Once upon a time I owned a records storage center. Incoming boxes were
frequently stored on pallets 4 high, 40 boxes per pallet until we could get them
onto the uprights.
Once they went on shelving they were 3 high and 3 deep or 9 per location.
This sometimes was difficult to pull boxes especially as you got higher in the
rack.
So in my opinion these folks are really being greedy, putting themselves at
high risk and those poor boxes with all that weight on them are really
stressed and will probably cave over time and create further problems for you such
as a reboxing fee(s). You also may have a sales person who is just talking
to talk to make the sale.
Trudy M. Phillips
File Management, LLC
"Bringing Order Out of Chaos"
8440 Lanewood Circle
Leeds, AL 35094
Office: 205/699-8571 Fax: 205/699-3278
_www.filemanagement.com_ (http://www.filemanagement.com/)
In a message dated 10/28/2008 8:19:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
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I think 4 boxes high is within a boxes capability if you have 200 lb
burst strength boxes. Usually these boxes will be double walled. So
three boxes each weighing 40 lbs should not effect the first box. A
generic statement from a vendor like storing 4 boxes does not take into
account all the box types there are or the wear and tear a box can
receive which weakens it's integrity. From the vendors perspective if
they can store 4 high that is 1/2 as many shelves which saves them
money, but it has the potential to cause other issues such as ergonomic
or safety.
Glen Sanderson, CRM
Houston, TX
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of L Carpenter
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 7:24 PM
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Subject: Offsite Storage Box Stacking
I was curious about something I heard today from an offsite storage
vendor.
The vendor indicated that some records centers are stacking and storing
4 boxes high. It was also indicated that 4 high is "industry standard".
I'm currently without my copy of the Robeck et all book, the ARMA
records center handbook, and, of course the ARMA Records Storage Task
Force documentation. But, I don't recall that 4 high has ever been an
industry "standard". Maybe when items are on pallets and shrink
wrapped, 4 high may be "standard" (e.g. 40 per pallet), but in terms of
items stored on shelves, I'm recalling that the optimum is no more than
3 high on shelves, but that
2 high is preferable.
Anyway, I wanted to see what the list serv members think about 4 high
storage being "standard" and if their storage vendors are doing this.
Laurie Carpenter, CRM
Burbank, CA
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