Is outdoor storage an option?

Yes, with a system specified for the exposure and a suitable supporting slab. The finish, anchoring and stored-material protection need review rather than assuming an indoor arrangement will work outside.

Should I choose one storage face or two?

Choose according to available access and the complete footprint. Two faces can serve a central row, while a single face may better fit a perimeter position or a constrained traffic route.

Does a taller column mean more load capacity?

No. Height alone says nothing about the allowable loading of the assembled system. Arm elevations, column specification, bases and total stored weight all affect the design.

Can furniture sit directly on the arms?

Sometimes, if the contact points support it without damage or instability. Packaging, weight distribution and vulnerable surfaces may instead call for decking or another support treatment.

Cantilever Rack warehouse storage system

Jenks, Oklahoma

Cantilever Rack in Jenks, OK

Cantilever rack in Jenks provides an open storage face for material that does not belong in a standard pallet bay. Arms mount on upright columns without a front obstruction, so long loads can be placed across several supports instead of squeezed between posts.

The useful starting point is a list of actual bundles: length, depth, maximum weight and how each one is lifted. Pipe, tube, bar and lumber do not all behave alike. Sheet goods and furniture also need contact surfaces that support the load without damaging vulnerable edges.

Since 1997, we have been supplying and installing as a division of Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co. That work begins with matching the structure to your inventory and continues through access planning, base anchoring and the installation sequence.

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Choose cantilever rack for the load, not the label

Open-arm storage fits long or bulky goods that need more freedom at the loading face than pallet-rack openings provide. Arm levels can separate stock families and make selected bundles accessible without shifting a floor pile. Keep room for safe placement rather than packing levels closer than the truck can work.

Selective pallet rack usually remains the right format for regular palletized cartons and similar unit loads. Cantilever racking serves material whose length, shape or handling method makes those pallet positions awkward. Some buildings need both, with separate aisle allowances based on the loads handled in each area.

Single-sided cantilever rack runs can leave a working face toward the main aisle. Double-sided runs provide two storage faces but require two accessible sides and a suitable base arrangement. Compare the complete floor footprint, including carried loads and turns, before choosing between them.

Free Design Consultation

CAD layout with position counts

Installation coordinated with installation partners

Cantilever warehouse racking holding steel tubing

Cantilever rack storing lumber and wood products

Operations We Rack Around Here

Distribution and light industrial buildings near US-75 and the Creek Turnpike need storage layouts that preserve receiving and dispatch routes. On the Arkansas River west bank, assess the actual building and yard conditions before choosing indoor or outdoor positions.

Trade supply

Industrial service parts

Commercial distribution

Access and exposure shape the finished layout

For cantilever racking, check forklift access with the longest carried bundle at the narrowest point in its route. The approach to the arms matters as much as aisle width. A side-loader may suit long material movements, but it needs a route review based on the specific truck rather than a generic aisle allowance.

Indoor cantilever rack rows need usable lifting clearance below obstructions, not simply a height taken from a building description. Outdoor rows need a finish appropriate to exposure and a suitable slab for the designed anchoring. Consider protection for the stored stock separately from protection for the steel structure.

If a cantilever rack installation shares space with daily shipping, set aside an assembly area and identify temporary inventory positions. Summer heat in non-air-conditioned buildings can affect staging and work periods. Allow the sequence to change when spring severe weather or winter ice interferes with unloading and access.

Lumber, plywood, and sheet goods

Pipe, tube, conduit, and bar stock

Steel service center inventory

Furniture, doors, and windows

Long or awkward loads currently sitting on the floor

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Specify a cantilever storage rack from four checks

The strength of an individual component is only part of the design. Review the complete load path and intended storage pattern before deciding that a proposed row has enough capacity.

Bundle support depth

Choose arm length to support the actual bundle depth. Determine capacity from its maximum weight and how that weight reaches each engaged arm, including uneven distribution.

Span and overhang

Place supporting arms roughly half the load length apart as an initial guide, keeping end overhang even. Adjust column spacing where material stiffness or sag requires more support.

Arm profile

Straight arms suit many flat, stable packages. Inclined arms with lips help hold round stock back from the front edge, with bundling and placement practices reviewed alongside that feature.

Base and slab

Use anchored bases on a supporting concrete surface suited to the system. Check floor condition, anchor details and column loading together before loading the completed installation.

Recent Installations

Racking projects completed for warehouses across the Tulsa metro and northeastern Oklahoma.

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Start a Jenks cantilever rack review

Send the load list and a floor sketch with doors, aisle restrictions and proposed storage height marked. Photos help explain awkward approaches or existing equipment. Tell us which activities must continue during installation so the proposal can address staging as well as steel. Call (918) 296-8162.