We recently received a request to cover shipping terms of sale under FOB, and based on the great feedback we’ve received about shipping and freight topics we’ve covered in the past, we thought it was a great idea! In addition to covering the different varieties of FOB shipping, we’ll cover payment terms and a small piece of trivia. Shipping Terms of Sale Under FOB “FOB” [...]

We’re happy to announce that RMH Systems is now stocking the strongest corner protector on the market. Designed in-house, the K3 Brute will protect all the vulnerable corners in a facility from lift truck impacts. Building corners, dock door guides, rack end-of-row corners and more can all benefit from this rugged safety product. We’ll be honest with you.  The picture doesn’t do it justice.  Two feet [...]

North American material handling professionals have pretty much always accepted that welded pallet rack uprights are superior to bolted while our colleagues in the rest of the world have been building their frames with nuts and bolts for decades. Which is best? Let's find out. Bolted structures are everywhere in both our personal and professional lives. From the buildings we live or work into the [...]

Among the many requirements involved in designing a storage solution for flammable material such as liquor, plastics, oils, or aerosols, in-rack fire barriers or baffles may be required. In the event of a fire, baffles can isolate the heat and activate sprinklers more quickly. Vertical barriers also help prevent the fire from spreading further down a row of racking.   The horizontal baffles or decks [...]

If you’ve had the time to go through our new price book you probably noticed that there are many new products available to you from RMH.  I want to take a minute to discuss one of them and how you can use it to up-sell to your customers. While pallet stops are a relatively common enhancement to selective rack systems they are usually in the [...]

As you may know, OSHA penalties are increasing significantly next month.  While you can read about the details here, I want to use this Tech Tip to address a potential rack installation issue that you probably haven’t considered. Silica Rule Enforcement While you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the safety of the installers working on your projects because they’re part of a [...]

While structural rack projects don’t come along every day, we thought we’d share our experience and knowledge about the pluses and minuses of it and also include information about the differences from the much more common roll-formed rack that we stock for you. For example, did you know that structural rack is roll-formed too?  The difference is in the process.  Read on for more. Structural [...]

Today we’ll be covering useful knowledge about the successful use of wire decking in pallet rack systems but because I’ll be referring to it in the main article, I want to remind you about the useful knowledge in the Dealer Website Toolkit. In addition to the wire decking information, there are a lot of other articles and documents that we’ve compiled for your use. Covering everything [...]

You may remember that back in April I wrote about how to identify when to sell drive-in or drive-through rack systems. Today, I’ll explain how to spot an opportunity to sell double-deep systems. Identifying Double-Deep Opportunities Double-deep pallet rack can increase pallet locations by up to 50% by eliminating every second aisle. Similar to selective racks, double deep is available in a variety of heights, [...]

Like you, most of what RMH sells is the selective rack. This makes sense because it is–by far–the single most popular rack system in use. Because of this, sometimes it can be hard to see beyond what you or your customer works with most often. Today, I’ll explain how to spot an opportunity to sell drive-in or drive-through systems. Going Beyond Selective Rack For both [...]