A Plus Warehouse Announces The Get On The Level With Dock Levelers Promotion

Dock Levelers make warehouses operate more efficiently. The get on the level promotion is running through November 1,2012

Edge O Dock Leveler

A Plus Warehouse is THE Dock Leveler Superstore

Boston, MA (PRWEB) September 20, 2012

A Plus Warehouse is a nationwide distributor offering quality materials handling equipment including dock levelers. A Plus Warehouse sells dock levelers by Vestil Manufacturing and Bluff Manufacturing as well. The promotion being run through November 2012 is a free initial consultation for dock levelers. An initial consultation is always a no obligation service. Customers have nothing to lose spending a few minutes chatting about dock levelers.

There are a few different types of dock levelers, and each deserves a short description. In no particular order, these are the dock levelers A Plus Warehouse sells:

(1)    Edge O Dock Leveler –The Edge ‘O Dock attaches to the edge of the dock and allows a small differential to be spanned between trucks and the dock. The ramp length is short – which explains the low height differential.
(2)    Automatic Dock Leveler – The truck backing up into the machine activates the leveling plate
(3)    Electric or mechanical dock levelers – These traditional dock levelers are the ones seen in most warehouses. A Plus Warehouse suggests ordering with a pit shell , so that a perfect pit can be built.

When utilizing dock levelers or dock boards , it is essential to use wheel chocks or preferably vehicle restraints. If a truck moves in the process of loading or unloading, serious injury can occur!

Dock levelers greatly increase the efficiency at a warehouse or factory. Consider a factory that does not even invest in truck dock boards. When a truck arrives, every package needs to be hand unloaded, as there is always a gap and usually a height difference between a truck and the loading dock. This gap and height precludes hand truck loading and unloading. One skid in this case is an hour’s work. Now consider a factory utilizing a dock board. Between finding the board an placing it between the truck and dock, the estimated time may be 10 minutes. Once the dock board is in place , a pallet ruck can be used to load or unload immediately. With a dock leveler, that 10 minute set up time drops to one minute. Every 6 operations saves an hour! If a dock leveler costs 50 man hours of labor to purchase, one can see the break-even point is 300 uses. At 5 uses per day , the break-even point happens within 30 days! That is only 1 ½ months. What company wouldn’t invest in capital equipment with over 300 percent return on investment?

A few words on A Plus Warehouse: A Plus Warehouse is able and ready to help with any dock leveler question. With over 15 years of experience , customers know to expect A Plus service from A Plus Warehouse.