Flexible Storage for Long and Bulky Goods.
Are you struggling to store long lengths of timber, steel pipes, or large panels in your facility? Standard pallet racking and shelving aren’t always suitable for such awkward items. Cantilever racking is a specialised storage system engineered precisely for these challenges, providing a safe and efficient way to organise long, heavy or irregularly shaped goods that may not fit on traditional racking.
What is Cantilever Racking?
Cantilever racking is created using strong vertical steel columns with horizontal cantilever arms extending outwards, creating an open-front structure with no front uprights in the way. This design allows unobstructed storage and easy forklift access for items of varying lengths. Each rack is built to handle substantial loads, with robust steel columns and arms, bolted bases for stability, and optional arm end-stops to prevent goods from rolling off.
Versatility for Long, Awkward Items
Cantilever racking offers unmatched versatility for storing items of non-standard length or shape. With its open-front layout and adjustable arms, it can accommodate a wide range of products that would be impractical to store on standard pallet racks.
Maximised Space Utilisation
One of the biggest advantages of cantilever racks is how they maximise your use of space. By storing goods vertically on multiple levels of arms, you free up valuable floor space that would otherwise be taken up by long items laid on the ground or in piles. Cantilever systems allow you to build upwards, taking full advantage of the height in your warehouse or yard. The absence of front columns means even very long items can be stored in a relatively narrow footprint without wasted aisle space or structural obstructions.
Easy Access and Handling
Cantilever racking is designed for easy access and smooth handling of materials. Unlike traditional shelving, there are no front posts or beams to get in the way, so forklifts and operators can load and unload items directly from the front of the rack without obstruction. The cantilever arms essentially act as open shelves, making every stored item immediately visible and reachable. Long stock such as timber, steel pipes or sheets that are normally cumbersome to retrieve can be picked quickly from a cantilever rack, improving handling efficiency and reducing the risk of damage to products or injury to staff.
Cantilever racking is widely used across industries wherever long or oversized goods need to be stored securely and accessed easily. Some typical applications include:
Timber Yards
Storing timber, wooden beams, mouldings, and sheet materials, like plywood or MDF. in orderly stacks, keeping them off the ground and easy to sort.
Metal & Pipe Storage
Organising steel pipes, tubes, bars, beams, and extrusions in steel fabrication shops or plumbing/HVAC suppliers.
Sheet Materials & Panels
Holding large sheet metal plates, drywall, glass, laminates, and other flat panels either flat on reinforced arms or stood vertically between arms. This system prevents warping or damage by providing full-length support, and makes it easy to retrieve sheets as needed.
Furniture & Bulky Goods
Warehousing large, unwieldy products like sofas, cabinetry or countertops. The open design and adjustable arm heights let you store items of different shapes and lengths safely in one rack without vertical obstructions in front.
These examples show how versatile cantilever racking can be. Whether in a manufacturing plant, warehouse, retail yard or distribution centre, any operation dealing with long or bulky items can benefit from the efficient storage capacity and ease of handling that cantilever systems provide. By tailoring the rack configuration to the specific goods and space, Core Projects ensures that each industry’s unique storage needs are met.
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