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American Manufacturer of Yardramps & Portable Dockboards

Brazos Manufacturing &
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(817) 242-3020
7173 CR 1205
Rio Vista Tx 76093
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Rail Boards

By Ron Gilleland

tapered rail board front

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...]

Filed Under: Dock Products

Material Handling Div

By Ron Gilleland

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...]

Filed Under: Dock Products

Who is Brazos Manufacturing & Welding

By Ron Gilleland

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...]

Filed Under: Dock Products

What is a Forklift Ramp

By Ron Gilleland

Brazos Yard 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...]

Filed Under: Dock Products

ASME Stamp – R Stamp

By Ron Gilleland

ASME Logo

The controls on manufacturing quality are most often guaranteed by some sort of certification. When dealing with the fabrication of pressure vessels - the ASME certification is the "gold standard". When dealing with the repair of pressure vessels - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pressure Vessels

Quality Company

By Ron Gilleland

Brazos steel yard ramp loading truck with forklift

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...]

Filed Under: Dock Products, Yardramp Tagged With: led lighted portable ramp, material handling, portable forklift ramp, portable yard ramps, safe loading ramp, yardramps

Brazos Yardramp Material, Design & Construction

By Ron Gilleland

30' yardramp

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...]

Filed Under: Dock Products, Yardramp

Loading Ramps

By Ron Gilleland

portable steel yardramp loading pallet of parts

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...]

Filed Under: Dock Products, Yardramp Tagged With: material handling, portable forklift ramp, portable yard ramps, yardramps

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