Where to buy pallet racking?

[bmcdowell40]

Anyone know where I can buy pallet racking? I'm located directly in the center of Pennsylvania. I've looked at the online classifieds, craigslist and emailed a couple places I thought would have some and I'm coming up empty.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Fergy35]

We sell pallet racking along with other material handling equipment. We sell primarily new, but on occasion a customer will only be looking for used. Finding good condition used rack can be hit or miss especially if you are trying to stick to local suppliers only to avoid shipping. We have a few suppliers locally (Northern Indiana) that we work with. Check for used equipment dealers in your area or check with your local scrap yards. Sometimes used rack simply gets dumped for scrap (most of the time the scrap yards only get the beat up stuff though). Around here, some of the equipment installers take down old rack and sell it, when they are installing new rack for customers. So you could look for someone like that in your area too.

If you can live with shipping it, your options open up. For example, you could check with a place called SJF Material Handling here -http://www.sjf.com/teardrop_pallet_rack.html But they are clear over in Minnesota and that's a long way to ship used rack.

I don't know if that helps much or not, but good luck with your search.

 

[Old Moparz]

My wife knew someone at one time who worked for an industrial shelving company that did installations at factories & warehouses all over the country. They would sell new & used, so you may want to look for a local supplier that does the same thing. Do you need it to actually use with pallets & a forklift? If not, a lesser grade, lighter duty can be bought new at Lowes. I bought an 8 foot by 30" deep section of it for the span & it's decent enough for what I store on it in my basement. Two vertical uprights, four horizontal supports to make two shelves, & all the wire shelving, ran about $260 or so.

 

[mooman]

Try these guys...

The Surplus Warehouse
1421 Schuykill Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Phone: 888-364-RACK
215-755-7000

 

[Jawn]

Check out Northern Tool. Obviously, they have a very limited supply in-store, but the website has a good selection. Easiest to find it by shopping by brand, "AK Material". I've thought about getting some of the smaller segments to use as garage storage.

 

[colt24]

I would try the Raymond Dealer listed below. If they don't have any , they might know of the location of some. I have purchased used racking from them in the past.

Pengate Handling Systems, Inc.
20 Leonberg Road, Building D
Cranberry Twp, PA 16066-3630
Phone: 724-742-0010 | Fax: 724-742-0011

 

[ed_v]

Global Industrial

get their printed catalog. It is fantastic.

Ed

 

[Northstar]

Were you looking in the "materials" section of CL? I see it in mine every couple weeks.

 

[Shadowdog500]

Diversified rack in NJ. Has new and used.

Chris

 

[John in OH]

There is a surplus industrial supply warehouse on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, called HGR. They have tons of surplus used stuff ... welders, machine tools, hoists, motors, etc. and ... pallet racks. Prices are usually very reasonable and far below the cost new. But (isn't there always a "but"??) their stock varies from week to week. One week they may have truckloads of used pallet racks and next week nothing. Call ahead (216-486-4567) or check their website ... http://www.hgrinc.com ... for what's in stock (but I'd still call to make sure they have racks).

At the very least, HGR is a great place to waste an afternoon! It's a huge warehouse and customers can walk around at their leisure and look at all the cool stuff!

 

[K'ledgeBldr]

Here's a few locals-
http://www.palletrackpittsburgh.com/

http://www.lewisindustrialsupply.com/

http://www.theonlinecatalog.com/liftincorporated/store/RackSystems/

If they don't have what you want- they'll sure as Hell know where to get it.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Look in the yellow pages for "material handling" and do searches for such. There are lots of companies that buy up that stuff and tear it down, and resell it. Usually they have some odd pieces. I just bought two 12 ft high Interlake uprights, 26" deep. Needed shallow shelves to replace a old section of metal shelving. They had six 92" beams and then took four 97" beams and cut them down and rewelded them for me. Now I have five shelves. Just finished the decking tonight on the last shelf 5/4 deck board culls from Home Depot they had cut to 48", bought 7 (for $7) and I already had an 8 ft 5/4 to go with it.

Charles

 

[AndysMBgarage]

I'd be amazed if you couldn't find at least a couple of local places. In Oz we have 4 suppliers within 40kms of where I live so with the huge US market there must be someone who sells it nearby

 

[jdaallen]

Might browes local wharehouse districts and check vacant warehouses for sale or lease. Many times companies just leave shelving and racking behind and the building owner will sell it cheap just to get rid of it. Abandon manufacturing facilities also usually have shelving left behind.

