My shop is an attached two car garage. The attic area is just wasted space, so I'd like to make better use of it, and I'd like some feedback.
This is what my truss looks like (in black). They are standard 2x4 premade truss on 24" centers. I plan on adding a cross member (red) at a height such that there is 24" on each side of the vertical member. Then put down 1/2" OSB on tops of those cross members as well as across the tops of the bottom of the truss, and then use that area for storage (the yellow boxes). I'll be using plastic storage containers and plan to hold mostly high bulk, low weight items, but there will probably be 600-800 pounds total weight spread over the entire area. The total size of the garage is about 22x22. Am I asking for trouble or should this be pretty safe?