Brazos Manufacturing and Welding Services is a "quality" company. What does that mean? The dictionary defines quality as “the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.” Brazos … [Read more...]
Brazos Yardramp Material, Design & Construction
Any industrial or commercial ramp design...whether a ground-to-truck ramp or a dock-to-truck board...relies on three things. The material used in it's construction The design Quality of workmanship Compromise or cost cutting in any of … [Read more...]
Loading Ramps
The term "loading ramp" defines about half of everything we build at Brazos Manufacturing. Dockboards & Dockplates A dockboard or dockplate is a loading ramp typically moving products into or out of a truckbed onto a loading dock. Dockboards are … [Read more...]
Ground to Dock Ramp – Safety
Like any other tool a yard ramp needs to be used correctly or it becomes a liabilty rather than an asset. Since ground-to-dock ramps and ground-to-truck ramps are basically simple tools a lot of the safety in it's correct use is common sense. But … [Read more...]
Portable Forklift Ramp – When Is It The Answer
In dealing with industrial and commercial businesses over the last forty plus years I realize there are an infinite number of combinations of business type and facility layout. As competitive as most businesses are... the layout can go a long way in … [Read more...]
Dock Board Capacity – How to Specify
Dock Board Capacity. This is a "general" discussion about how to make the decision of which dockboard to specify in an application...regarding capacity. For a Four Wheel Forklift Truck The rule of thumb is to take the capacity of the forklift … [Read more...]
Portable Loading Dock – Product Brochure
Brazos Manufacturing has a new 4 page portable loading dock product brochure on our standard line of products. Dock boards, rail boards, yard ramps and wheel risers are all shown here. This is a great tool for our dealer partners to show their … [Read more...]