How quickly can pushback rack be delivered and installed in Cicero?

Our Westmont warehouse is about 25 minutes from Cicero, so standard components often arrive within 48 hours of an approved order. Engineered pushback rack parts can take longer, and we put the real lead time in writing with your quote. Most Cicero installations run one to four weeks depending on size.

Does pushback rack work in Cicero buildings near Cermak Road corridor?

Usually, yes. In Cicero, dense, older industrial buildings with low bar joists, wood or concrete columns on tight centers, and limited dock doors. We plan the pushback rack around your column grid, clear height, and dock layout so pallet positions land where the building allows, and we show you the position count before you order.

Which Cicero operations get the most out of pushback rack?

We see it pay off most for food distribution and manufacturing operations in Cicero, especially where aisles that eat more floor than the inventory justifies is the daily headache. During a free warehouse consultation we compare pushback rack with other options for your SKUs so you can see whether it is the right fit.

How deep should our pushback lanes be?

Two to six pallets deep is the working range, and the right number comes from your inventory profile, not the rail's maximum. If you rarely hold more than three pallets of a SKU, a four-deep lane wastes pick faces. We size lane depth from your movement data.

Can pushback handle our pallet weights?

Cart and rail assemblies are commonly rated 2,500 to 4,000 lb per pallet, with heavier builds available. We spec to your heaviest load with margin and confirm the pallet footprint and overhang work with the cart nesting before quoting.

Does pushback work in a freezer or cooler?

Yes, and Chicagoland's large cold-storage market is one of the reasons we install so much of it. Density directly reduces the refrigerated volume you're paying to cool. Components are specified for the temperature range so carts roll freely in the cold.

How fast can material ship and crews install?

Standard pushback components move quickly through Chicago's freight network - this is the largest rail hub in North America, with most of the Midwest within a day's truck drive. Our own crews handle installation, and we schedule around your dock hours, including winter work in unheated buildings.

Pushback Rack system inside a Illinois warehouse

Cicero, Illinois

Push Back Racking in Cicero, Illinois

Name: Chicago Pallet Racks - Cicero
Address: 36 N. Cass Ave., Westmont, IL, 60559, US
Telephone: (312) 815-2445
Price range: $$

An older Cicero building with low joists and tight columns where floor stacking has quietly become the storage plan is one of the most common problems we see in Cicero right now. Look closer and the real issue tends to be aisles that eat more floor than the inventory justifies.

Pushback rack stores two to six pallets deep per lane on nested carts, so one aisle face holds several pallets of the same SKU and the aisles you no longer need go back to storage. Before anything is ordered, your Cicero team gets a drawing, a position count, and a line-item price, so the decision is based on numbers. Call (312) 815-2445 to start a free layout.

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Why Cicero Warehouses Work With Us

Cicero is a market where dense, older industrial buildings with low bar joists, wood or concrete columns on tight centers, and limited dock doors. Whether your building sits near the Ogden Avenue industrial strip or closer to Hawthorne Race Course, the column grid and usable height decide the pushback rack design, not a catalog drawing.

As a division of Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co., we have designed storage for food distribution and manufacturing operators across Chicagoland since 1997. For pushback rack, the fit question is usually lanes two to six pallets deep served from a single aisle, and we answer it during a free warehouse consultation before you commit.

Steel moves from our Westmont warehouse to Cicero in about 25 minutes over I-290, I-55, and Cermak Road. Our own installation crews build the system, and the same person who drew your layout answers the phone when a beam gets hit two years later.

Free warehouse consultation

CAD layout with position counts

Installation by our own crews

High-density pushback rack lanes loaded with pallets

Pushback pallet racking showing cart rails and load beams

Operations We Rack Around Here

Nearby areas we work in regularly include the Cermak Road corridor, the old Hawthorne Works area, the Ogden Avenue industrial strip, the BNSF Cicero intermodal area.

Food distribution

Manufacturing

Wholesale

Rail-served distribution

How Pushback Rack Works

Two to six pallets deep from one aisle, without giving up much reach.

Loading from the aisle

The driver sets the first pallet on the front cart. Each pallet added after that pushes the cart train deeper into the lane, so one aisle handles the whole depth.

Carts nested on rails

Steel carts with nylon or steel wheels ride inclined rails, each nesting under the one ahead of it - that nesting is what makes multi-deep storage possible from a single face.

Retrieval by gravity

Pull the front pallet and the next cart rolls forward on the incline to the pick face. No driving into the lane, no repositioning pallets by hand.

Last in, first out

Each lane runs LIFO. That suits fast-turning product and any operation managing rotation by lane rather than by individual pallet date.

What a Pushback Rack Project Includes

Every pushback rack project in Cicero begins with the numbers: what you store, how heavy it is, what lifts it, and how tall the usable space is. We collect those during a free warehouse consultation by phone, along with a floor plan or a few photos if you have them.

Our design team then builds a CAD layout showing pallet positions, level elevations, and aisle widths, with load ratings for each level noted on the drawing. The quote is itemized by component, so you see cost per position instead of a lump sum. Where it helps, we price a second option on the same floor plan, with fewer aisles maintained for the same forklift fleet, so the tradeoff is a number instead of an opinion.

Once you approve the layout, steel is scheduled and delivered in drops that fit your dock. Our installation crews build the pushback rack exactly as drawn, confirm it performs loaded, and tag every bay. The job is phased so your Cicero operation keeps running, and later additions go through the same team.

Two to six pallets of the same SKU stacked in one lane

Cold storage or leased space where rent per square foot is steep

Operations trimming aisle count to add positions

Beverage, packaging, and consumer goods runs

Buildings with clear height to spare but limited floor

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Recent Installations

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Warehouse pallet racking aisles with a forklift

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Warehouse pallet rack system spanning a large storage area

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Chicago Pallet Racks

36 N. Cass Ave.

Unit #5170

Westmont, IL 60559

(312) 815-2445

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