Cantilever Rack in Jessup, Maryland

Food and beverage distributors handle more than food. Store fixtures, merchandising displays, shelving parts and long maintenance items like pipe and conduit pile up around the edges.

Cantilever racking along a wall gives those items a defined home, freeing floor that pallet operations need.

In buildings near the Maryland Food Center, wall space next to the docks is often underused. A shallow single-sided run there holds fixtures and long stock without touching the pallet layout or narrowing any aisle.

Fixtures and displays also return from stores after a promotion ends. A labeled level for returned fixtures stops them from drifting back onto the dock floor.

Empty pallet stacks are bulky and often stored on the floor where they block aisles. Decked cantilever levels can hold stacks of empties at a set height, sorted by type.

Returnable totes and crates can also go on decked levels near the docks.

Wholesale markets near the Maryland Food Center handle crates, bins and long equipment such as conveyor sections and dollies. A short run of cantilever storage rack near the dock keeps those items organized.

Cold-room use is uncommon for cantilever, but outdoor runs with galvanized parts are common for equipment yards.

Arm length follows the deepest item on each level; capacity follows the heaviest. Decked levels spread load across arms, which suits fixtures and pallet stacks.

Upright spacing is set for the longest items so they stay supported.

Indoors, a single-sided run along a wall uses space that pallet rack cannot. Outdoors, galvanized components and a roof deck protect equipment from weather.

Winter weather and summer heat affect outdoor installation, so we plan yard work accordingly.

Most Jessup buildings already have counterbalance forklifts, which handle decked levels and moderate lengths well. Very long stock may need a side-loader or a wider aisle.

Large food buildings keep a maintenance shop stocked with pipe, conduit, angle and replacement rollers. A short cantilever rack beside the shop keeps that material organized and easy to find during a breakdown.

Cantilever racking also holds spare conveyor sections and long guards. Keeping them on labeled levels near the shop avoids a search across the building when something stops on a busy night. A small cantilever storage rack is usually all it takes.

Non-food areas are easy to neglect. Numbering each upright and level and marking the floor in front of the run keeps fixtures, displays and maintenance stock findable.

Put the most requested items at waist-to-shoulder height for hand picking, and heavier items on forklift levels. Walk the run each month and move anything that has drifted into the wrong level, before it becomes a habit.

Dated food pallets belong in a Jessup pallet flow layout. Freezer SKUs held very deep often fit drive-in rack in Jessup.

Baltimore Pallet Racks is a division of Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co., which started supplying and installing rack in 1997. See the Jessup service area page or our cantilever rack overview, then share what you need to store and we will draw it free.

Baltimore Pallet Racks

1400 W. Lombard St.

Unit #687

Baltimore, MD 21223

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

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