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Sticks & Licks Storax Mobile Racking

Santa and Rudolf install Storax mobiles at Sticks and Licks in time for Christmas

Sticks & Licks Storax Mobile Racking – Sticks and Licks, Ballito, KZN installed Storax rails but only fixed selective racking in their new freezer store during the 2014/2015 construction. By 2016 additional capacity was required so an order was placed on Barpro Storage in September for installation by end of November 2016. The six mobile bases had to be installed in the cold while the store was in operation, at the busiest time of year. This increased the store’s pallet capacity by over 50%. The six Storax bases were made in Cape Town, the additional racking sourced from Shelving KZN and the base installation took just more than a week.   Given the time of year, there were inevitable challenges, but the Storax bases were up and running well before Christmas and additional operator training is due for January 2017. The Barpro team consisting of Gavin Coetzee (Santa) and Danie Coetzee (Rudolf) are gaining hard won experience in this specialised work including some useful ways to speed up such installations.   Pictured: Santa and Rudolf deliver a mobile Christmas gift to Dhaya Govender of Sticks and Licks.

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Why Barpro Storage? – Its simple! These 5 points explain…

Why Barpro Storage? – Barpro Storage offers our clients a comprehensive storage solution starting with a layout specifically designed to their needs all the way to manufacturing, installation and the best after sales support in the mobile racking industry.   It all starts in our drawing offices Once the client has informed us of their requirements and processes, our drawing office designs the layout. We look at ways to include as many pallet positions as possible while maintaining immediate access to every pallet and improved ways of increasing productivity.   Off to manufacturing Barpro has been locally manufacturing spares since 2002. We have since expanded our workshop and upgraded our production equipment to facilitate the expanding demand of new mobile racking systems and to guarantee our clients peace of mind that parts are readily available or timeously produced.   Our Technical Team Our qualified and trained technicians collectively have over 30 years’ experience on the installations and maintenance of Storax mobile racking. Based at both our Cape Town and JHB branches, our technicians are available telephonically 24/7 to assist with technical queries.   We abide by the law The safety of our team and your construction crew is critical. Barpro Storage abide by Construction Regulation 5(1) (b) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act No 85 of July 1993. This includes documented site inspections, both prior to and during construction.   Our after sales services remains UNMATCHED Locally based technicians in Cape Town and Johannesburg, 24 Hour technical support line, a manufacturing workshop, a Service Level Agreement option to all our clients and a team with over 100 years of skills and experience – Barpro Storage SA remains a leader in the mobile racking industry. CONTACT US TODAY FOR YOUR MOBILE PALLET RACKING SYSTEMS! [gravityform id=”5″ title=”true” description=”true”]

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Could this be the oldest forklift in the world?

Could this be the oldest forklift in the world?

We had come across an old grain bag lifter at Holybourne in Hampshire which we think could have played a part in the development of the forklift. The History of the forklift Handling advantages once distributed among many different types of equipment are now combined in the modern fork truck, but it has taken years of development and research. The first contribution towards scientific materials handling equipment (over a hundred years ago) appears to have been the two-wheel hand truck, which is useful as ever on many types of jobs. The early models were built by local manufacturers with unmachined, wrought iron axles and cast iron wheels. They enable loads to be picked up and transported without being lifted manually, and probably represented the earliest application of the cantilever principle to materials handling equipment. Click here for the full article Featured picture and article found on http://packagingrevolution.net/history-of-the-fork-truck/

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