One of the most complicated things we build is a rail board. It is a dock board for use loading and unloading materials on and off a rail car. Sounds easy. Not if it is done right. How to configure a rail board There are several on-site … [Read more...]
Loading Dock Products
Heavy duty steel material handling products. Including dock boards, rail boards, yard ramps and portable forklift ramps.
Material Handling Div
Yardramp - Dockboards - Railboards - Platforms - Wheel Risers - Bollards - Door Track Guard - Post Protectors - Pallet Rack Guard Dock equipment like yardramps, dockboards, railboards...are engineered, manufactured and shipped FAST. Our … [Read more...]
Who is Brazos Manufacturing & Welding
In todays marketplace nothing is or can be static. Constant market pressures mandate constant improvement to deliver value to customers, employees and shareholders. Occasionally a restatement of "who" we are is a benefit to potential customer but … [Read more...]
What is a Forklift Ramp
The term "forklift ramp" can span a wide list of products all having the same function. That is to allow a forklift truck to travel across a space. Sometimes with a change in height relative to its starting point. By this definition a curb ramp, … [Read more...]
Quality Company
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 Truck Ramp – Ground to Dock Ramp – Safety
How to Safely Use A Forklift Ramp A yard ramp needs to be used correctly or it becomes a liability rather than an asset. Since ground-to-dock ramps and ground-to-truck ramps are basically simple tools a lot of the safety and its correct use is … [Read more...]
Portable Forklift Ramp – When Is It The Answer
Most businesses at their most basic level are the same. They take materials and labor and create or improve....a product. That is call value-add and the cost of doing it has to be in line with its market value....one of the costs is the movement thru … [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...]
