Used Pallet Racking For First-time Buyers

Pallet racks are the most popular storage system for

  • warehouses
  • housing pallets
  • boxes
  • cartons
  • fruit
  • vegetables
  • furniture
  • carpet
  • records archives
  • crates
  • bulk storage
  • among other

Retailers with engineering departments can design storage systems for most applications, from heavy to light duty pallet racks.

Used pallet racks for industrial warehouse storage solutions commonly include design/build with installation as well as space planning, structural engineering, and building permit services. The type of pallet rack decking will depend on the customers' needs. Pallet rack decking can come in new and wiremesh decks, pallet support bars, punchdeck, bdeck, solid deck, metal deck, and wire deck, and lumber decking.

Standard and push-back

The Selective Pallet Rack

Of the 4 basic kinds of new or used pallet racking you can acquire, the selective pallet rack is the most common with each having direct access from the pick aisle. They are a standard 8 and 12 feet wide, storing 2 or 3 pallets side by side and 42" or 44" deep. Storage capacity can be greatly increased through acquiring a drive thru pallet rack such as the Frazier structural drive-in pallet racks.

The Pushback Pallet

Also on the used pallet rack market is a pushback pallet which has 50% more density than selective pallet racks allowing you to store up to five pallets deep per level. Typically, the pallets are placed on a set of trolleys that are pushed along the rolling rails – aside the last. The rails are built on a slight incline and are lower at the front allowing those at the back to come to the fore when the pallets closest to the aisle are removed.

LIFO and FIFO

All the pallets placed on a particular level are managed using the Last In First Out (LIFO) system. Pallet flow rack for industrial warehouse storage systems Ideal for First In First Out (FIFO) system. Pallet flow rack systems allow pallets to be fed from one side, and retrieved from the other using a combination of rails and wheels.

The Installation Of Used Pallet Racking

  • When buying used pallet racking bear in mind that installation requires an experienced material handling crew with the proper tools and the right equipment.

  • Installation must follow warehouse design layout prepared by the project management team.

  • Pallet rack repair and custom fabrication services send technicians out to weld on location.

  • A common problem causing damage to track are when lower portions of posts are exposed to damage by forklift trucks and other moving equipment.

  • When upright posts have been 'hit' and are skewed their structural integrity becomes damaged.

Where to buy

For used forklifts and pallet racks Pro Surplus in Corona, California are a leading pallet rack dealer in Southern California. They operate in Los Angeles as well as across 55 counties including

  • Phoenix
  • Tucson
  • Yuma
  • Tijuana
  • Mexicali
  • Las Vegas
  • Reno
  • Salt Lake City
  • St George
  • Boise
  • Portland
  • Seatle
  • Bellingham
  • Bremerton
  • Walla Walla
  • Spokane
  • Tacoma
  • Yakima
  • Albuquerque
  • Denver
  • Colorado Springs
  • Fort Collins
  • Great Falls