--- title: "Drive-In Rack in Somerville, MA | Boston Rack" url: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville/drive-in-rack description: "Drive-in rack for Somerville food production and urban fulfillment near Inner Belt and Brickbottom. Dense lanes. Call (617) 404-1171." lang: en --- Image: Drive-In Rack storage system inside a warehouse (https://bostonpalletrack.com/assets/drive-in-hero-CA5gVqly.jpg) Somerville, Massachusetts # Drive-In Rack in Somerville, MA Drive-in rack in Somerville gives food producers and urban fulfillment operators a way to fit bulk reserve into compact buildings near Inner Belt, Brickbottom and Assembly Square. When one ingredient or product arrives by the truckload, a lane block stores it densely and leaves the rest of the floor for production and packing. (617) 404-1171 In a small building, that recovered floor often matters more than the extra pallet count. Assembly Square buildings with mezzanines or offices overhead need an extra check, since structural beams there can drop lower than the open floor suggests. ## Bulk Ingredients and Drive-In Pallet Rack Maker and food production spaces near Union Square and Boynton Yards frequently buy flour, sugar, oils or packaging in volume. Ingredients that are consumed quickly or carry long shelf lives suit lanes well. Cooler rooms benefit most. Each aisle removed from a refrigerated room is space you no longer pay to chill, and urban cooler space is rarely easy to expand. Ingredients with tight dates are a different story, because a standard lane releases the newest pallet first. ## Urban Constraints on Truck and Lane Size Operator training matters more in compact rooms. Drivers entering a lane must travel slowly, keep loads low until fully inside and raise the mast only when square to the ledges. We review those habits with your team at handover and leave lane numbers and load plaques posted at every entry. Food producers also ask about cleaning. Lanes are open at the floor, so sweeping beneath the lowest level is simple, and coated finishes hold up better where washdown is routine. Talk with us about how often your space is cleaned before we choose a finish. Somerville's industrial pockets are mostly older, lower buildings with doors sized for smaller equipment. Lane width follows whatever forklift can actually get inside. Walkie stackers and compact trucks allow narrower lanes, which can add a lane to a tight room. Columns decide block placement, and overhead ducts or lights decide ledge heights. We measure both before drawing. ## Drive-Thru Racking Where Both Ends Are Open If a block can face an aisle on both sides, drive-thru racking lets receiving load from one end and production pull from the other, oldest first. In many Somerville rooms only one wall is open, and then dated items usually suit Somerville pallet flow rack (https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville/pallet-flow-rack) better. Mixed reserve that needs more faces per item may fit pushback rack in Somerville (https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville/pushback-rack). ## Drive-In Rack for Last-Mile Reserve Last-mile operators near Assembly Square sometimes hold bulk reserve of a few fast products that feed a forward pick area. Lanes hold that reserve compactly, and a driver replenishes the pick area from the lane opening. Lane depth should match typical holdings. Deep lanes that sit half empty waste the space they were meant to save. ## Somerville Project Steps Since 1997, Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co. has supplied and installed storage equipment, and Boston Pallet Rack operates as one of its divisions. A Somerville project includes a measured visit, CAD drawing and itemized quote. Deliveries are planned around narrow streets and your operating hours. Hardware and ledge options appear on our drive-in rack product page (https://bostonpalletrack.com/products/drive-in-rack). For anything else in town, visit the Somerville service area page (https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville). Call (617) 404-1171: (617) 404-1171 ## Warehouse Racking Systems Image: Drive-in pallet rack lanes fitted with continuous rails (https://bostonpalletrack.com/assets/drive-in-pallet-rack-Cg418ibV.jpg) Image: Drive-in warehouse racking loaded with bulk pallets (https://bostonpalletrack.com/assets/drive-in-hero-CA5gVqly.jpg) ## Get a Drive-In Rack Quote for Your Somerville Warehouse Send the basics and we will follow up with a layout and pricing. Prefer to talk it through? Call (617) 404-1171. ### Boston Pallet Rack 535 Albany St. Ste #5C Boston, MA 02118 (617) 404-1171 Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM ## Drive-In Rack Questions We Hear Most ### Can a Union Square food producer use drive-in rack for ingredients? ### Will drive-in lanes fit a low Inner Belt building? ### How do Somerville operators rotate stock in drive-in rack? ### Do narrow Brickbottom doors limit drive-in lane design? ## Other Rack Types We Supply in Somerville ### Pallet Rack Every pallet reachable, every time. The baseline we size everything else against. View details https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville ### Pushback Rack Two to six pallets deep from one aisle, without giving up much reach. View details https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville/pushback-rack ### Pallet Flow Rack Load one side, pick the other, and let gravity enforce first in, first out. View details https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville/pallet-flow-rack ### Cantilever Rack Arms with nothing in front of them, built for lumber, pipe, and anything a pallet can't hold. View details https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville/cantilever-rack ### Carton Flow Rack Cases advance to the picker instead of the picker hunting for cases. View details https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville/carton-flow-rack ### Warehouse Relocation Teardown, labeling and reinstallation planned around the day your new warehouse needs to ship. View details https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville/warehouse-relocation ## Nearby Areas We Also Serve Our delivery and installation territory covers Greater Boston and surrounding Massachusetts cities, so one team can handle multiple buildings for the same company. Drive-In Rack in Boston: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/boston/drive-in-rack Drive-In Rack in Cambridge: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/cambridge/drive-in-rack Drive-In Rack in Worcester: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/worcester/drive-in-rack Drive-In Rack in Lowell: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/lowell/drive-in-rack Drive-In Rack in Quincy: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/quincy/drive-in-rack Drive-In Rack in Newton: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/newton/drive-in-rack View All Service Areas: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area ## Where We Work Located in downtown Boston, we serve all of Greater Boston with industrial pallet racks and warehouse storage solutions. ### Boston Pallet Rack #### Address 535 Albany St. Ste #5C Boston, MA 02118 #### Phone (617) 404-1171 #### Business Hours Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed ## Need Drive-In Rack in Somerville? Call (617) 404-1171 or request a quote and we will get a layout started. 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