FAQ

What is Pallet Racking:

Pallet Racking is made up of three specific components; beams, uprights and decking. Beams vary in length, height and capacity.  The most common lengths include: 84”. 96”, 102”, 108”, 120”, 132” and 144”.  The most common beam height is 4” and the most common beam capacity is 5,000 lbs. Uprights are professionally engineered to connect and hold the beams in place.  The most common upright sizes are between 8” and 25” in height and 36”, 42”, 44” or 48” in depth. Decking is comprised of wire meshes that comes in several capacities and are sized to fit any combination.  The types of pallet racking include the following:

Hi-Line	Interlake Teardrop	Interlake	Keystone	Paltier	Ridge-U-Rak	Sammons	Speedrack

What is Cantilever Rack?

Cantilever Rack is a type of storage system that has no aisle frames to obstruct the storage of long or bulky items such as lumber, carpeting, piping or tubing. Cantilever Arm elevations are easily adjustable to accommodate any bundle size. They can range in sizes, capacities and accessories.

What is a Mezzanine?

Mezzanines are custom fabricated to meet the needs of the consumer.  Instead of renting or purchasing more warehouse square footage, mezzanines are a great alternative.  Mezzanines create extra storage space at a very economical price. They are built for absolute safety and long life. Columns and obstructions are built to easily accommodated customer needs with minimal loss of space. Openings and stairways can be located wherever needed. Load capacity can be increased in your heavy load areas. 

What is Pallet-Flow Rack?

Pallet-Flow Rack utilizes first-in/first-out rotation of pallets by using gravity flow to bring product from the stocking aisle to the picking aisle.   It is a high density type of storage and picking system.  This type of a system increases full pallet order picking productivity by minimizing the fork lift travel distance between items picked.  When compared to a static storage system, pallet-flow rack saves valuable warehouse space.

What in Drive-In Rack?

Drive-In Rack is a high density type storage system that offers a limited amount of options.  The pallets are stored in bays.  A fork lift actually drives into the rack structure using several positions to store and retrieve pallet loads. Drive-In rack stores and retrieves pallets from the same aisle in a last-in, first-out order.  It is ideally suited for warehouses that maintain a large quantity of a relatively low number of SKUs (stock keeping units). Usually, the same SKU and/or lot number is stored in the same bay because no level can be accessd independently from the others.

What is a Forklift? 

Four-Wheel forklifts have either an electric, propane, diesel or gasoline engine and come with pneumatic or cushion tires.  Electric forklifts with cushion tires are usually used indoors and run on smooth surfaces.  Also, they are perfect for areas with little ventilation because they do not release emissions.

Internal combusion forklifts (diesel, propane and gasoline) generate more power than an electric and move quicker over long distances.  Propane trucks can be used indoors where there is some ventilation.  When equipped with pneumatic tires they have greater ground clearance and travel on a variety of surfaces.  Capacities range from 3,000 lbs - 80,000 lbs.

What is a Reach Truck?

A Reach Truck is an electric forklift, and islso referred to as narrow-aisle truck.  They are designed to rack pallets on smooth surfaces.  There are either single-reach or double-reach trucks.  A single-reach can extend the lenth of one pallet and a double-reach can extend the length of two pallets.  Capacities range form 2,500 lbs - 5,500 lbs.

 What is a Aerial / Scissor Lifts?

Aerial / Scissor Lifts are primarily used for maintenance work.  They can be small, one man scissor units or large bucket units with hydraulic arms.  Fuel is electric or propane.

 What is a Three-Wheel Truck?

A Three-Wheel Forklift is primarily used indoors and usually have cushion tires.  They also have a tighter turning radius compared to four-wheel forklifts.  They are used for unloading trucks, moving pallets and other loads throughout the warehouse.  Capacities range from 3,000 lbs - 5,000 lbs.

 What is a Sweeper / Scrubber?

Sweepers / Scrubbers are either walk-behind or ride-on.  They are powered by electric battery, propane, diesel or gasoline and some models can be used indoors or outdoors.  They are used to sweep or scrub surfaces, and some models do both. 

What is a Jack / Stacker?

A Jack / Stacker can be either a walk-behind or ride-on.  They are used to transport loads short distances.  Usually the fork-length is 48", but some are made double long to carry two pallets.  The wheels are solid and the forks rise slightly off the ground.  Capacities range from 3,000 lbs. - 8,000 lbs.

 What is an Order-Picker?

Order-Pickers are also referred to as stock-pickers or man-up units, and are electric.  The rider stands on an elevating platform with the forks.  These can be used in very narrow aisles and there capacity is usually 3,500 lbs. 

What is a Stand-Up Counter Balance?

The Stand-Up Counter Balance is well-suited for quick loading and unloading of trucks and is electric.  They are also used when the rider might frequently need to mount and dismount.  They are primarily used indoors on smooth surfaces and capacities range from 3,000 lbs to 5,500 lbs.

What is a Side Loader?

The Side-Loader is used for narrow-aisle work, where space between racks is limited.  They are generally electric and load and unload from one side only.

What is a Turret Truck?

The Turret Truck has a rotating mast and can be used in very narrow aisles.  The mast of these trucks rotates 90 degrees so that the operator can load and unload from either side without turning the base of the truck.  Capacities range from 3,000 lbs - 8,000 lbs.

 What is a Tow Tractor / Tugger?

The Tow Tractor / Tugger is used to pull loads on wheel-buggies around a warehouse.  They can be gas, electric, propane or diesel.  Capacities are measured in 'draw bar pull,' - how much weight needs to be pulled.

What is a Personnel Cart?

Personnel Carts are used for quick movement of personnel around a warehouse or farm.  They can be large four-man trucks with beds in the back for hauling or small one-man three wheel units.  Fuel is electric, diesel, propane and gasoline.  Pneumatic and cushion tires are available.

What is a Conveyor? 

One that conveys, especially a mechanical apparatus that transports materials, packages, or items being assembled from one place to another

      Types:

      Gravity / Skatewheel - Consists of Roller Gravity, Skatewheel, Etc

      Belt Conveyor - Belt Type Conveyors, Consists of Straight, Curves, Etc

      Powered Roller -Consists of Live Roller, Accumulation, anything that uses rollers to convey product. 
 

What is Shelving?

      Adjustable Shelving - Wide range from 12” x 12” up to 48”

      Wide Span Bulk Shelving - Heavier duty than regular shelving but lighter duty than pallet rack