My garage shelf gave out at 2 AM and took down my snow blower

I was out in the garage last Thursday grabbing a bag of salt for the driveway when the metal bracket on a cheap shelf just snapped. Snow blower, two bags of peat moss, and a bin of Christmas lights all came crashing down around me. The snow blower landed on its side and the pull cord got jammed, so I spent an hour in the cold untangling that mess. I ended up drilling a new bracket into the studs with some heavy duty L-brackets and it feels solid now. Anyone else have a storage fail that turned into a Saturday project?

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miller.rowan6d ago

Man that's just the universe testing your 2 AM problem solving skills, hope you had a good headlamp for that pull cord debacle. Honestly though, if the snow blower was aiming for you, you probably earned a free upgrade to a heavy duty shelf system after that near miss. At least now you've got a solid excuse to flex about drilling into studs like a pro.

linda1146d ago

Yeah the 2 AM problem solving skills are real, my headlamp battery died halfway through.

holly_reed556d ago

Wait, you were actually in the garage when it all came crashing down? That must have been terrifying, especially at 2 AM with the snow blower almost taking you out. I'm glad you weren't hurt worse than just the pull cord jam.