FURNITURE DELIVERY HAND TRUCKS: SAFE AND EFFECTIVE

Being in the state of North Carolina we have many customers who produce, service, and transport the finest furniture in the world.  Many of our customers need the best hand trucks on the market to get this valuable furniture to their customers.  P Strouth LLC and Carolina Material Handling has the solution for safe and effective hand trucks needed for furniture delivery.  Whether you are moving furniture around your warehouse or production floor or loading and unloading furniture on your loading dock or unloading furniture to your customer's house, we have the furniture hand truck for you.
We can build a Magline or B&P aluminum hand truck to your specs with many handle options and many nose plate options.  We also offer the best wheels for your application.  Our solid foam 10" wheels are our most popular because the ride just like a pneumatic wheel but will not go flat.  Our wheels also have precision ball bearings that last for years.  Most of our aluminum hand trucks are 500# capacity and have interchangeable and replaceable parts.
We can install e-track clips to the frame of the hand trucks so you can use a ratchet strap or cam buckle strap on the hand truck and secure your load to the hand truck, making for a safe and effective delivery of your valuable furniture!

Why Install a Mechanical Edge of Dock to an Existing Warehouse Dock?

Simple....Installing a mechanical edge of dock to an existing warehouse dock saves time loading and unloading trucks.  It also is much safer than a dock plate or a dock board and is less costly than a pit mount dock leveler.
An edge of dock can be installed to most any existing concrete dock.  Typically the corner of the existing dock will have a 3" x 3" angle embedded in the concrete.  The edge of dock can be mounted and welded to this fixed piece of angle and also anchored into the face of the dock.  If there is no existing steel angle then we can provide an approach plate to anchor into the floor to provide a base to install the edge of dock.
Most of the edge of docks we install now have the EZ Pull handle that slides up and down in a saddle that allows the operator to pick the handle up from the stored position and then pull the handle back and down towards you.  Once the plate locks back into position the operator will push the bar up and forward to extend the lip onto the bed of the truck.  A torsion spring helps the operator with these tasks to provide smooth and simple performance  Then the handle can be stored back into storage position.
Now the edge of dock is ready to be used to load or unload the truck.  Most edge of dock levelers will accommodate a maximum of 5" above and 5" below the dock providing approximately 18.5% upward grade and 20% downward grade.  This is acceptable for most gas or propane forklifts but is not suitable for most pallet jacks or many electric trucks at the extreme upward or downward grades. They usually operate best with a 3" above or 3" below maximum.
Edge of docks are available in several capacities.  20,000 lbs. is the most common but 25,000 and 30,000 lbs. capacities are also available.  66" wide plate x 88" overall width, 72" wide plate x 96" overall width, 78" wide plate x 102" overall width, and 84" wide plate x 114" overall width are available.  66" wide dock plate and 72" wide dock plates are the most common sizes for the edge of docks.  Mechanical and electric hydraulic edge of docks are both available.  The electric hydraulic edge of dock allows the operator to just push a button to engage the plate in and out of the truck.
Some of the most popular edge of docks we install are Bluff Manufacturing, Pioneer Dock Equipment, Vestil Manufacturing, and Blue Giant to name a few.
The edge of docks come complete with handle and dock bumpers all in one piece.  Most of our edge of dock levelers have a 2 year warranty on structural members.  Typical price for the mechanical edge of dock leveler with delivery and installation costs about $2,100.00 in the North Carolina area.
Check out the video on the edge of dock.

Edge of Dock allows
quick and easy truck loading

Engineered Heavy-Duty Free Standing Mezzanine System to Increase Valuable Floor Space

Free Standing Mezzanine Allows Use of Vertical Space Otherwise Wasted.

Mezzanine floor structure Resin Style 3/4" thick tongue &groove floor panel over corrugated roof deck.

