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Product Description

Maximize Your Storage & Efficiency with Cantilever Lumber Racks

Tired of disorganized, inefficient, and unsafe lumber storage? Our heavy-duty cantilever lumber racking is the ultimate solution for storing long, bulky materials. Engineered for durability and designed for accessibility, this racking system will revolutionize your workspace.

Cantilever lumber racking is a specialized storage racking system designed to accommodate long, bulky, or heavy items that are difficult to store using traditional storage racking. Unlike standard racking with front-mounted columns, its unique design features upright columns with arms extending outward to create an open storage area. This eliminates obstructions and allows materials such as lumber, pipes, sheet metal, and scrap to be loaded and unloaded directly from the side using a forklift or other equipment.

Components of Cantilever Lumber Rack

Our storage racks are built from a simple yet robust set of components, making it easy to assemble while providing strength:

Upright Columns: The vertical supports of the racking system, constructed from high-grade structural steel.

Cantilever Arms: The horizontal supports bolted to the uprights. These are available in various lengths and capacities to meet your specific needs.

Base Plates: Large, reinforced footplates that provide a stable foundation and can be anchored to your concrete floor for maximum safety.

Arm Pins / Locking Mechanism: Heavy-duty pins or bolts that securely fasten the arms to the column at your desired height.

Bracing: Diagonal cross-braces between the column and arms, ensuring lateral stability and preventing sway under heavy loads.

Features of Our Cantilever Lumber Rack

Heavy-Duty Steel Construction: Fabricated from high-quality steel, often with a durable powder-coated or galvanized finish to resist corrosion, scratches, and wear.

Adjustable Arms: Arms can be positioned at any height on the column, allowing you to create custom spacing to accommodate materials of various sizes and weights.

Open-Front Design: Provides completely access to your entire inventory, making loading and unloading a breeze.

High Weight Capacity: Engineered to support extreme weights, from several thousand pounds per arm to tens of thousands per entire bay.

Modular & Scalable: Start with a single column and two arms, and easily expand your storage racking system as your business grows.

Advantages of Using a Cantilever Lumber Rack

Optimize Floor Space: Store materials vertically, freeing up valuable floor space for other operations and improving workshop flow.

Enhanced Safety: Securely organizes heavy materials, reducing the risk of them tipping over or falling and causing workplace injuries.

Improved Accessibility & Efficiency: Quickly see, select, and retrieve any piece of material without moving other items, saving significant time and labor.

Reduced Product Damage: Keeps materials straight, organized, and off the damp floor, preventing warping, bending, and other damage.

Versatile Storage: Perfect for far more than just lumber; ideal for pipes, trim, bar stock, sheet goods, plastic, and finished goods.

How Does a Cantilever Lumber Rack Work?

The storage racking system operates on a simple principle of leverage and counterbalance.

Assembly: The upright columns are secured to the floor. Arms are then bolted onto the columns at the desired heights using the locking pins.

Loading: A forklift or similar equipment is used to place materials onto the extended arms from the side. The weight of the material (load force) pushes the arm down.

Counterbalance: This downward force is transferred through the arm to the column. The weight of the column itself, along with the weight of materials on the opposite side (if a double-sided configuration is used), acts as a counterforce, creating a stable and balanced system.