Cantilever rack shelf
A 6 m bundle of stainless tube doesn’t care about your weekend plans. Leave it on the ground and it becomes a trip hazard, a rust magnet and the reason your forklift driver needs new swear words. Stand it in a pallet rack and the beams dictate the length, the deflection steals capacity and the front beam blocks crane access. Herochu’s cantilever rack shelf removes the beams entirely. Each arm projects from a single centre column like a cantilever bridge—no front obstruction, no fixed deck, no limit on length. Slide the bundle on, let it overhang as much as it wants, lock the arm, walk away. Instant order, instant access, zero drama.
Herochu Cantilever Rack Shelf – Store Long Metal, Timber or PVC Without Kissing the Floor
From US $3,890 | CE-UE-ISO 9001 | Straight or inclined arms | 12′–16′ stock heights | 3–5 ft X-braces | Expandable one bay at a time
From US $3,890 | CE-UE-ISO 9001 | Straight or inclined arms | 12′–16′ stock heights | 3–5 ft X-braces | Expandable one bay at a time
A 6 m bundle of stainless tube doesn’t care about your weekend plans. Leave it on the ground and it becomes a trip hazard, a rust magnet and the reason your forklift driver needs new swear words. Stand it in a pallet rack and the beams dictate the length, the deflection steals capacity and the front beam blocks crane access. Herochu’s cantilever rack shelf removes the beams entirely. Each arm projects from a single centre column like a cantilever bridge—no front obstruction, no fixed deck, no limit on length. Slide the bundle on, let it overhang as much as it wants, lock the arm, walk away. Instant order, instant access, zero drama.
What makes a cantilever rack shelf different
Traditional shelving needs four posts and a deck. A cantilever rack needs one upright and as many arms as you have SKUs. The result is an open face that lets cranes, side-loaders or two blokes with a sling deposit 50 mm conduit next to 300 mm glulam without reconfiguring the rack. Arms can be straight for square stock or inclined 20° for anything that dreams of rolling away. Add a drop pin and even the roundest pipe stays put when the next forklift shakes the floor.
Traditional shelving needs four posts and a deck. A cantilever rack needs one upright and as many arms as you have SKUs. The result is an open face that lets cranes, side-loaders or two blokes with a sling deposit 50 mm conduit next to 300 mm glulam without reconfiguring the rack. Arms can be straight for square stock or inclined 20° for anything that dreams of rolling away. Add a drop pin and even the roundest pipe stays put when the next forklift shakes the floor.
Single-sided vs double-sided: choose once, grow forever
Single-sided units bolt against a wall and use one base plate. Double-sided units stand in the aisle and wear two bases—double the storage, same footprint. Both versions share the same hole pattern, so you can start single against the wall, move the rack to the centre later and bolt on the missing side. No new parts to source, no orphaned uprights to scrap.
Single-sided units bolt against a wall and use one base plate. Double-sided units stand in the aisle and wear two bases—double the storage, same footprint. Both versions share the same hole pattern, so you can start single against the wall, move the rack to the centre later and bolt on the missing side. No new parts to source, no orphaned uprights to scrap.
Uprights – the spine that never complains
Stock heights: 12 ft (3.66 m) and 16 ft (4.88 m) for immediate shipping. Need 20 ft or 30 ft? We’ll stitch two columns with a splice plate and still keep the capacity. Bases are removable for shipping but bolt with four M20 8.8s once level, giving a rigid portal frame that laughs at 2 tonne impact loads. Capacity maths is simple: number of arms per side × individual arm rating = upright duty. No black-box calculations, no hidden safety factors.
Stock heights: 12 ft (3.66 m) and 16 ft (4.88 m) for immediate shipping. Need 20 ft or 30 ft? We’ll stitch two columns with a splice plate and still keep the capacity. Bases are removable for shipping but bolt with four M20 8.8s once level, giving a rigid portal frame that laughs at 2 tonne impact loads. Capacity maths is simple: number of arms per side × individual arm rating = upright duty. No black-box calculations, no hidden safety factors.
Arms – the shelves that forgot they were shelves
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Straight arms: 3/8 in pitch per foot compensates for deflection so a 1,5 tonne pack of aluminium sheet sits dead level.
