Moving Pallet Rack - Effeciently
August 20th, 2008Pallet rack moving systems are the most efficient, productive, and cost saving solution to relocate pallet rack. When relocating pallet rack the traditional way(unload, tear down, move individual parts, re-assemble, re-load), one would need an army to accomplish such a major project.
For comparison, let’s assume that we are moving 10 bays of pallet rack that are sixteen (16) feet tall. When moving the 10 bays in the traditional way, we would need at least one (if not two) person and a forklift to unload and stage all of the stored pallets and material which would take an hour and a half (1-1/2). Next we would start to dis-assemble the pallet rack system needing the following equipment, such as scissor lifts, harnesses, forklift, pallets, and possibly a bander. Let’s assume that we have one scissor lift and two people are in the scissor lift working on the upper portions of the racking. The scissor lift team will need an additional person on the ground to hand down the beams and misc. material. I think it would be safe to say that it would take the 3 people a half an hour per bay to tear down and stack the parts so they are ready for transport. Let’s assume that one person is transporting materials at the same time or lending a hand, staying busy. For the reassembly we will assume that process will be reversed with the same amount of time and people.
So in conclusion, it would take about 44 man hours and allot of equipment to move 10 bays safely and effectively.
In our next post, we will show how using a pallet rack moving system is more cost effective and will save downtime of a facility.