| Lumber companies, structural steel fabrication | | | | freighters from overseas. |
| facilities, warehouses, drug companies, aircraft | | | | The sheer amount of rack that can we can build for |
| companies, manufacturing facilities, distribution | | | | your company is limited by nothing other than the |
| centers, furniture manufacturers, and retail merchants | | | | amount of your existing space. It is not uncommon |
| are all increasingly enjoying the benefits of used pallet | | | | for us to construct both new and used pallet racks |
| racks when it comes to streamlining their shipping and | | | | that are over 26' in height and 72" in depth. The |
| receiving and placing tighter inventory controls on | | | | number of levels for actual storage is limited only by |
| distribution and procurement process flow. | | | | the height of the uprights and the distance you need |
| Because the cost of new equipment is too much of | | | | between each level. Determining how much space to |
| a risk for some companies to take in today's | | | | create for you and what type of materials to use in |
| economy, the savings you can obtain on used | | | | building your pallet rack is where our consultation |
| equipment might be as high as 75%. | | | | process proves a value-added service that uniquely |
| SMP Construction can order used pallet racks as | | | | customizes your order to the exact parameters of |
| complete units any number of sizes, or we can | | | | your application. |
| custom build them from used uprights, horizontal | | | | First, we take a look at how you will be using your |
| beams, and decking to fit the specific storage | | | | pallet rack once it is installed. What is the weight and |
| requirements of your facility and unique application. | | | | size of your merchandise to be stored? How much |
| Types of decking range from wood supported by | | | | inventory do you plan to place on the decking? How |
| wooden or metal crossbars to wire or even steel | | | | much space inside your warehouse (or outside in |
| decking for the heaviest of containers and special | | | | your storage lot) do we have to actually work with? |
| equipment. | | | | These and other questions have to be answered |
| This can prove a veritable business saver for you if | | | | first before we can begin designing a used pallet |
| you have outgrown your existing storage space but | | | | racking system. If the installation is particularly large, it |
| cannot afford to take the financial hit that moving | | | | is prudent to examine drawings of your facility that |
| would certainly cost you. Used pallet racks can be | | | | indicate the dimensions of your floor and vertical |
| installed "back to back" using row spacers that create | | | | cube space so we can make an exact determination |
| "aisles" wide enough to allow material handling | | | | of what beams and uprights to use in the |
| equipment to pass between the racks. While | | | | construction of your rack. We also need to know |
| narrow-aisle machinery is the most efficient to use in | | | | about local fire and safety codes in your area, |
| such a setting, SMP Construction can increase the | | | | because these play a significant role in determining |
| size of row spacers to accommodate forklift traffic if | | | | what type of decking you will require. |
| necessary. | | | | SMP Construction Equipment specializes in used pallet |
| Warehouses are a major user of pallet racking | | | | racking applications that make sense. Our solutions |
| because it converts both floor space and vertical | | | | prove particularly invaluable to harbor and dock |
| cube space into efficient, safe, and readily-accessible | | | | warehousing facilities in major US ports such as |
| storage space that is vital to both inventory control | | | | Houston, Texas, New York, NY, New Jersey, |
| and shipping/receiving process flow. However, pallet | | | | Beaumont, Texas, Long Beach, California, Corpus |
| racks can also be used outdoors. Typical outside | | | | Christi, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, Huntington, |
| installations are used when storing pipe, lumber, | | | | West Virginia, Texas City, Texas, and Baton Rouge, |
| ferrous and non-ferrous shape metals. Ports on the | | | | Louisiana. Call our home office in Leander, Texas |
| Eastern Seaboard, the West Coast, and the Gulf | | | | today for a custom quote specific to your industry |
| Coast typically use a great deal of pallet racking to | | | | and unique to your business model. |
| store containers and materials coming in on larger | | | | |