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title: "Cantilever Rack in Hickory, NC | Furniture Stock"
url: https://charlottepalletrack.com/service-area/hickory/cantilever-rack
description: "Plan Hickory lumber, tube and sheet storage with suitable arms, load limits and handling aisles. Call (704) 480-3833 to discuss your materials."
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Hickory, North Carolina

# Cantilever Rack in Hickory, NC

Cantilever rack in Hickory supports long production materials on arms extending from uprights, without front columns blocking horizontal access. Lumber, bar, pipe, tube and sheet packs can occupy defined locations instead of overlapping floor stacks. Support spacing and load capacity must reflect each material's behavior, particularly when production creates shorter pieces throughout the day.

Furniture manufacturing makes stock selection and remnant control important planning topics across the Catawba Valley. Along Highway 70, building-products inventory may combine long trim with deeper sheet packs. Near Startown Road, a production-facing arrangement should consider the route from receiving to cutting equipment as carefully as the number of available levels.

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## Planning cantilever racking beside production

The planning sequence follows material from delivery through selection and return. Only new material is supplied, and we arrange installation by scheduling and managing the installation crews.

1

### Map full lengths and remnants

Record incoming pack dimensions alongside the shorter lengths that return from production. Identify which remnants are retained and how workers retrieve them. This establishes whether one support pattern can serve the range or separate positions are needed.

2

### Match access to equipment

Compare forklift turning requirements with side-loader travel for your longest stock. Include load projection beyond the vehicle. Keep the machine-feeding route and pedestrian crossings visible on the layout rather than filling every open area with storage.

3

### Select faces and levels

A single-face arrangement may suit a wall-side supply point, while double-face rows allow loading from opposing sides. Confirm available lifting clearance at every level. Avoid placing frequently selected material where an operator must reach through another stored bundle.

4

### Prepare operating information

Review location assignments, capacity markings and any product restraints before use. Coordinate installation access with material deliveries and production traffic. Confirm that operators understand which supports serve full packs, loose lengths and sheet products.

## Cantilever rack specifications worth resolving early

Furniture operations often need to protect visible surfaces as well as carry weight. Discuss suitable contact treatments and handling practices for finished components before ordering accessories. Protection should not conceal load markings or interfere with the bundle's intended seating. Separate raw stock from finished parts where their handling needs conflict.

For regional distribution near the US 321 / I-40 corridor, long goods and palletized freight may need different storage systems. Selective rack provides defined pallet openings; cantilever storage leaves the front unobstructed for long loads. Combining both types in one building requires traffic planning so a turning bundle does not project into pallet retrieval.

Outdoor lumber storage needs an exposure-appropriate specification and a separate plan for protecting inventory. Indoor locations still require checks for door movement, overhead obstacles and truck clearance. Neither location changes the need to verify arm ratings, upright totals and loading assumptions whenever the stock mix or level arrangement changes.

Full-length and remnant supports

Sheet-pack contact surfaces

Production travel clearances

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## Cantilever rack for lumber and production stock

Begin with the stock's length, stiffness and weight distribution. Lumber that bends between supports needs a different arrangement from rigid metal sections. Select upright spacing to provide suitable support for the intended range, and establish another location for pieces too short to span those supports safely.

Arm length addresses load depth across the arm. Deep sheet packs may need approved decking or another supported surface, while narrow bundles may use a different arm arrangement. Surface support must be suitable for the material and its contact points; adding a loose sheet over several arms does not establish a verified storage surface.

Check the allowable load on each arm as well as the upright's total for the proposed heights and levels. Uneven packs may not share weight equally among supports. Load plaques should reflect the supplied arrangement, allowing operators to compare the actual bundle and location before loading rather than relying on memory.

Full-length and remnant supports

Sheet-pack contact surfaces

Production travel clearances

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### Operations We Rack Around Here

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Regional distribution

## Recent Installations

Racking projects completed for warehouses across the Charlotte metro and nearby North and South Carolina communities.

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## Explain the stock before selecting components

Our division of Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co. has been supplying and installing since 1997. For a cantilever rack proposal, provide lumber lengths, sheet-pack dimensions, bundle weights and a sketch showing the production equipment that storage must serve. (704) 480-3833.

### Charlotte Pallet Rack

1515 Mockingbird Ln

Ste 200A

Charlotte, NC 28209

(704) 480-3833

Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

## Hickory material-handling questions

### Can the same row serve lumber and metal tube?

### How should we store sheets picked one at a time?

### Will a side-loader let us narrow every aisle?

### What measurements help with a Hickory furniture-stock quote?

## Other Rack Types We Supply in Hickory

### Pallet Rack

Every pallet reachable, every time. The baseline we size everything else against.

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### Pushback Rack

Two to six pallets deep from one aisle, without giving up much reach.

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### Pallet Flow Rack

Load one side, pick the other, and let gravity enforce first in, first out.

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### Drive-In Rack

Deep reserve lanes with forklift entry for repeated pallets, trading individual access for fewer aisles.

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https://charlottepalletrack.com/service-area/hickory/drive-in-rack

### Carton Flow Rack

Cases advance to the picker instead of the picker hunting for cases.

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https://charlottepalletrack.com/service-area/hickory/carton-flow-rack

Warehouse Relocation in Hickory →: https://charlottepalletrack.com/service-area/hickory/warehouse-relocation

## Nearby Areas We Also Serve

For the Hickory Regional Airport area and Catawba Valley industrial locations, show receiving entrances and production destinations so long-load routes can be evaluated before rows are positioned.

Cantilever Rack in Charlotte: https://charlottepalletrack.com/service-area/charlotte/cantilever-rack
Cantilever Rack in Concord: https://charlottepalletrack.com/service-area/concord/cantilever-rack
Cantilever Rack in Gastonia: https://charlottepalletrack.com/service-area/gastonia/cantilever-rack
Cantilever Rack in Huntersville: https://charlottepalletrack.com/service-area/huntersville/cantilever-rack
Cantilever Rack in Mooresville: https://charlottepalletrack.com/service-area/mooresville/cantilever-rack
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## Where We Work

Located in Charlotte, NC, we serve the entire Charlotte metro with industrial pallet racks and warehouse storage solutions.

### Charlotte Pallet Rack

#### Address

1515 Mockingbird Ln
Ste 200A
Charlotte, NC 28209

#### Phone

(704) 480-3833

#### Business Hours

Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

## Need Cantilever Rack in Hickory?

Call (704) 480-3833 to review cantilever storage rack requirements for lumber, production tubing or supported sheet inventory.

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