Storage Rack Selection Guide

• Locate doors, columns, and other obstructions on your floor plan.
• Check overhead clearances for girders, duct work, light fixtures, and other obstructions that may reduce storage height

• Height, width and depth of load & pallet
• Weight of load & pallet
• Will Loaded pallets be stacked on top of each other?

Step 3

Step 4

• Take width of pallet or width of load, whichever is greater
• Multiply by number of loads per shelf
• Add clearances: 3″-4″ between upright frame and load; 4″ between loads
• Check clearance requirements of straddle type fork lift

• Take number of loads per shelf
• Multiply by weight of load
• Select required beam from beam capacity tables

Step 5

Step 6

• Take pallet depth
• Subtract 4″-6″ for upright frame depth

• Take height of the pallet
• Add height of the load
• Add 6″ clearance (top of load to bottom of beam)
• Add beam height (3-1/2″ – 6″) and multiply this by number of shelf levels for upright frame height.

Step 7

Step 8

• Take pallet height
• Add load height
• Add 6″ clearance (top of load to bottom of beam)
• Add beam height (3-1/2″ – 6″) and multiply this by number of shelf levels for upright frame height.

• For wall spacers – 6″ clearace plus pallet overhang.

• For row spacers – 6″ clearace plus twice the pallet overhang.