is invalid? Don’t call a bad idea Good job because it’s shiny and pretty My house has a three car garage back from the time the property was party of a larger family farm. In that garage I also have to store the the riding lawn mower, a push mower, a walk behind snow blower, a roll around generator, a sizable garden tiller with two balloon wheels, a smaller tiller with a couple of push mower sized wheels, a couple of metal utility carts, a two wheel dumping cart and my niece’s fair weather scooter . What I did was put my two tool chests a two door metal lover and a three drawer industrial “end table” on the left side where the one car slot with large things like bar clamps hanging on the wall above and behind the end table and coils of cable hanging in the space above the table, with my air compressor on top of the table. To solve space issue along the back wall I have a series of shelves built from 4*4 posts and 2*6 framing. Tying in with the studs along the back wall, part of the side wall and the bottom member of the air frame roof trusses that gives me 5 storage areas 32 inches wide and a 8 ft storage area all of them 32 inches deep for two levels plus a third area for even longer item between the top level and roof trusses. I also have bunk bed style ladders that fit onto the posts between sections 1&2 , 3&4, 5& the long section and the end of the long section. These ladders can also be used to build a platform for someone to stand on between two ladders. The bottom bunk is high enough to fit the majority of each of those items and the space between the I car section and the two car section is wide enough that several of those items can be lined up there. Although it does require that middle car to be backed in. Something I do most of the time anyway so the driver sides of two vehicles can share the same space. ..... or I could have done a “good job and build ramps for all of my wheeled equipment and put all my carried equipment on the ground underneath ...
The comments are like Jurassic Park, Just because you can create it, does not mean you should... A portable hutch above the mower does make more sense.
I think it would have been more efficient to build shelving above the lawn mower stored at the natural floor level. P.S. FortRay No I won't kill myself I'll let nature do that.
That guy is mowing in flip flops and no eye protection. No common scene? Things like this are the reason every tool we use is saddled with wacky government mandated safety gadgets.
The footprint of the platform and ramp is double the footprint of the lawnmower alone. Fold the handle of the lawnmower and keep it on the floor and build shelves above, as many as you like, to hold much more, all the way to the ceiling if you choose. A TORO "store-and-go" mower will fold and stand vertically occupying one quarter of the floor space required by a traditional lawnmower.
I agree. My first thought was that the ramp takes up previously usable space. No less than what is gained under the caddy. I don't fold my handle, but I store my gas, bag, and side chute under the handle on the floor when I put it away. The lawnmower is pushed under my wall mounted wheelbarrow.
This is a great idea for my situation. I have two push mowers. Don't know why I never thought of this. Thanks Chelsea, You and your Dad are awesome!
I got an idea from watching this. Just make it reverse. Have the mower stay on the ground and drive under the box and have the supplies on top. Make me WAY more sense.
Kinda looks like this guy was like "Umm, this is ridiculous but since their recording, I'll go with it."
You realize that it,s a women designed it???🤣🤣🤣🤣😇😇😇😇
I was thinking exactly the same thing. Build the shelf/box over the mower. No need for a ramp.
Instant thought. Smaller much simpler method is a shelf on top for cans and a hook for the saw etc.
This might make sense to stack a mower and snow blower and alternate them by season for serious storage as needed.
As a woman I would do it this way to avoid losing my mower in a flood situation. This has happened to me in the past. I think it's a great idea!
Chelsea that’s a great idea. Enjoy watching you work.
I like it. This could also double as a little maintenance stand so you don’t have to squat down to change the oil, et al. Just create an opening in the plywood large enough to drain the oil and slide a pan underneath to catch it.
Very cool. I built something similar for my snowmobile. My " Sled Shed" was too cluttered but now i have a drive up ramp on hinges so i can store my sled on top and my wife's sled fits under it. My shed is huge but with tools, lawnmower, snowblower and patio furniture stored in there i had to do something. Plus i want to buy an ATV too but for some reason i just plain forgot to tell my wife about that part.
LOL I think I will continue looking for storage ideas where I can get my mower higher. It would make it easier when I wax it and maybe I could put my mini beer fridge under it. Best mower storage Idea I never came across.
I was glad to see you kept your power tools down to a circular and jig saw. One tip, instead of toe nailing the screws, try pocket hole screws.
