How quickly can pushback rack be delivered and installed in Des Plaines?

Our Westmont warehouse is about 30 minutes from Des Plaines, 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 Des Plaines installations run one to four weeks depending on size.

Does pushback rack work in Des Plaines buildings near O'Hare cargo area?

Usually, yes. In Des Plaines, older industrial buildings near O'Hare with limited height, plus air-cargo space where every square foot is expensive. 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 Des Plaines operations get the most out of pushback rack?

We see it pay off most for air cargo & freight forwarding and manufacturing operations in Des Plaines, especially where medium-turn pallets taking up premium pick positions 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

Des Plaines, Illinois

Push Back Racking in Des Plaines, Illinois

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

If your Des Plaines operation is dealing with air freight landing at O'Hare and sitting on the floor of an expensive building near the airport because there is nowhere to put it, you are not alone. In Des Plaines, older industrial buildings near O'Hare with limited height, plus air-cargo space where every square foot is expensive, and that usually shows up as medium-turn pallets taking up premium pick positions.

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 Des Plaines 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 Des Plaines Warehouses Work With Us

Warehouses near the Oakton Street industrial strip and the Touhy Avenue business parks each come with their own limits: usable height, column spacing, dock count. In Des Plaines, older industrial buildings near O'Hare with limited height, plus air-cargo space where every square foot is expensive, so we draw every pushback rack layout to the actual building.

As a division of Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co., we have designed storage for air cargo & freight forwarding 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 Des Plaines in about 30 minutes over I-90, I-294, and Mannheim 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 O'Hare cargo area, the Oakton Street industrial strip, the Mannheim Road corridor, the Touhy Avenue business parks.

Air cargo & freight forwarding

Manufacturing

Distribution

Aviation parts

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 Des Plaines 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.

The deliverable is a CAD layout and a priced bill of material: positions, elevations, aisle widths, and capacities. Since fewer aisles maintained for the same forklift fleet drives the design, we often model the same Des Plaines footprint two ways so you can weigh density against picking speed with real figures.

Standard components ship from stock, often inside 48 hours, and delivery is timed to your Des Plaines receiving hours. Our own crews anchor, plumb, and level every frame, tag capacities, and phase the work by zone so shipping keeps moving. Afterward you keep one local number for parts, added levels, reconfigurations, or a future relocation.

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

Racking projects completed for warehouses across Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

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Selective pallet rack aisle with wire decking

Warehouse pallet racking aisles with a forklift

Rows of pallet racking in a distribution facility

Warehouse pallet rack system spanning a large storage area

Pallet racking rows under warehouse skylights

Cantilever rack arms mounted along a warehouse wall

Push back pallet rack carts on inclined rails

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Chicago Pallet Racks

36 N. Cass Ave.

Unit #5170

Westmont, IL 60559

(312) 815-2445

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