Tires can be difficult to store because of their size, weight, and configuration. While a typical passenger car tyre weighs about 10 kilograms, industrial tyres can weigh hundreds of kilograms! And this is where proper use of tire racks is very important.
They are therefore subject to bad storage practices in addition to being difficult to manoeuvre around a storage facility. In the long run, regular tyre maintenance storage will save you both money and time.
Proper Care and Maintenance of Tire Racks is Important
It’s critical to use caution when storing tires. You must take due care because the materials are dangerous. Tires are built of materials that quickly catch fire and emit poisonous pollutants into the atmosphere, such as carbon black, synthetic rubber, and other chemical substances.
The cornerstone of any auto and tire warehouse or storage space is a heavy duty rack. Enhanced tire racking can expand storage capacity and boost warehouse output. Some precautions must be taken with a tire racking system that must be used safely and have its structural integrity maintained.
Top Tyre Rack Mistakes You Should Avoid
Some of the most frequent tire racking errors and ways to avoid them are shown below.
Scaling a tire rack
The majority of warehouses include shelving or tire racking for storing products out of reach. It can be tempting to swiftly climb the rack to fetch a product from the upper shelf if you have 100 items to pick.
Nevertheless, despite how cumbersome they may appear, ladders, protection steps, and other such tools have a purpose.
Climbing tire racks can result in damage worth thousands of dollars in addition to the racking collapsing and losing goods. Pallet racking aisle collapses can injure surrounding workers seriously or perhaps fatally.
Because of this, all warehouse personnel must receive training in the secure use of tire racking. Such mishaps can be prevented by enforcing penalties and disciplinary measures when racking is utilized improperly.
Overloading and Unsuitable Use
The structure of the system may suffer permanent damage from overloaded racking. This will eventually cause the racking to collapse, or in certain circumstances, it will happen right away. Ensure that everyone using the racking system is knowledgeable of the system’s load capacity to prevent overloading it.
To prevent confusion, the load capacity of each heavy duty rack must also be prominently marked. The biggest loads or tires should be at in the back of each shelf at the bottom of the racking. Any other method of stacking items will harm the racking and increase the risk of a system failure.
Avoiding repairs and ignoring damage
Racking damage has the potential to jeopardize the system’s structural soundness. All rack damage must be reported right away to arrange for assessments or repairs as needed.
Accidents or collapses might result from collisions or overloading. Make sure anybody using equipment in or close to your tire racking system is properly certified and licensed to limit the chance of harm.
To prevent equipment damage from causing any problems, all warehouse staff members should be aware of how and where to report the damage. Additionally, it’s critical to routinely check the tyre rack system for hidden damage.
Quite often the damage may appear minor, but there could be hidden visible damage as a consequence. Repairs should not be put off once a racking system has already been damaged.
If a quick repair is not possible, the racking needs to be empty and properly labelled to prevent further usage until repairs and maintenance can be completed.
Unsecured Racking
Forklifts and tyre rack go together seamlessly. And accidents are bound to happen when there are forklifts. If you’re not attentive, forklifts can severely damage your equipment, whether it’s only the side of the forklift cutting the corner of an aisle or a major head-on collision.
Even with the best forklift handlers, a forklift is still going to crash into your racking at a certain point. Operator training will only get you so far. This might be terrible for a business and result in extensive clean-up, costly repairs, and even harm to employees.
That is why safeguarding your racking is crucial! Regardless of the industry, product storage is essential to the operation of the firm and must be safeguarded. The market offers a wide variety of warehouse protection products.
Get in touch with us right away if you’re seeking a bespoke storage solution for your warehouse. For warehouse safety, inquire with us about our tire racks and other material handling options.