Drive In And Drive Through Pallet Racking

Drive in and drive thru pallet racks are created to utilize more unused warehouse space than any other pallet racking system available.

Drive in and drive through pallet racking.

The difference between a drive in and a drive thru pallet rack system is simply whether the bays have an entry at only one end or at both ends. Both drive in and drive through rack systems allow more efficient use of available space than traditional multi aisle selective racks systems. High density storage racks work by utilizing standard pallet rack uprights in conjunction with rail beams or more simply rails to store the pallet loads in a very dense configuration. In some environments it can be difficult to differentiate between the two.

Drive in rack systems drive in rack loads and retrieves from the same side so the last pallet loaded will be the first pallet removed. Drive in rack and drive thru racking are terms that are often used interchangeably. Drive in and drive through pallet racking are essentially the same thing but with one distinct difference. Drive in and drive through sometimes spelled drive thru are storage rack configurations that allow the forklift to drive directly into the lane of stacked rows called a bay.

In this system product is stored both back to back and floor to ceiling. The uprights provide vertical support and the rail beams are used for pallet storage that is extremely dense.