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Inclined arms: 20° taper plus optional lip stop; perfect for greased hydraulic pipe that thinks it’s a log flume.
Lengths: 24 in, 36 in, 48 in, 60 in stock. Longer or shorter? Cut to order in 48 h.
Capacity curve: shorter arms = higher rating. A 24 in arm swallows 2,5 tonne; a 60 in arm still handles 1,2 tonne UDL. Ratings are stamped on the arm web so the inspector can see them without a ladder.
Brace sets – the X that keeps everything square
X-braces bolt between upright centres at 3 ft, 4 ft or 5 ft increments. The brace length equals your bundle length minus handling clearance—store 20 ft pipe? Use 5 ft braces and let 2.5 ft overhang each end. Taller bays get two X-rows, shorter bays one; mix and match without engineering gymnastics. All braces share the same punched slot, so if you relocate the rack tomorrow the braces move with you, no new holes to drill.
X-braces bolt between upright centres at 3 ft, 4 ft or 5 ft increments. The brace length equals your bundle length minus handling clearance—store 20 ft pipe? Use 5 ft braces and let 2.5 ft overhang each end. Taller bays get two X-rows, shorter bays one; mix and match without engineering gymnastics. All braces share the same punched slot, so if you relocate the rack tomorrow the braces move with you, no new holes to drill.
Built for Australian reality
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Steel grade: Q355B (50 ksi yield) for arms, Q235B for braces, zinc-primed and powder-coated 80 µm. Salt-spray rating 800 h—Perth ocean front or Darwin humidity, the orange peel finish sticks around.
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Footplates: 300 × 200 × 12 mm with 26 mm anchor slots, cyclone-rated for Region C uplift.
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Finish colour: stock light-grey RAL 7035; custom RAL shipped in 72 h for no extra cost if you need corporate colours.
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Bolt spec: M20 8.8 zinc-flake, pre-dipped in anti-seize so the next bloke with a spanner doesn’t curse you.
Expand one bay at a time – Lego for grown-ups
Start with a starter unit: two uprights, four arms, one base set, one brace set. When the next PO arrives, bolt an add-on unit: one extra upright, more arms, more braces. No special “joiner” hardware, no loss of capacity, no on-site welding. A two-man crew can bolt a new bay to an existing row in under 30 min while the crane keeps working two aisles away.
Start with a starter unit: two uprights, four arms, one base set, one brace set. When the next PO arrives, bolt an add-on unit: one extra upright, more arms, more braces. No special “joiner” hardware, no loss of capacity, no on-site welding. A two-man crew can bolt a new bay to an existing row in under 30 min while the crane keeps working two aisles away.
Real-world payback
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Melbourne timber merchant: replaced block stacking with 12 double-sided bays, freed 600 m² of floor, rented it to a plumber for AUD 72 k/year—rack paid for itself in 11 months.
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Brisbane steel service centre: stored 40 ft structural tube on 60 in inclined arms, cut retrieval time from 25 min to 4 min per bundle, eliminated two overtime shifts per week.
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Perth HVAC fabricator: added drop-pin lips to inclined arms, reduced pipe roll-off incidents to zero and shaved 8 % off workers-comp premiums.
Accessories that cost less than one insurance claim
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Arm lips: 100 mm high, removable, accept padlock if you store copper that likes to walk.
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Rubber arm caps: 5 mm thick, stop polished aluminium from galling on steel.
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Aisle protection: 5 mm rubber facing on first upright 600 mm high—forklift glances off instead of creasing steel.
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Load plaques: laser-etched stainless, not stickers that peel in the sun.
Delivery & bolt-down simplicity
Units ship KD in 40 HC containers: uprights nested, arms banded, braces boxed. Two fitters, one scissor lift, four hours and the first bundle is already on the rack. Anchor bolts, laser-levelling template and a QR-linked video ship in the same crate. We pre-clear import duty and GST—price quoted is price paid.
Units ship KD in 40 HC containers: uprights nested, arms banded, braces boxed. Two fitters, one scissor lift, four hours and the first bundle is already on the rack. Anchor bolts, laser-levelling template and a QR-linked video ship in the same crate. We pre-clear import duty and GST—price quoted is price paid.
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