Stillages, Bins & Cages

Stillages, post pallets and fitting bins

The shape of the load decides the stillage: loose fittings go in a solid bin, long tube on a post stillage or tube rack, palletised stock in a pallet stillage and hand-picked parts in a drop front unit.

Post pallets and post stillages

Post stillages suit bulky or awkwardly shaped loads that will not sit in a box, such as tube, timber and formwork, because the open sides let a forklift or a gang load from any side and the corner posts carry the unit stacked above. A solid base post pallet is the choice for loose items that would drop through a framed base, and the stackable mesh storage pallet has a mesh base and two mesh sides to hold the load. For longer loads, the double metal stillage and the triple metal stillage run to 1.81m and 2.69m in length, and post pallets with removable arms are the demountable version.

Steel fitting bins

Steel fitting bins are solid boxes that keep scaffold fittings and other small parts together, so they travel to the job and back as one counted load. Dedicated bins keep one part each: the fence clip bin holds temporary fence couplers, and the road form stakes bin keeps stakes together between projects. The solid steel storage bin is a deeper box for warehouse and yard stock, the mesh fitting bin is its open-sided counterpart, and the Vinnie Bin is the large bin for bulk tube and fittings.

Scaffolding and pipe stillages

Long tube, pipe and rod need a stillage that holds their full length and stops them rolling out. The extended stillage for pipe and tube has arms along both sides to keep long items in, and the rack storage cage for scaffold tube and pipe is a framed cage for tube, pipe and rod held in bulk. Scaffold tube stackers, also called U stackers, stack scaffold tube in bundles, and the block and coupler stillage keeps the fittings and blocks that go with it.

Box stillages with drop fronts

In a store where parts are picked by hand from stacked units, a drop front lets the stock in a lower stillage be reached without lifting off the unit above. Stackable steel stillages and stackable mesh stillages are built with full sides, a half drop front or a full panel drop front, so the opening can follow how often the unit is picked. Chute front pallets are smaller units with an open front for picking components from a shelf or bench. For larger stock, the drop door storage cage has a drop door in one side and forklift guides for stacking, and the gitterbox mesh stillage has a half drop front on its long side, in fixed and folding versions.

Euro pallet and oversized pallet stillages

Palletised stock can be stacked without racking once each loaded pallet sits in its own steel frame. Euro pallet stillages are made to take standard timber euro pallets, and the oversized pallet stillage takes loads too wide for a euro pallet, with forklift guides for lifting each unit onto the one below.

Collapsible pallet cages

A collapsible cage folds flat when empty, which saves space on a return lorry and in the store between jobs. The zinc-plated collapsible pallet cage and the collapsible stillage pallet cage, which has a reinforced base, are for site and warehouse storage, and the folding wire cages are welded steel bar units in a choice of sizes. The stackable pallet cage and the foldable wire mesh pallet cage fold flat in the same way, and the full selection of wire mesh pallet cages has its own category.

Fence, hoarding and barrier stillages

Temporary works panels are stored and delivered in stillages built for one panel type. The crowd control barrier stillage and the hoarding panel stillage for 2.0 m and 2.4 m panels sit alongside the temporary fencing stillage for mesh fence panels. The edge protection stillage does the same job for edge protection barriers. Each holds a set count of panels, from 20 to 50 depending on the type, so a depot or event yard sizes its stillages to the panel stock it carries.

Gas cylinder, drum and hazardous substance cages

Gas cylinder cages and the heavy duty gas bottle cage keep cylinders secure when they are not in use, and the stackable drum stillage holds oil drums with removable side braces. The hazardous substance storage cage has a welded sump under a grated floor and mesh sides for ventilation, for oils, fuels and gases.

Solid, mesh and plastic stillages

Solid sheet or mesh sides

Solid sheet sides are the choice for small fittings, granular materials and anything loose enough to slip through a gap. Mesh sides suit larger items and units kept in an open yard, because rain drains through instead of pooling in the base, and the stock level shows from the aisle or the forklift seat.

Plastic pallet boxes

The plastic stillages in the range are heavy duty plastic pallet boxes, with smooth inner walls that empty cleanly and wash out and dry between loads. The plastic industrial pallet box is made to the buyer's requirements, and the drop front plastic pallet box has a drop door for taking stock out without tipping the box.

Painted, galvanised or self-colour

Self-colour steel is supplied unpainted and suits dry indoor stores. Painted, galvanised and zinc-plated finishes are the choice for units that stand in an open yard. Most bins, post pallets and stillages in the range come in several painted colours, so a site or depot can run its own colour code, with one colour per contractor, job or store, which brings units back to where they were sent.