What is a good way to increase valuable floor space in your facility?  With an engineered heavy-duty free standing mezzanine system.   This particular customer has a small area for their maintenance department but an ever increasing supply of parts, items, and work need to keep the plant up and running.  So in the existing maintenance area they decided to use their vertical space that was being unused to create more space.  We looked at the area and decide we could go with a Cubic Designs free standing heavy-duty mezzanine in an area of the maintenance shop.  The mezzanine is 22' wide x 29' long.  It has a clear height under the mezzanine of 112" and the overall top of deck height is 130".  In order to use less space on one side of the mezzanine we designed an L-Shaped staircase and landing.  The floor on top of the mezzanine is an unfinished Resin covered 3/4" thick tongue and groove flooring panel that offers a durable, yet smooth and nice appearance.  The floor can support a dynamic load of up to 2,000lbs. 

 The mezzanine structure itself is designed to support 125 pounds per square foot of weight.  In this instance the customer will have shelving, cabinets and work benches up on the mezzanine and light assembly and store some of their more valuable motors and other maintenance supplies.  

We install hand rail and kick plate around the perimeter of the mezzanine for safety.  We installed a 6' wide swing gate to allow them to set pallets and larger items up on the mezzanine with a forklift. 

638 square feet of storage space.  Support columns are 6" square with 15" x 15" x 3/4" thick base plates in the corners and 18" x 18" x 3/4" thick base plates in the middle to give the mezzanine a strong support structure.

With the floor space under the mezzanine the maintenance department will have their new offices and more storage space for items and tool boxes.  Without the engineered heavy-duty free standing mezzanine system they would not be able to GAIN the valuable 683 square feet of floor space.  Let us design a free standing mezzanine for your facility.  Phil Strouth representing Carolina Material Handling in Greensboro, NC  www.cmh-inc.com and www.pstrouth.com  The mezzanine structure was engineered and manufactured by Cubic Designs www.cubicdesigns.com

See the video on my youtube channel  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVxAzHixy7-nep61UTOPz_w

Mezzanine structure components.

Structural column legs for mezzanine
support and for staircase with landing

How to Create a Modular Office Space in a Production Area

What to do when you have run out of office space and need to use an area on the production floor or in the warehouse?  Simple..... install a Starrco Modular Office System.  In this case, our customer in Whitsett, North Carolina wanted to have a controlled environment for a new quality control room.
The existing concrete block walled office area was not ideal for having a quality control room so we used an open space in the production area to install the modular building system.
This modular office system is a 3 wall system because we were able to use the existing concrete block wall as the fourth wall to save money and space.  The building is 12' x 20' x 12' x 8' high.  This office has 6 windows and one 3' wide swing door and there is provision for six 120 volt duplex receptacles and two combination phone / computer jack outlets.  We did not include a roof deck and drop ceiling on this system because the open top allows for the natural light and production floor light to filter in and also allows the overhead sprinkler system to work for this space as well.
The walls are constructed from 1/2" thick gypsum x 2" poly core x 1/2" thick gypsum vinyl covered walls for a total of 3" thick.  These walls have a Class A fire rating and also help with noise control from the production area.
This type of modular construction is fast easy and inexpensive to implement into your facility.  This modular office system was designed, shipped and installed in a matter of about 3 weeks.  The maintenance department handled the installation of this building in a matter of 4 hours one afternoon. Very easy way to create modular office space in a production area.
I can help you with this product and many others at www.pstrouth.com and www.heavy-dutycaster.com and www.cmh-inc.com
Starrco can be found at www.starrco.com
We can do double deck office systems, clean room offices, conference rooms and any other applications you may need.
Typical Office Specs
1. Floor Track      2. Corner Post      3. Wall Panel      4. Lower Window      5. Window      6. Upper Window Panel       7. Wall Stud      8. Steel Door Frame       9. Ceiling Track      10. Door      11. Header Stud      12. Header      13. Grid Ceiling      14. Dust Cover

