Cantilever Racking

Each cantilever level can hold up to 1,000kg (depending on column load), giving you the confidence to store even the heaviest long products. While most businesses won’t reach the maximum, having that capacity available means the system is always engineered to support your needs safely.

We supply light duty systems (up to 3m), medium duty (up to 6m, which makes up 90% of what we sell), and heavy duty for large distribution centres (up to 9m). This gives flexibility depending on your space and how high your forklifts can reach.

With arms ranging from 900mm to 1500mm deep, you can tailor the rack to suit the size of your packs; whether you’re moving smaller bundles or large, bulky lengths.

Most customers use a standard ride-on forklift, but cantilever also works with side loaders. A side loader is a specialised forklift that drives sideways and places long products down the aisle. It’s a great option for large, dedicated long-product warehouses.

Column spacing can be set to suit your exact pack sizes during design and quoting. This not only ensures your products are properly supported but can also reduce costs by cutting down on the number of columns required when possible without compromising on safety.

Cantilever racking is available for both indoor and outdoor applications, giving you flexibility no matter where you need storage. Indoors, the system is supplied in a durable painted finish, while outdoors it comes fully galvanised to withstand the weather. For outside use, we generally recommend single-sided runs against walls to factor in wind load ratings, ensuring the system is safe, compliant, and built to last in all conditions.

Cantilever racking can be built as single-sided or double-sided, depending on how you want to use the space. One of the big advantages of this system is that it’s interchangeable, you can start with single-sided and later convert to double-sided just by changing the bases and adding more arms. That way, if your storage needs grow, you can instantly double your capacity without having to replace the whole system.

Most often used against walls or outdoors. With outdoor installations, we generally recommend single-sided because wind load ratings need to be factored in. Having the rack anchored to a wall makes it safer and easier to manage in those conditions. It’s also a good option if long product storage isn’t your core business and you want it out of the way.

Best placed through the middle of a warehouse, as it’s a lot more cost-effective than single-sided. With arms on both sides, forklifts can load and unload from either direction, and you maximise the floor space being used. For businesses where long products are a big part of daily operations, double-sided runs are the standard setup.

Because it can switch between single and double-sided, cantilever racking gives you the flexibility to adapt. You might only need a small amount of single-sided racking at first, but if you expand or move into larger stockholding, the system can grow with you. It’s a future-proof solution that balances both cost and capacity.

Our design process always varies depending on the client, because no two warehouses are the same. We start by looking at the warehouse as a whole; how much stock you want to store, the specifications of your products, and the type of material handling equipment you’re using. From there, we draw it into the warehouse plan and work out the most efficient way to fit everything in.
If you’ve got a mix of different-sized products, we’ll often design a layout that uses both cantilever racking and pallet racking together. But if your operation is purely long lengths, we’ll focus on cantilever to make the most of your space. In most cases, we recommend double-sided cantilever runs through the middle of the warehouse, as this is far more cost-effective than single-sided. It allows you to load and unload packs from both sides, but it does require more clearance, especially when swinging six-metre packs each way. If long products aren’t your core business, or you only need a small amount of storage, then single-sided cantilever against the wall keeps it neat, safe, and out of the way.
Every industry is different, so we adjust the layout to suit, ensuring the system is efficient, compliant, and tailored to your business.

Sunshine Mitre 10

Sunshine Mitre 10 were originally storing their timber in pigeon hole racks. That worked fine when they were only moving smaller volumes, but as their stores grew, tradies wanted to buy full packs of timber, not just single pieces like the weekend handyman. The pigeon holes couldn’t keep up and they were running out of room and the picking process was too slow. By investing in outdoor cantilever racking, they were able to create a proper drive-through system. Forklifts could load full packs straight onto a ute or truck while the tradie drove through, speeding up the whole process dramatically. It not only improved efficiency but also meant they could cater to a much bigger trade customer base.

Ulrich Aluminium

Ulrich Aluminium had been using A-frame racks for a long time, storing loose aluminium profiles. As their business grew, they quickly ran out of space and efficiency dropped, staff were spending too much time picking through loose sections. They didn’t want to move warehouses, so the challenge was how to store more product in the same footprint. The solution was to bundle 20-50 profiles together and store them in cantilever racking. This instantly increased capacity, kept the warehouse organised, and allowed them to operate on two levels: smaller batch orders could still be filled from A-frames, while full packs could move quickly through the cantilever racks for large-scale distribution.