Joliet moves freight at a scale few markets match. With the CenterPoint intermodal terminals feeding buildings along I-80 and I-55, a Joliet warehouse can fill faster than the racking plan behind it. When containers arrive in waves, floor-stacked inventory turns into blocked aisles within days. High-density pallet rack systems absorb those surges by storing product deep instead of wide. Give us your pallet counts, turnover pattern, and clear height and we will lay out a system that holds a full inbound wave without giving up the pick faces your outbound schedule depends on.
Free warehouse needs analysis. Free CAD layout. Delivery and installation by our own crews across Joliet and the surrounding Chicagoland market.
Volume here is the defining factor. Buildings around the intermodal terminals often run 32 to 40 feet of clear height with heavy inbound flow and staged outbound loads, so storage depth matters more than it would in a small distribution operation.
That points toward drive-in and push back for bulk lanes, pallet flow where rotation is enforced, and selective racking held in reserve for the pick zone. We size the split against your actual turnover rather than filling the building with one system.
Large Joliet projects also live and die on scheduling. Our crews install in phases, work around inbound appointments, and stage material so a partially built system still functions. Components come from local stock, which keeps a big install from stalling on a backordered beam.
The free warehouse needs analysis covers building dimensions, clear height, pallet size and weight, forklift fleet, inbound and outbound volumes, and how deep your typical SKU runs. We return a CAD layout with lane depth, aisle widths, beam levels, and total pallet positions, plus a component-level quote.
Systems follow the freight. Drive-in racking puts forklifts inside the structure for maximum density on identical product. Push back stores two to six deep with pallets on nested carts, so you keep one aisle and gain depth. Pallet flow uses gravity lanes for strict FIFO on dated goods. Selective racking stays where daily picking happens, and cantilever handles anything that will not sit on a pallet.
Standard components ship in about 48 hours, and engineered high-density systems get a written lead time up front. Installation on large Joliet projects typically runs one to four weeks and can be phased row by row so shipping never stops. Our crews anchor and level every frame, install decking, guards, and row spacers, and hand over a floor ready for production.
These are the systems that come up most often in local buildings. We carry the full range, and the layout tells us which combination earns its place on your floor.
Drive-in pallet rack systems allow forklifts to drive directly into the rack structure, providing high-density storage ideal for warehouses storing large quantities of similar products. This warehouse racking solution can reduce floor space requirements by up to 35%.
Push back pallet rack systems utilize nested carts on inclined rails, allowing pallets to be stored 2-6 deep from a single aisle. This industrial pallet racking solution maximizes warehouse space while maintaining selectivity.
Pallet flow rack systems use gravity-fed rollers to move pallets from the loading end to the picking end, ensuring perfect FIFO inventory rotation. This industrial warehouse racking is ideal for date-sensitive products.
Not sure which one fits? See recent pallet rack installations or request a free warehouse consultation. If you also operate near Romeoville or Bolingbrook, we can plan both buildings on one layout.
Send the basics and we will come back with a layout, a pallet position count, and a full price. Prefer to talk it through? Call (312) 815-2445.
Many operations run more than one building. We deliver and install pallet rack systems across the same corridors, so a second site can be planned on the same visit to the drawing board.
Free layout, free pallet position count, and a straight answer on lead time.
