| If you are in the material handling business you will | | | | items. One of the benefits of industrial pallet racks |
| likely be looking for pallet racks to organize your | | | | used or new is that they have a very high load |
| warehouse. You can find used pallet racks at | | | | capacity. Generally a rack of this nature can |
| significantly reduced prices from most material | | | | handle 35 to 48,000 pounds of weight depending |
| handling equipment distributors. However if shiny | | | | on the size of the unit. This makes it prefect for |
| new equipment is important to you then you may | | | | stacking heavy equipment or things like tractor |
| want to get new pallet racks for your warehouse. | | | | tires, car parts, large vats of liquids and such. You |
| Pricing on this type of industrial equipment can | | | | can also double up on a set of racks and use |
| vary based on steel prices. That is why it is | | | | them for storing carpet or longer items. Industrial |
| usually cheaper to buy used racks instead of new | | | | pallet racks were mainly designed for actually |
| ones. If you buy used you may be able to get | | | | storing pallets or skids of huge amounts of |
| them re powder coated. Industrial equipment of | | | | material, but as you can see their are many uses |
| this type comes in several varieties. | | | | for this type of industrial equipment. |
| Tear Drop Pallet Racks is the most widely used | | | | Cantilever Racks are designed to store longer or |
| type of used today. This design allows you to | | | | odd shaped material. things like pipes or rolls of |
| slide the beams in to place with out the need of | | | | carpet. Although you can use two regular pallet |
| fasteners. These are also called boltless pallet | | | | racks installed two deep will be able to handle |
| racks. This type of Industrial rack can be used for | | | | some of the same material a Cantilever rack is |
| many applications. Most are commercial in nature | | | | designed with this purpose in mind. This type of |
| like warehouses, industrial plants, schools and | | | | industrial rack uses 12' or 16' tower in rows of 3 |
| storage units. However you can also use this type | | | | with several sets of steel arms attached. The |
| of rack in your garage or a larger storage shed. | | | | most common uses for this type of equipment is |
| Farmers use them in barns to stack a variety of | | | | for storing pipe or carpet rolls. |