 

[Cryptic1911]

check craigslist daily, I bought 80ft of 18ft tall rack with shelves and grates for the shelves for $450. I ended up cutting the uprights at 11ft, but I checked surplus companies near me and they wanted much more than that

 

[bmcdowell40]

Thanks for all the replies. I have calls/emails in to Global Industrial, Surplus Warehouse, SJF, Diversified Rack and a couple other online distributors. I've heard back from Diversified, their price on the racking was good but the shipping is $400.

I used to see this stuff on my local Craigslist all the time but there's none now. I called one salvage yard that I thought for sure would have some, they don't. So, I'm gonna try a couple more salvage yards.

 

[bmcdowell40]

Do you need it to actually use with pallets & a forklift? If not, a lesser grade, lighter duty can be bought new at Lowes. I bought an 8 foot by 30" deep section of it for the span & it's decent enough for what I store on it in my basement. Two vertical uprights, four horizontal supports to make two shelves, & all the wire shelving, ran about $260 or so.

I don't need it to use with pallets and a forklift, the heaviest thing I'm planning on storing on it my log splitter on a pallet. I've looked at the shelving @ Lowes, the only thing they have is a 6' high x 6' long x 2' deep unit. Its priced nicely @ $170 but its not deep enough to put a skid on. Also, my garage is 10' 6" to the ceiling, so I'd like at least 8' uprights to make the most use of the space.

Does Lowe's have shelving you can special order?

 

[Shadowdog500]

Thanks for all the replies. I have calls/emails in to Global Industrial, Surplus Warehouse, SJF, Diversified Rack and a couple other online distributors. I've heard back from Diversified, their price on the racking was good but the shipping is $400.

I live a couple hours away from them and took a trailer and picked mine up. Don't know how much you need but you may be able to make a day trip out of it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

First place I thought of was HGR, like John said.

http://www.hgrinc.com/buyOurs/inventory_list.do?searchlog=Y


Well apparently, copying and pasting the link won't take you right to the pallet racking. I searched for "pallet racking".

 

[NUTTSGT]

Hell, now it's showing pallet jacks ? I search for pallet racking and get pallet jacks ?

 

[-Brent-]

Can't help you with location as I'm no longer in the N.E. but here's a few pics of my stuff. I swear by the teardrop stuff.

I use the 48" to hold my two hot rod bodies. The 24" is for parts. Lastly, the wheel rack I made from the scrap I cut off of the 48" uprights. I'll run more when the garage is expanded, too. I have a guy locally that's given me great deals.

 

[BigMike782]

This guy has acres of racking.
http://palletrackingplus.com/home_welcome.html

 

[zcinpa]

Gregory Equipment in Latrobe PA is another
I just closed a 50K square foot facility in Jeannette PA and practically gave all the racking to the landlord..
Keep an eye out for a distribution center that might be closing or remodeling.
Teardrop is definitely the way to go - stay away from stuff that looks like it's been kissed by forklifts too often - a few slight bends and that stuff is murder to fit together...

 

[bmcdowell40]

Thanks for all the replies. I have calls/emails in to Global Industrial, Surplus Warehouse, SJF, Diversified Rack and a couple other online distributors. I've heard back from Diversified, their price on the racking was good but the shipping is $400.

I used to see this stuff on my local Craigslist all the time but there's none now. I called one salvage yard that I thought for sure would have some, they don't. So, I'm gonna try a couple more salvage yards.

After getting quotes from Diversified, Global and SJF, Global had by far the best deal and they were quoting NEW rack. I did speak with Surplus Warehouse, they were to get me a quote and never did. I also requested quotes from 3 other online distributors and never heard squat from any of them.

Called all the surplus/salvage yards in my area, none of them had any.

After all this and below, I began to re-evaluate my situation....

I don't need it to use with pallets and a forklift, the heaviest thing I'm planning on storing on it my log splitter on a pallet. I've looked at the shelving @ Lowes, the only thing they have is a 6' high x 6' long x 2' deep unit. Its priced nicely @ $170 but its not deep enough to put a skid on. Also, my garage is 10' 6" to the ceiling, so I'd like at least 8' uprights to make the most use of the space.

Does Lowe's have shelving you can special order?

I happened to stop @ Lowes on Thursday to look at the pre-packaged unit described above. Right around the corner from it, they had individual uprights in different depths, 6 & 8' tall, beams in 4, 6 & 8' lengths and the wire decking for it. I had never seen it there before...while its not industrial duty, i think it will suit my needs nicely. Going to pick it up after work tomorrow & setup tomorrow night. Its priced much cheaper than the industrial racking & the best part: no freight.

 

[Steevo]

I live a couple hours away from them and took a trailer and picked mine up. Don't know how much you need but you may be able to make a day trip out of it.

Were some of your load beams made with the step on the "other" side from usual? The top three levels look like they are upside down.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Were some of your load beams made with the step on the "other" side from usual? The top three levels look like they are upside down.