Lol 😂 why would you push the heavy mower up a ramp then bend over to get the small items under the ramp. At some point common sense would suggest the lawn mower should go under the platform and the gas can and other items go on the top. You seem to have made this backwards for some reason.
Pokemon GO Evolution I was thinking the same thing this design makes no sense and serves no purpose.
But it's all pressure treated lumber so you can park it in the yard to do sweet push mower jumps while you mow.
lol, first thing I thought also.. wtf would you put the mower on top
+1 LOL
A BIT overkill, costly like hell and makes no sense.
But let's keep within the spirit it's DIY, it works, the kids are cute, so thumbs up anyway. :-)
Just leave it on the floor and put shelves above it for storage. simple
The handle of almost every lawnmower and a couple of oversized plastic cover screws so that the handle can bend forward over the lawn mower reducing the volume of the mower to roughly the box made by the four wheels and a few inches above the top of the engine. Just design your shelf’s and work table to accommodate such a ground level cavity. If you don’t want to do that.... build a simple table that you can set down overtop if you mower and set things into top of the table. And get a five gallon gas jug that comes with a hand pump nozzle than can be set done in the area under the handles
I was thinking of making a similar setup for my 3.5kW Generator, I was going to make it tall enough to store two 5 gallon gas cans underneath and make the ramp removable. The extra height will make checking the oil level easier as the fill hole will be more than four inches off the ground.
Thanks for the idea, but I decided to keep the mowers on the floor and build a deep shelf just above it. I use the 5' wide shelf to store two sets of winter tires.
How does this save space anyways since the ramps take up the same space as the lawn mower sitting on the floor
Andrew Ly
How much space did you save? The ramp takes up a ton of square footage area. Should have simply made a shelf from floor to roof, mower underneath....duh!
Ye I saw that as well
The look on the guys face is priceless "Ok honey what ever you say" but what he's thinking is "this is gonna be great firepit wood". 😂
Wonderful that you 2 are showing your kids a good example. Not a way I would store my mower however. Glad you had eye protection on, gloves are a good idea.
Sketching out the build gave me Blues Clues vibes...
Great idea l'm thinking of making one similar only higher so it's easier to remove the blade, change the oil, or any other repairs otherwise you sit on the ground or manhandle it up on top of a table thanks!
Ditto. I don't have a real need to store my mower in an elevated position, but I'm tired of tilting and/or wrestling with it just to change & sharpen blades, and change oil.
So for maintenance chores, I'm going to makes something similar (but taller) with a hole in the center beneath the blade. Then I can do those jobs with it on the platform, in a convenient position. Getting it up there won't be hard either, because I have a cheap chain hoist that does the lifting for me. So I can also skip the ramp.
Besides, doing projects like this is FUN! Build what works for you, and nevermind the naysayers.
What a dumb idea; why not build a shelf over the lawn
mover and leave it seated on the ground?
I would kick around the idea of not screwing down the ramp to make a smaller overall footprint - stow it along side of the caddy and wall of the shed/garage.
Part Two: Make a third layer/shelf ABOVE the mower and store even more stuff!
Moon Pie oh no, what you need is a second ramp and shelf so that you can put the mower all the way up in the rafters and store your rakes and shovesls vertically under it
I think it would be good if you made it higher. Use it as a work bench for mowers, with removable and longer ramps.
you could just leave the mower on the floor and install shelving above it
I'm going to make one, but with a removable ramp that slots into the back to provide a backstop.
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You don't need Pressuretreted (did i wrote that right) wood inside use you can use just normal wood
Can I make this tall enough to store my wheelbarrow under and it still be stable?
Ok so as I use a lot of vertical space in my micro shop maximize usage let me offer the following. If you undo the screws in the top of the ramp you could add a few (3 or more) L brackets like the ones for shelves. And cutting a matching # of slots where it was mounted before you would be able to remove the ramp when it's not in use. Every " Saved is a " earned? Lol see you in the funny papers
Or use hinges, and store the ramp in an upright position.
So a box with a ramp on it ???
What genius came up with that
Nice
Put the ramp on hinges. Straight up when not in use.
I did that for storing two snowmobiles.
Quentin 33 that’s fine for storing two rolling pieces of equipment, but building a ramp and platform, just to put a wimpy o gallon jug and a pristine chainsaw on the floor?
