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.

What aisle width do I need?

Aisle width is set by the lift truck: counterbalance trucks typically need about 12–13 feet, reach trucks about 8–10 feet and very-narrow-aisle equipment about 5–6 feet. We confirm actual truck specifications and load dimensions; aisle width has a major effect on storage density.

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.

How long does it take to get and install pallet rack?

Standard teardrop sizes often quick-ship, while high-density systems and non-standard sizes take longer; lead time is confirmed on the quote. Installation time depends on bay count and site readiness, and we schedule it around the approved layout and your operation.

Gahanna, Ohio

Drive-In Rack in Gahanna, OH

A handful of Gahanna operations store so little variety at such high volume that pallet rack wastes half the building on aisles. Buildings near Taylor Station Road and Morrison Road in Gahanna serve air freight forwarders, aerospace parts suppliers, medical distributors and electronics importers, and the day-to-day strain shows up the same way almost every time: bulk electronics and medical supply inventory stacked floor-to-ceiling in a single-SKU block because the building has no rack dense enough to match a low-SKU, high-volume load profile. Gahanna sits next to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, so a share of the buildings along Taylor Station Road and Morrison Road were built around trucks feeding or pulling from air cargo rather than a typical over-the-road dock schedule. Eliminating floor clutter requires a drive-in system tailored to your Taylor Station Road facility, allowing you to stack deep without losing access to your critical airport cargo.

Planning a successful installation requires analyzing your actual airport-bound freight first: we measure every pallet profile and lift truck spec to ensure the steel performs under real-world pressure near Taylor Station Road. Those numbers determine whether drive-in rack actually fits the way Gahanna needs it to, and a layout with a price comes back before any steel is ordered for a building along the airport corridor.

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Why Gahanna Warehouses Work With Us

Gahanna buildings along Taylor Station Road and Gahanna Industrial Parkway range from decades-old low-bay construction to recent shells with taller clear heights, and a drive-in rack layout drawn for one rarely drops into the other without rework. Every bay is configured to work around your Taylor Station Road facility’s unique column spacing and overhead obstructions, ensuring no storage position is lost to poor planning near the airport.

Air freight forwarders, aerospace parts suppliers, medical distributors and electronics importers working out of Airside Business Park generally store bulk electronics and medical supply inventory stacked floor-to-ceiling in a single-SKU block, and a drive-in rack lane has to be built around that exact profile rather than a general-purpose one. Working out the rotation and depth before the first order goes out is what keeps a Gahanna crew from inheriting handling habits a mismatched layout would force on them.

As bulk electronics and medical supply inventory stacked floor-to-ceiling in a single-SKU block because the building has no rack dense enough to match a low-SKU, high-volume load profile continues to surface across airport 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 drive-in rack project in Gahanna 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

Drive-in pallet rack lanes fitted with continuous rails

Drive-in warehouse racking loaded with bulk pallets

Operations We Rack Around Here

Nearby areas we work in regularly include the airport / Morrison Road corridor, Gahanna Industrial Parkway, Taylor Station Road, Morrison Road, Airside Business Park.

Air freight and forwarding

Aerospace parts

Medical distribution

Electronics

How Drive-In Rack Works

Storage lanes replace internal access aisles. Forklifts enter the structure to handle bulk pallets.

Continuous rails, not beams

Pallets rest on rails carried by upright frames rather than individual beam levels, so a lane accepts pallet after pallet at the same elevation.

The truck enters the lane

The driver travels inside the bay to place or retrieve each load. Lane width, rail height, and mast clearance get dimensioned to that specific truck, not a generic one.

One open end or two

One open end gives LIFO and the highest density available. Two open ends give FIFO with slightly fewer positions, since each lane now needs clearance from both sides.

Guarding built into the design

Guide rails, column guards, and rail-end protection are part of the spec from the start, because lift trucks enter the structure during loading and retrieval.

What a Gahanna Drive-In Rack Project Includes

Planning a drive-in rack project in Gahanna starts with the load specifics: pallet or container size, weight, clear height, and the lift truck that will run the lane. Those figures set the lane depth, beam elevation and bay spacing before a layout drawing is started.

Rails run the length of the lane on frames set wide enough for a lift truck to drive straight in, set a pallet on the rail, and back out without ever leaving the truck's forks inside the structure. Depth comes from how far back the lane runs, and a single aisle can serve lanes stacked several pallets deep and several bays wide. 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 approval, the layout drives ordering and installation of drive-in rack: frames go up anchored and plumbed bay by bay, the parts specific to drive-in rack are set at the drawing's elevations, and each lane receives a capacity tag.

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 setup leaves a Gahanna operation near Taylor Station Road with a single point of contact for its rack plan rather than a fresh vendor relationship each time something changes.

High volume of a small number of SKUs

Seasonal or buffer inventory held in bulk

Cold storage and freezer rooms where cube matters most

Product too fragile to floor-stack more than two high

Buildings where floor space, not height, is the binding constraint

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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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