I have seen beams made "inverted" like this. Home Depot has alot of it. They use these beams on the bottom shelf where they want the shelf on the floor with no gap underneath it.

Does look strange however.

Charles

 

[zcinpa]

The upside down ones are a no-no in an industrial setting unless used for floor level, the lower 'arm' needs to be down so that weight placed on the beam pushes out to the edges of the upright rack keeping the tabs/teardrops/pins tight in the upright slots. Upside down load weights will pull the bar in on itself, think those little 'arms' coming in like a U shape, and release the pins from the upright beam. One of our warehouses put several rows in like this and had to re-do them. I had the OSHA spec bookmarked on my work computer..
for home garage use I doubt there would be an issue as long as they didn't flex and nothing super heavy was placed on them.

there are tons of different beams out there with different shapes, bracing, and pin mounting - I dont know if the spec mentioned applied specifically to the standard tear drop box beam or all of them.

 

[Shadowdog500]

Thanks for pointing out the difference. I knew they were different, but didnt know why. The top three shelves are installed correctly but they must be the inverted ones that home depot uses on ground level. I'm lucky if there is even a couple hundred pounds on each shelf so I'm not terribly concerned.

Chris

 

[RoarkIndustrialSolutions]

If you start to see deflection of any kind, unload the beams and see if they come back up. If so, then you're good and haven't overloaded the beam and damaged it. If they remain deflected, then the beam has been overloaded and basically reset itself. In most garage or home shop settings, the beams will never be loaded near their capacity. With beams and wire decks, remember that the load ratings are for uniformly distributed loads. Hope this helps.

 

[Old Moparz]

I don't need it to use with pallets and a forklift, the heaviest thing I'm planning on storing on it my log splitter on a pallet. I've looked at the shelving @ Lowes, the only thing they have is a 6' high x 6' long x 2' deep unit. Its priced nicely @ $170 but its not deep enough to put a skid on. Also, my garage is 10' 6" to the ceiling, so I'd like at least 8' uprights to make the most use of the space.

Does Lowe's have shelving you can special order?

I think I saw the 6' one you mentioned, it comes in a box with all the parts. The shelving I bought were all separate parts that you mix & match to your needs. The finish was like the black, the store by me has 18", 24" & 30" depths, with 6' & 8' heights. The website offers a 48" depth, & a 12' height, but I didn't see them in the store.

Here are the ones I got, just scroll down until you see the separate parts....
http://www.lowes.com/pl_edsal_42948...d_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1


EDIT..... Okay, I just found your later post that stated you saw them in the store.

Don't forget the pieces that connect the front beam the the rear beam, they keep the beams more rigid & stops them from bowing outward.

 

[Mary Sandra]

For best deals on buying pallet racks consider mwrackmfg.com. I find my best offers there, as they offers four different styles of storage racks, with a vast array of systems to choose from. Also buy and sell used racks, shelving, pallet rack and conveyor systems at affordable prices.

 

[bas157]

When I was looking for some for my shed, I searched craigslist daily for the word 'pallet', 'racking' and 'shelving'. Ended up finding a small shop that was closing selling some for really cheap (5 uprights, 14 beams and decking for $180) compared to what I had been seeing. Bought some other shelves from a local guy that deals in used shelving. He's got a large area with pallet and boltless shelving. If you don't mind a bit of a drive, they guy I'm talking about is in Royersford, PA, i can send you his contact number if you want. There is also another place in Philly, and two others outside of Philly that carry it that I see is craigslist regularly.
I also had seem on Ebay that seemed like decent deals. Just do an ebay search and limit the results by distance.

 

[charged355]

Here is a place. But it is in Minnesota

http://www.sjf.com/teardrop_pallet_rack.html

 

[1grnlwn]

I got mine in two places. First ones were at a Walmart closing auction. I think I paid abou $125 a 13' high section. Then I got some oddball stuff from a buddy who works at a factory that had odds and ends sitting outside. It was cheap. Do a auction search and hope the big resale hitters don't show. Plan on buying more than one section if going to auction.

 

[isaac338]

My local steel scrapyard has a big pile of it out back for $0.30/lb. Maybe try a recycler?

 

[rsieracki]

My local steel scrapyard has a big pile of it out back for $0.30/lb. Maybe try a recycler?

BINGO. I bid on some stuff from the SK tool factory aution here in chicago like a year n half ago. a scrapper bought up almost the whole factory full of pallet racking for between $1-$3 a section, i couldnt believe how cheap it went, unfortunately i bid online and not in person and had no space for the racking at the time.

 

[backnrack]

Like a couple people said, you can usually find something close and cheap on CL, but it's harder than it used to be -- make sure the pallet racking is actually located where it's advertised.