Using Wide Span Racking for Case Goods Storage

Wide Span Racking System

We recently purchased a large amount of used pallet rack at a local customer in High Point, NC.  They had to move all of the rack out of their warehouse to make room for a new tenant.  Mid Middleton and I went to survey the rack and made an offer to purchase the rack and was approved.  Then we set up the take down with our partner LaRoque Installations.  They promptly took the rack down and palletized and banded the rack.  Then P Strouth hauled the used rack to the CMH main warehouse and the CMH offsite warehouse.
The teardrop style pallet rack sold quickly.  We also purchased a decent amount of wide span racking.  Wide span racking is constructed very much like pallet rack but is lighter duty.  In this instance we purchased some Frick Gallagher racking.  They are no longer making the wide span but it is still in very good condition.  This wide span has 8' high x 48" deep uprights.  The beams are 8' long.  We have 1" x 1" angle that sets in the steps of the beams.  These beams probably carry about 2,500# capacity per pair with a uniformly distributed load.  The beams are a 3" face.  Our customer purchased their own 1/2" thick osb board as the decking material.  A standard 4' x 8' sheet fits perfectly on the beams and in between the uprights.  For this customer we installed some sections with 4 shelf levels and other sections with two or three shelf levels depending on their product being stored.
This project was shipped and installed by our guys in a matter of 2 hours.  A total of 12 sections to increase their storage capacity.
You can follow me on google plus to see if we have more used rack available from time to time.  As always we stock Interlake Pallet Rack in Greensboro.
Or on my website at www.pstrouth.com

HEAVY DUTY GRAVITY ROLLER CONVEYOR WITH CASTERS USED AT WAREHOUSE DOCKS

HEAVY DUTY GRAVITY ROLLER CONVEYOR WITH CASTERS USED AT WAREHOUSE DOCKS

Many trailers are brought to the warehouse now loaded full to the brim.  The product is not on pallets in order to save space and maximize the amount of product on the trailer.  Once the truck arrives to the warehouse it must be unloaded as quickly and efficiently as possible.  The warehouse workers sometimes bring a pallet to the trailer or in the trailer and load directly onto the pallet, but the quickest and most effective way to unload the truck is to use a Mobile Conveyor System.  In this latest application we supplied our customer with heavy-duty gravity roller conveyor with casters.
This customer uses the 2.5" diameter gravity roller conveyor section that is 10' long x 27" between frame and 30" overall width.  We start this first section up at 46" top of roller elevation and declines about 2" to the other end.  We use three supports under this 10' section and use 6" x 2" phenolic swivel casters with top lock brakes and swivel locks (1,200# capacity).  The first section is heavier duty because this section of conveyor takes all the impact of the boxes being thrown and loaded onto the conveyor system.
The next six sections are 1.9" diameter gravity roller conveyor sections that are 10' long x 27" between frame and 30" overall width.  We use two supports on the 1.9" conveyors with knee braces to support the legs.  The conveyors are hooked together by a hook and rod at each end of the conveyor sections.  We use 4" x 2" phenolic swivel casters with top lock brakes and four position swivel locks (800# capacity).
Basically the impact section of conveyor is set at the end of the trailer and as they unload into the trailer the impact section goes into the trailer and the extra 10' sections are added as needed.  This way the corrugated boxes can flow down the conveyor line out of the trailer and into the warehouse where the product can be separated and palletized as needed until the trailer is unloaded.  This saves the employees time and has ergonomic features.
One key factor is the casters.  The sections of conveyor will roll over the dock boards and into the trailer so they need to be heavy-duty and able to take impact yet still be able to roll very easily.  The top lock brake installed on the casters allows the wheels to lock when the conveyor is being loaded.  Then easily unlocked by pushing the foot pedal on the caster.  We also put four position swivel locks on the casters to allow the operators to make the casters not swivel if wanted.  This makes it much easier to roll the conveyors in a straight line when needed.
We partner with Lewco Conveyors for the conveyor and we use casters assembled at Carolina Material Handling for the casters, wheels, top lock brakes, and four position swivel locks.  We bring the conveyor into CMH and install the casters to the conveyor and assemble the conveyor to the desired elevations.  Then P Strouth loads the conveyor already assembled and ready to use onto our 26' box truck and delivers to the customer to use.  This way the customer can use the heavy-duty gravity roller conveyor with casters and begin unloading trailers straight from the dock into the warehouse.
Call or email if I can help you with conveyor or casters.