Insights

Field notes from the dock face and the mezzanine deck.

Practical write-ups from our project leads — the kind of thing we wish we'd had when we were sourcing this work as facility teams ourselves.

Sizing a Dock Leveler for a Mixed Trailer Fleet

Capacity ratings are the easy part. The hard part is matching service range, lip length, and lift type to the trailers you actually see.

When a dock seal fails, it doesn't just leak air — it shifts the load on every compressor and shortens equipment life.

Top rail, mid rail, toe board. The standard is short — but the field details that pass a walk-through are not.

If a dock turns 18 times a day, an annual PM isn't enough. Here's the rhythm we run for 24/7 distribution clients.

Both have their place. The decision usually comes down to floor load, column grid, and how much you're willing to compromise on either.

Most facilities lose more hours to lip-pin jams and worn seals than to actual leveler failure. Fix those first.

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