The Advantages of Cantilever Racks

Cantilever racking is a sturdy, heavy-duty storage racking system. They are designed for storing long and bulky items or materials such as wood, plywood, PVC, steel pipes and metal or bar pipes. For this reason, cantilever storage racks are the preferred solution for storing heavy items such as furniture, boats, steel, pvc pipe, iron pipe and a variety of long, bulky and/or heavy items.

Because cantilevers can store many types of products, cantilever storage racks are often referred to as lumber racks, furniture storage racks, bar storage racks, boat storage racks, and/or pipe storage racks. Light duty cantilever racking systems are most commonly used for furniture storage. Others, such as medium-sized cantilevers, are used to store motorcycles, boats, motorboats, etc. All in all, cantilever racking is used by a wide variety of industries that find it to be a great storage solution for their particular business or product line.

Roll cantilevers are a lighter version of medium-sized cantilevers. Rolls are commonly used for furniture storage and are referred to as furniture cantilever racking. Furniture cantilever racking can be decorated to provide static storage similar to pallet racking. It has the advantage of making it easier to store and retrieve bulky or odd-sized materials than traditional pallet racking systems.

Heavy duty cantilever racks is particularly suitable for storing lumber, long loads, and heavy loads such as car, offering the possibility of locating the levels (arms) on one or both sides of the fully independent structure.

Designed primarily for longer, thinner items, cantilevered shelving offers many specific advantages and uses that conventional shelving can hardly provide. If you are wondering if cantilevered shelving is right for your facility, here are a few different ways to use it and the benefits they offer.

Store hard-to-shelve items

The design of cantilevered shelving allows for the storage of longer, thinner items such as steel shelves, beams, long lumber, and even pre-packaged furniture. While these items have traditionally been difficult and cumbersome to store using traditional shelving and racking methods, the open design and overall length of cantilevered shelving is perfect for any tall, thin items you need off the floor.

Easy access and flexibility

The cantilevered rack design consists of two smaller racks on either side of a long I-beam with nothing above and no traditional "shelves" to speak of. This more open design allows for easier access, especially on taller racks with forklifts or similar equipment. In addition, the design allows for more specific item placement and retrieval, which means you can keep more SKUs and specific items on the cantilevered shelves without worrying about them being buried behind pallets of other items you don't need.

Save money and time

Cantilever racking can help you both save effort and get the job done faster. The design makes it easier to store and handle items, allowing staff to find the parts they need faster or load them onto shelves more easily than other types of shelving. The increased storage space they provide, both in depth and length, also allows for more economical use of space by freeing up space in other areas and allowing for deeper storage to store more items.

Cantilever racking is a very efficient way to store a variety of materials. The storage density of cantilever racking can be very high if you plan how to use it efficiently. The flexibility of cantilever racking makes it a very popular storage solution with an almost immediate return on investment.