MCDONOUGH PALLET RACK

Pallet Racks in Morrow, GA

The Southlake and Mt. Zion Road area in Airport and North Clayton has multiple I-75 access points and lies less than seven to nine miles from Hartsfield-Jackson. Its older warehouse stock makes beam spacing, loaded turns and suite boundaries more important than a high-bay pallet count.

McDonough Pallet Rack supplies new storage systems for Morrow, about seventeen miles from McDonough. A rack tear-out and re-layout can establish a different arrangement without copying a previous tenant’s inventory pattern. We concentrate on the pallet families and handling equipment that will actually use the space.

Southlake Distribution Center, built in 1997, is 24 ft clear. The renovated Zion Industrial building on Mt. Zion Road was originally built in 1972 and is 22 ft clear. These heights require a deliberate beam schedule: loaded-pallet height plus handling clearance consumes working volume at every level. A warehouse with short, stable loads may use a different arrangement from one holding tall cartons on the same pallet footprint.

List the shortest and tallest routine pallet families rather than averaging them. Place the higher-clearance loads in designated bays and compare the remaining beam elevations with actual truck reach. In a 22–24 ft building, a poorly spaced lower level can remove an entire usable upper position. The drawing should show those families clearly enough that the intended placement rules survive the move from layout planning to daily warehouse work.

A roughly 334,000 square foot heavy-industrial cross-dock on Citizens Parkway has 26–32 ft clear height and rail access. Morrow Industrial Park on Fred Drive dates to 1971. Rail-capable space and cross-dock doors create entry points that should remain visible while storage rows are located. We map freight receiving and dispatch before deciding how much of the central footprint should become reserve rack.

Selective pallet rack suits a wholesaler with a broad assortment because access is not tied to emptying a storage lane. If part of the building becomes a dedicated pick area, set its replenishment route apart from incoming rail or truck loads. A drawing that counts every clear strip as storage can overlook the turn required to move a loaded pallet into position. Include the largest actual load envelope when checking those turns.

Multi-tenant demising layouts need a clear inventory boundary and a practical route from each suite to its working doors. Rack should follow the occupied footprint, not the outline of the entire building. Confirm which doors and travel paths belong to the operation before assigning row lengths. Smaller storage blocks can keep direct access within a suite while avoiding a long route through shared working space.

Shelving for loose parts or case picking can complement pallet rack in lower-clearance warehouses. Compare the item quantity and picking height rather than reserving a full pallet position for every small carton. Beam capacity must reflect the supported load at the specified span, with pallet supports or decking selected for that arrangement. Put the load schedule on the drawing so a shorter beam does not become an invitation to place an unknown heavier pallet.

Reconfiguring an older warehouse starts by choosing where displaced stock will wait and how it will reach the completed rack rows. A phased sequence helps keep one suite’s inventory from spreading into another’s working area. Hot, humid Georgia weather matters for installation crews in non-air-conditioned stock, and thunderstorm-season unloading needs coordination with door access. Those conditions influence staging, not the rack’s specified load capacity.

For a move into Southlake or Mt. Zion Road space, send the measured height, door locations and forklift specifications along with pallet dimensions. The destination layout should be complete before teardown and rack transfer begin. McDonough Pallet Rack can identify new material requirements, prepare an itemized quote and coordinate installation by working zone. A lower building can support a well-organized operation when the storage plan follows its real vertical and horizontal limits.

Storage systems for the working load

Compare pallet rack, pushback rack, pallet flow rack, drive-in rack, cantilever rack, carton flow rack by pallet access, stock rotation and the dimensions of the handled item. For a move into Morrow, our warehouse relocation service starts with the destination layout.

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