How about snow blower under and mower on top .but secure it for the winter
Great idea! ~Chelsea
Job well done but you could have shown the ramp a little longer than a few seconds at the end of the video. And maybe from a wider view. Kinda hard to tell what it looks like and how much space it actually takes up.
try not to clothesline yourself with mower handle entering the garage
How much weight can the top support? My mower is 35lbs. Would it be supported, or should I make modifications?
Plenty of support! ~Chelsea
I don’t get it . Please explain .
always use deck screw much more easy and not slip .
Nice ramp. Those kids coulda helped though!
No. Even they thought it was a bad idea and stayed away.
Excellent tutorial. I love how you got a powerpoint in there to list the tools and materials. What video production software did you use to put it all together? I'm really interested in the #technicalProduction aspects of #wellProducedTutorials.
Where’s Howie ear protection
You said leaves more room on his shelves? I don't think the mower would fit on a shelf anyway lol.
There is only one problem. The ramp takes up to much space. For the same amount of space I could have a shelf rack with more storage than under the mower.
Why?
Why do you say this needs pressure treated wood?
It will just help it last longer since it'll be exposed to moisture and humidity in the storage shed.
Just run across this video. Good job. Sure are a bunch of negative nancy's. They would rather tear down people instead of doing something themselves. Keep up the good work.
Instead of doing something themselves, like what every single one of us have done? Pushed the mower under the empty work bench and or built a simple shelf that goes over top.
Rather than just call everyone who offers reality based constructive criticism “negative nancy” how about say one word about how that criticism is invalid?
Don’t call a bad idea Good job because it’s shiny and pretty
My house has a three car garage back from the time the property was party of a larger family farm. In that garage I also have to store the the riding lawn mower, a push mower, a walk behind snow blower, a roll around generator, a sizable garden tiller with two balloon wheels, a smaller tiller with a couple of push mower sized wheels, a couple of metal utility carts, a two wheel dumping cart and my niece’s fair weather scooter . What I did was put my two tool chests a two door metal lover and a three drawer industrial “end table” on the left side where the one car slot with large things like bar clamps hanging on the wall above and behind the end table and coils of cable hanging in the space above the table, with my air compressor on top of the table. To solve space issue along the back wall I have a series of shelves built from 4*4 posts and 2*6 framing. Tying in with the studs along the back wall, part of the side wall and the bottom member of the air frame roof trusses that gives me 5 storage areas 32 inches wide and a 8 ft storage area all of them 32 inches deep for two levels plus a third area for even longer item between the top level and roof trusses. I also have bunk bed style ladders that fit onto the posts between sections 1&2 , 3&4, 5& the long section and the end of the long section. These ladders can also be used to build a platform for someone to stand on between two ladders. The bottom bunk is high enough to fit the majority of each of those items and the space between the I car section and the two car section is wide enough that several of those items can be lined up there. Although it does require that middle car to be backed in. Something I do most of the time anyway so the driver sides of two vehicles can share the same space.
..... or I could have done a “good job and build ramps for all of my wheeled equipment and put all my carried equipment on the ground underneath ...
Why put the anti skid pads down on the ramp when you push it up? LOL
If she was a truck driver she would make sure to chain the trailer tires first in bad weather
The comments are like Jurassic Park, Just because you can create it, does not mean you should... A portable hutch above the mower does make more sense.
At 5:30 that was a very unsafe move. Anyone else catch it?
un-safe ..?? How so..??
You Tube dunno ask him
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I’m not going to kill myself why don’t you
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I put my basement on my roof
They overdrill to much!
Need cut the power on the cortless drill
Lets the starter cord spring back,what a way to treat a mower!
Rough as xxxx
I think it would have been more efficient to build shelving above the lawn mower stored at the natural floor level. P.S. FortRay No I won't kill myself I'll let nature do that.
For something that it probably took them 2 hours me and my grandpa could do this in 30 - 45 minutes..
That guy is mowing in flip flops and no eye protection. No common scene? Things like this are the reason every tool we use is saddled with wacky government mandated safety gadgets.
Who mowes with eye protection?
Yikes.... this video was pure cringe...
Forget the whole ramp idea and store the mower under the platform. put the other stuff on top.
Nonsensical.