Pallet Racks in Taos, NM

Pallet racks in Taos, NM should be selected around usable height and the inventory that needs direct access. Santa Fe Pallet Rack provides new warehouse racking and carton flow shelving for distinct pallet and case-handling requirements.

Paseo del Canon, Salazar Road and US64 frame small-building rack planning around measured storage height. Establish which products remain palletized and which are picked by the case.

Selective teardrop storage suits mixed SKUs because individual pallets remain accessible. Begin by identifying loads that must be retrieved without depending on another product being moved first. Then compare pallet sizes and maximum weights. Matching the storage method to those retrieval needs is more useful than starting with a uniform arrangement and trying to fit every product into it afterward.

The heaviest pallet supplies the capacity basis, rather than a typical or average load. A beam pair carries a rating for one level. The frame rating changes with its height and the spacing between beams. Those relationships mean an isolated component rating cannot describe every assembled configuration. Specify the intended loading and communicate the resulting limits through load plaques.

A workable specification begins with actual loads, not a bay count borrowed from a different building or a different product mix.

That separation gives the drawing a practical purpose before anyone starts choosing beam lengths or treating all available space as pallet reserve.

Carton flow shelving addresses cases, while selective bays address full-pallet storage. Keep both tasks visible when describing the inventory. A product may need pallet reserve and a separate case-picking arrangement, but that does not make the two equipment categories interchangeable. State how goods are retrieved before deciding which storage sections belong on the drawing.

Other rack formats should be considered only where the inventory supports them. Pushback uses LIFO by SKU at two to six pallets deep. Pallet flow supports FIFO for dated stock, and drive-in serves bulk quantities of few SKUs. Long loads belong in a cantilever discussion. These distinctions help narrow the equipment list without assuming a deeper system is always the right answer.

Common selective dimensions provide a starting reference: 42-inch uprights suit 48-inch-deep pallets, and 96-inch beams accommodate two 40-inch pallets. Three 40-inch pallets can use 144-inch beams; 108-inch beams are another size to evaluate. Record the actual load dimensions before using those examples to settle the width of a bay or the number of positions.

Usable storage levels depend on clear height together with forklift lift capability. Building area alone cannot supply an exact count. Aisles also consume space according to the handling equipment: counterbalance trucks commonly need about 12–13 feet, reach trucks 8–10, and VNA 5–6. Confirm the actual truck rather than treating these planning ranges as a universal layout rule.

For a free CAD layout, send the building size, clear height, pallet size and heaviest load per level. The drawing provides the basis for an exact position count with access considered. The itemized quote reflects positions, height, beam capacity, decking, freight and installation, allowing you to see which choices shape the requested scope instead of comparing incomplete lists of parts.

All supplied material is new. Installation uses experienced installation crews we schedule and manage, with racks anchored to the floor. Installation timing depends on readiness and the number of bays. Standard pallet rack components are offered through a 48-hour quick ship program; selected components and any longer material timing are confirmed in the quotation rather than turned into a blanket completion promise.

Send Your Pallet Sizes. Start With a Layout.

Plan your Taos rack job: clear height, loaded pallet dimensions and forklift reach set the layout.