How much weight can pallet rack hold?

There is no single capacity: beam capacity is per pair, per level, while frame capacity depends on height and beam spacing. We size beams and frames from your heaviest pallet, and capacities go on load plaques.

Do you install pallet rack?

Yes. We handle design, supply and installation through experienced installation crews we schedule and manage. The finished rack is anchored to the floor, and load plaques identify the rated capacities.

What type of pallet rack do I need?

Selective teardrop rack is the default for mixed SKUs; pushback is two to six deep, LIFO by SKU; pallet flow is for FIFO or dated stock; drive-in is for bulk storage with few SKUs. Cantilever holds long loads, and carton flow serves case picking.

How much does pallet rack cost?

Price depends on pallet positions, height, beam capacity, decking, freight and installation. Send pallet size, heaviest load per level, clear height and building size for a free CAD layout and an itemized quote.

Delaware, Ohio

Pallet Flow Rack in Delaware, OH

Lot control is the recurring headache for Delaware operations stacking pallets straight on the floor. Buildings near US-23 North and Sawmill Parkway in Delaware serve manufacturers, agricultural product handlers, building supply distributors and consumer goods packers, and the day-to-day strain shows up the same way almost every time: seasonal agricultural inputs and packaged goods sitting in mixed date stacks where the crew has to dig for the right lot instead of pulling whatever's closest. Delaware has absorbed a wave of new construction north along US-23 as Delaware County's population has grown, which means a good number of buildings here are open shells without any storage plan built in yet. We solve these rotation issues by designing a pallet flow layout for your US 23 building, turning stagnant floor inventory into a moving line that feeds your Delaware operation.

We bypass the generic data sheets and start with your US 23 facility's actual load requirements, calculating clear heights and frame capacities against the specific inventory you move daily near Howald Industrial. Those numbers determine whether pallet flow rack actually fits the way Delaware needs it to, and a layout with a price comes back before any steel is ordered for a building along the US-23 corridor.

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Why Delaware Warehouses Work With Us

Delaware buildings along US-23 North and Delaware Commerce Park range from decades-old low-bay construction to recent shells with taller clear heights, and a pallet flow rack layout drawn for one rarely drops into the other without rework. Our team drafts the rack elevations to clear your building's specific Howald Industrial Park joists and lighting, providing a tight fit that generic catalog layouts can't match along US 23.

Manufacturers, agricultural product handlers, building supply distributors and consumer goods packers working out of the Curtis Street industrial area generally store seasonal agricultural inputs and packaged goods sitting in mixed date stacks where the crew has to dig for the right lot instead of pulling whatever's closest, and a pallet flow rack lane has to be built around that exact profile rather than a general-purpose one. Settling that rotation and depth before ordering steel is what keeps a Delaware operation from paying twice to correct handling habits a rushed layout created.

Since seasonal agricultural inputs and packaged goods sitting in mixed date stacks where the crew has to dig for the right lot instead of pulling whatever's closest is a recurring pattern across US-23 corridor buildings, the layout work accounts for how trucks and lift equipment actually move through the dock, not only how many rack positions fit on a floor plan. That's the difference between a pallet flow rack project in Delaware that holds up under daily handling and one that looks right on paper but creates new bottlenecks once it's loaded.

Free warehouse consultation

CAD layout with position counts

Installation by trusted installation partners

Pallet flow rack lanes with gravity rollers installed

Flow racking system loaded with pallets at the pick face

Operations We Rack Around Here

Nearby areas we work in regularly include the US-23 corridor, Delaware Commerce Park, Sawmill Parkway, US-23 North, Curtis Street industrial.

Manufacturing

Agricultural products

Building supply

Consumer goods

How Pallet Flow Rack Works

Load one side, pick the other, and let gravity enforce first in, first out.

Load end

Pallets enter at the high end of the lane. Each new pallet stages behind the one before it, so put-away is a single move made from the load-side aisle.

Gravity conveyor

Full-width rollers or skate-wheel tracks, set on a pitch calculated for the pallet weight, carry loads forward under control rather than free rolling.

Braking and separation

Brake rollers and pallet separators regulate travel and stop pallets from bunching, protecting both the product and the structure underneath it.

Pick end

Pickers work a face of first-in pallets. Pull one and the next indexes forward automatically, so the pick aisle stays organized without anyone re-facing stock.

What a Delaware Pallet Flow Rack Project Includes

Work on a Delaware pallet flow rack project starts with the load itself: what's on the pallet or in the container, its weight, the clear height the building allows, and the lift truck that will service the lane. Those figures set the lane depth, beam elevation and bay spacing before a layout drawing is started.

A shallow slope and a line of rollers move pallets from the load side to the pick side at a controlled crawl, with brake rollers keeping a loaded pallet from gaining speed on the way down. New stock goes in behind, older stock comes out front, and the lane itself enforces that order without anyone tracking it by hand. A layout then shows bay and lane dimensions, aisle widths and a position count, so the gain over the current floor storage or outdated rack is visible before anything is committed to steel.

After the layout is signed off, pallet flow rack parts are ordered to match it and installed one bay at a time: frames get anchored and plumbed, the elements particular to pallet flow rack are set at the drawing's elevations, and every lane is tagged with its rated capacity.

After the system is up, the same crew handles additional bays, reconfiguration if pallet sizes or SKU counts change, and replacement of any frame or rail damaged by a lift truck. That arrangement gives a Delaware operation near US-23 North one point of contact for the building's rack plan rather than a new vendor search each time conditions shift.

Date-coded food, beverage, and pharmaceutical inventory

High-volume SKUs with steady, predictable turns

Cold storage where every cubic foot carries a cost

Staging finished goods coming off a production line

Operations that need FIFO documented, not just assumed

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Recent Installations

Racking projects completed for warehouses across Central Ohio.

Drive-in pallet rack system installed in a warehouse — Drive-in pallet rack

Carton flow rack bays with gravity roller beds — Carton flow rack

Tall selective pallet rack rows with wire decking — Selective pallet rack

Warehouse aisle of selective pallet rack with wire decking — Selective pallet rack with wire decking

Newly installed pallet rack rows in an empty warehouse — New warehouse rack installation

Long rows of green and orange selective pallet rack — Selective pallet rack rows

Wide view of a warehouse racking layout with wire decking — Warehouse racking layout

Multiple rows of pallet rack in a distribution warehouse — Pallet rack rows

Cantilever rack with orange arms installed against a warehouse wall — Cantilever rack

Push back pallet rack carts and rails installed in a cold storage room — Push back pallet rack

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Columbus Pallet Rack

4551 Wright Ave.

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Columbus, OH 43213

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