Drive-In Rack in Linthicum, Maryland

Hardware and packaging distributors near Andover and Camp Meade Road sometimes carry staple items by the truckload. Those fill lanes, and drive-in pallet rack stores them densely.

Cross-dock freight and lot-controlled product belong in other systems.

Short weekly walks take only minutes and keep surprises rare, which matters most in a building where bulk reserve sits in just a handful of lanes along one wall.

Trucks enter each lane and place pallets on side rails, back to front. Each lane holds one item. Removing aisles inside the block is what creates the density.

Single-entry lanes are last in, first out. Lot-controlled product cannot work that way. Drive-thru racking opens both ends for first-in, first-out flow, but it still requires one lot per lane.

For most pharmaceutical work, flow lanes are simpler.

Much of Linthicum is older flex space with modest clear heights. A drive-in rack there might run three or four pallets high after allowing for the truck's guard inside lanes.

Measure to the lowest light or duct along the planned block.

Rails support pallet edges, so pallet width and condition matter. Use one pallet type for drive-in lanes.

Lanes are sized around the truck body, mast and guard. Floor guides keep it centered; post protectors take bumps. Send truck specs before design.

Air-freight support buildings near I-195 and I-695 need open floor for staging. A compact block for bulk reserve frees that floor, which is often the real reason to consider drive-in here.

Undated reserve of a few pallets per SKU fits pushback rack in Linthicum. Lot-controlled product fits a Linthicum pallet flow system.

Depth follows typical stock of each item. A staple landing as a twenty-pallet order, set four tall, lines up with a five-position lane.

In smaller buildings, shallower lanes hold more SKUs and stay fuller. A drive-in rack with half-empty lanes gives back the floor it was meant to save.

Place the block along a wall away from cross-dock doors. The approach aisle needs about 12 to 13 feet for counterbalance trucks to turn and enter squarely.

That leaves the center of the building open for staging and sorting.

Hardware and packaging pallets vary in weight. Steel sizing starts with your heaviest load and works out through depth and level count; a capacity plaque goes on the end frame.

Check the openings each week for bent posts and rails out of line, and clear lane floors.

In a small Linthicum building, a drive-in rack block may be the only bulk storage, so damage that closes a lane hurts quickly. Tell us about any bump and we will look at the frame.

Keep a spare protector or two on site.

We work as a division of Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co., a rack supplier and installer since 1997.

Visit the Linthicum service area page or browse the drive-in rack guide, then let us know pallets per SKU and truck specs. We will tell you whether drive-in fits before drawing 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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