Category Archives: Tips And Tricks

Organizing Your Storage Unit With Boltless Shelving

If you can remember, the economy pretty much went into the dumper a few years back.  A lot of people lost their homes and there was an unprecedented surge/demand in the storage unit industry as people scrambled to find a place for their belongings and began renting storage units.

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Now for some of us, this was a very temporary fix.  And for others, sadly enough many of their possessions remain in storage until some indefinite time in the future.  For others it may have helped them find extra value in cleaning out their garages  and putting outdoors gear, seasonal decorations and other odds-and-ends into a storage unit for the first time ever.  And perhaps those same people found using a storage shed helped rid themselves of the “clutter” in their garages and homes.

BUT, when they began to box stuff up and stack stuff in their storage units these people perhaps forgot one major, helpful tip and their storage units began to look like THIS:

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Wow!  Stack upon stack of boxes, furniture and other things with no rhyme or reason to them.  Now if your storage unit does look like this, here is how a simple tip can turn it into a highly organized and impressive storage unit.  Here is how…

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Tips; How To Upgrade Your Warehouse / Distribution Center and Re-Configuring Your Existing Pallet Racking

There are a lot of types of pallet racking on the market.  Everything from Speedrack and Frick Gallagher to Mi -Rack and T-Bolt Pallet rack.  Here is a visual list of what is out there:  CLICK HERE  

Yes.  There are a lot of choices, however this article will address why you should be moving towards the Tear Drop Design–especially if you have to reconfigure your warehouse and you can’t find the parts you’re looking for.

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“Usually people that already have a certain type of pallet rack occasionally need replacement parts for that or if they are expanding, they want to match the pallet rack they already have, so they are looking to find extra parts,” said BuyMetalShelving.com Product Specialist Jason Pearce.

We know that industrial strength racking rarely wears out, but sometimes warehouses and distribution centers change configurations and rearrange their layouts.  Other issues requiring a new layout is if the company gets a new product in and they need to make room for it.

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