What type of rack should I use for long loads?

Cantilever is the choice for lumber, pipe, tubing and other long material. Selective teardrop rack holds mixed palletized stock, and both types can be shown on the same layout.

What size cantilever rack do I need?

Arm length follows load depth, upright spacing follows the shortest stored length, and capacity follows bundle weight. Clear height and the forklift’s lifting height determine how high the rack and its load levels can go.

Do you install cantilever rack?

Yes. We handle design and supply and arrange experienced installation crews we schedule and manage. Bases are anchored to the floor and arms are placed at the levels on the drawing.

Cantilever Rack in Kalamazoo, MI

Cantilever rack has no front columns. Arms reach out from a row of uprights, so long material loads from the side without a post in the way. Lumber, pipe, tube, bar stock, sheet goods and furniture components all store on it.

Building-products suppliers, metal service work and furniture manufacturers across West and Southwest Michigan lean on it, indoors and in the yard.

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Storage Racks for Lumber, Pipe and Building Materials

A building-materials yard near the US-131 / M-6 interchange in Byron Center, a rail-served steel user in Wyoming, and bar-stock storage in Three Rivers all have the same problem: long loads that do not fit a pallet bay.

We size arm length to the depth of the load, arm capacity to the heaviest bundle, and upright spacing so long stock does not sag between arms.

Cantilever rack arms holding long lumber and building materials

Double-sided cantilever rack storing pipe and long stock

Outdoor Cantilever and Michigan Winters

Yard storage here takes lake-effect snow and long cold winters. Outdoor cantilever is usually specified with a galvanized finish and, where it helps, a roof deck to keep snow off the material.

Plan room for the side loader or forklift to approach the arms straight on, with snow storage kept out of the loading lane.

Single- or Double-Sided

Single-sided runs go along a wall. Double-sided runs stand in the middle of the floor and are loaded from both aisles. We pick based on your building and how material arrives.

If part of the inventory is palletized, we lay out selective pallet rack alongside the cantilever so one drawing covers the building.

Cantilever Planning Steps

List the material

Lengths, bundle sizes and weights for each product.

Size arms and uprights

Arm length, capacity and spacing per level.

Lay out the run

Single or double, indoor or yard, loader approach.

Install

Bases anchored to the floor, arms set to your levels.

Moving this system to a new building? Our warehouse relocation service handles teardown, transport and reinstall.

Get a Cantilever Rack Layout

Send the basics and we will come back with a layout and an itemized quote. Prefer to talk? Call (269) 390-9036.

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Where We Install Cantilever Rack

Portage Battle Creek Comstock Township Oshtemo Township Grand Rapids Wyoming Kentwood Holland Zeeland Benton Harbor Jackson Marshall Albion Three Rivers Sturgis Allegan Plainwell Paw Paw Niles Dowagiac Coldwater Byron Center

Storing Long Stock Around Kalamazoo?

Call (269) 390-9036 or request a quote and we will start a layout.