Can the same lanes hold fruit and packaging?

Yes, in different seasons. We set lane depth to work for both your peak fruit lots and your packaging deliveries. Bins stacked on pallets should be checked for overhang, since wide loads can rub uprights as drivers enter the lane.

Do rental forklifts fit standard lanes?

Only if they are no wider or taller than the trucks the lanes were designed for. Send rental specs during design.

How long does a Sanger install take?

It depends on block size and site access. We provide a schedule with the quote and plan around your season.

Is pushback a better fit for smaller packers?

Sometimes. If most items hold six pallets or fewer, pushback gives more pick faces without truck entry.

Sanger, California

Drive-In Rack in Sanger, CA

Drive-in rack in Sanger gives fruit packers a place to put the season's receipts without building out. Operations along Academy Avenue and SR-180 receive fruit in waves and need to hold it until lines catch up or trucks arrive.

Those waves bring many pallets of a few items. A lane block holds them compactly, and once the season ends the same lanes can store packaging for next year.

In a typical Sanger season, fruit arrives faster than lines can pack it. Drive-in rack can hold incoming bins or packed pallets in lot-sized lanes, keeping receiving flowing. After harvest, the same lanes take cartons and trays delivered for the following year.

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Sanger Layout and Installation Steps

Send fruit and packaging pallet counts by month, pallet sizes, weights and every forklift model in your fleet, including seasonal rentals.

Experienced installation crews we schedule and manage assemble the block and anchor it to the floor. Off-season installs keep crews out of the way of fruit traffic.

When rotation matters, consider drive-thru racking. It loads at one end and unloads at the other, so fruit leaves in the order it arrived. Single-face drive-in rack stores more but releases the newest pallet first. We map your peak months and show how each option handles them, including the number of positions available at the height of the season.

Read the Sanger service area page and our drive-in rack overview. Compare Sanger pushback rack or Sanger pallet flow if lots are smaller or rotation is strict.

Seasonal fruit waves

Off-season packaging

Mixed rental forklift fleets

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Fitting Forklifts to Sanger Drive-In Pallet Rack

Seasonal operations often bring rental trucks, so lanes should suit every truck likely to enter. Sanger packing houses often use bins as well as pallets. Bins can be wider and heavier than a standard pallet, so we confirm bin dimensions before choosing rail spacing. If bins and pallets must share the block, we usually dedicate separate lanes to each, sized for the larger load. The aim is a block your crews can use all year, whether it holds fruit at peak or packaging the rest of the time.

Widest truck rules

Lane width is set by the widest truck that will drive in, including any rentals added for harvest.

Guard height

The lowest rail must clear the overhead guard, so taller trucks raise the first level.

Steady loading

Drivers fill each lane from the back. Floor guides help keep trucks straight when reversing out.

Pushback comparison

Pushback avoids truck entry and holds two to six pallets per lane. It suits smaller lots; lanes suit big ones.

Two Seasons, One Drive-In Racking Block in Sanger

Sanger packers often use lanes for fruit in summer and for cartons and trays the rest of the year. Planning lane depth for both uses avoids wasted positions.

SR-180 connects Sanger to Fresno and the foothills. Receiving tends to come from orchards to the east, so docks and lane faces often point that way.

We are a division of Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co., supplying and installing warehouse rack since 1997, and we size Sanger blocks with that broad perspective.

Drive-in pallet rack also frees the packing floor. Fewer stacks mean safer forklift paths between receiving, lines and shipping.

Free warehouse consultation

CAD layout with position counts

Installation by trusted installation partners

Drive-in pallet rack lanes fitted with continuous rails

Drive-in warehouse racking loaded with bulk pallets

Academy Avenue Receiving and SR-180 Dispatch

Orchard trucks arriving on Academy Avenue and outbound loads using SR-180 shape where the block's single face, or both faces, should open.

Fruit packing

Agricultural processing

Manufacturing

Recent Installations

Racking projects completed for warehouses across Fresno and the Central Valley.

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