Drive-In Rack in Lynnwood, WA

Drive-in rack for wholesale reserve

Reserve space behind supply counters

Alderwood supply businesses and wholesalers along Highway 99 may have limited room behind customer and dispatch areas. Bulk lanes should complement those activities, with receiving inspection and assembled orders kept outside the path needed to align a loaded forklift.

One-ended storage typically uses LIFO, removing the front load before older pallets deeper inside. Drive-thru racking can allow FIFO through separate loading and retrieval ends. However, both ends need working faces and approach aisles, and staff must preserve the assigned direction rather than using whichever end is convenient.

A wholesale cooler or freezer may benefit from concentrating a few high-volume products. The gain depends on filled lanes, compatible pallets and a suitable truck, not temperature alone. Fragmented batches can undermine density when the next receipt cannot occupy empty depth behind stock with a different withdrawal priority.

We arrange experienced crews on a scheduled installation program and manage their coordination around the agreed operating boundaries. Rail sizing, guidance and handling instructions form part of the review. Compare pushback when keeping the forklift at the face is preferable; entering fixed-rail lanes instead requires controlled travel and consistent load placement.

Find repeat products

Identify a limited group with sustained pallet balances, excluding mixed items that would need frequent access behind other stored goods.

Check supplier pallets

Record bearing-edge differences, load overhang and deflection so rail spacing suits the accepted pallet population rather than a single sample.

Map loaded entry

Measure the moving mast and full vehicle envelope, reserving an external alignment area separate from packing and customer-order collection.

Choose inventory sequence

Assign each lane a clear item and loading rule, then compare one-ended withdrawal with an opposed-face arrangement where rotation requires it.