How much does pallet flow rack cost in Hilliard?

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.

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.

Hilliard, Ohio

Pallet Flow Rack in Hilliard, OH

Light manufacturing components with a date code attached create a quiet risk in Hilliard buildings near Roberts Road industrial area: if the oldest pallet does not leave first, material ages on the shelf while newer stock gets pulled ahead of it. Pallet flow rack removes the guesswork by loading from the back of an inclined lane and letting rollers carry each pallet down to a fixed pick face in arrival order.

Along the I-270 west / Roberts Road corridor, lanes typically run five to twenty pallets deep, which means a small number of pick faces can hold most of a building's stored volume. That density costs more per position than selective rack and needs an aisle on each end of the lane, a tradeoff worth making when rotation cannot be left to a picker's judgment.

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Why Hilliard Warehouses Work With Us

HVAC and plumbing supply pallets moving through Hilliard frequently carry a lot number tied to a warranty or a batch, and a gravity lane keeps that sequence intact without relying on someone checking dates by hand.

Buildings along Hilliard Industrial Parkway and Britton Parkway differ in clear height from one bay to the next, which changes both the pitch calculation and brake roller spacing a lane needs. We confirm ceiling and floor condition for the specific bay before sizing anything.

A flow lane needs an aisle on both the load end and the pick end, so the position count depends on how the row fits against the building near Trueman Boulevard. We compare that layout against a pushback version of the same footprint so the rotation-versus-floor-space tradeoff is visible up front.

When relocating five racks of pallet flow systems from Hilliard to Reynoldsburg, we focus on the brake roller timing. Our Grove City relocation specialists manage the teardown and transport, re-calibrating the gravity lanes so that your pallet loads move at a controlled speed, preventing impacts at the pick face after the equipment is re-installed.

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 I-270 west / Roberts Road corridor, Hilliard Industrial Parkway, Britton Parkway, Roberts Road, Trueman Boulevard.

Wholesale distribution

HVAC and plumbing supply

Sporting goods

Light manufacturing

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 Hilliard Pallet Flow Rack Project Includes

Flow lanes get engineered around the pallet moving through them: weight, deck condition and whether the bottom boards hold up to repeated travel down the rollers. Buildings near Roberts Road industrial area that run older or mixed pallet pools usually need full-width rollers rather than a lighter skate-wheel track.

From there we set lane count and depth against how fast each SKU turns. Fewer, deeper lanes store more pallets behind one pick face; more, shallower lanes give a wider spread of SKUs their own face along Hilliard Industrial Parkway. Both versions get modeled with a position count attached so the tradeoff is on paper.

The itemized quote covers frames, beams, rail and roller assemblies, brakes, and entry and exit guides. At installation, pitch gets set, loaded travel gets tested in every lane, and brakes get tuned so pallets index forward at a controlled pace rather than drifting.

The finished system leaves your team with documented capacities, a lane map new hires can follow, and an ongoing point of contact for brake rollers and wheels as the lanes near Trueman Boulevard rack up cycles over time.

Lane pitch, brake settings and posted capacities carry back into a single drawing, so a question about rotation or throughput on a Hilliard flow lane near Britton Parkway starts from a document instead of memory.

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.

Unit #2092

Columbus, OH 43213

614-379-4436

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