Drive-In Rack in Glen Burnie, Maryland

Every wholesaler has a few staples: bagged mortar, salt, insulation, packaged water, cartons. Those arrive in full loads and leave steadily.

Drive-in pallet rack gives each staple its own lane. The lane fills from the back and empties from the front as orders ship.

If an item rarely has more than four pallets on hand, it does not belong in a deep lane. Pull a list of pallets per SKU in your busiest month before deciding.

Usually only a handful of items qualify, and that is fine.

Glen Burnie has many older, lower-clear warehouses with tight columns, plus newer space toward MD-100 and I-97. In older buildings, lanes go between columns, and the truck must enter squarely.

Clear height also sets how many pallets high a drive-in rack can stack, after allowing for the truck's guard inside the lane.

One-sided lanes are last in, first out, which is fine for most building products. Dated goods like adhesives may need drive-thru racking, with entry on one side and exit on the other.

Rails support pallet edges, so pallet width matters. Bagged goods sometimes sag over pallet edges; that overhang can catch uprights, so loads must stay within the pallet footprint.

Lanes are sized around the truck's width, mast and guard. Send your truck specs before design.

Floor guides at lane entrances keep trucks centered. Upright protectors at each opening take bumps. Both are inexpensive compared to a damaged frame.

Light assembly shops near Marley Neck rarely need drive-in, but those buying packaging by the load sometimes add a small block of two or three lanes.

Items with three to six pallets each fit pushback rack in Glen Burnie, with trucks staying in the aisle. Dated wholesale goods fit a Glen Burnie pallet flow system.

Depth follows typical stock. If an item lands twenty pallets at a time and you stack four high, five deep works.

Items that sometimes run low should sit in shallower lanes so a drive-in rack never holds a few pallets in a deep slot.

The aisle in front of the block needs room for a truck to turn and enter squarely, roughly 12 to 13 feet for counterbalance trucks.

Older buildings off Crain Highway often have tight yards and short docks, so we place the block where trucks can reach it without crossing the pick area.

Heavy bagged goods are hard on steel. Walk the openings weekly for bent posts, rails out of line and loose anchors.

Clear spilled material and broken boards from lane floors. A clean drive-in rack is easier to drive and safer to work.

Replace damaged sections before loading resumes.

Glen Burnie projects run through our parent, Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co., as its division; that firm has handled rack supply and installs since 1997.

Read the drive-in rack guide or the Glen Burnie service area page, then send pallets per SKU, pallet types and truck details for a free layout.

Baltimore Pallet Racks

1400 W. Lombard St.

Unit #687

Baltimore, MD 21223

Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

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