Dock Equipment

A typical loading dock may not have a ground level door when it is necessary to load or unload a trailer from ground level.

The loading dock leveler is critical to the efficiency of your shipping & receiving operations. Crawford Door will help you to ensure that all your dock levelers and other equipment are designed to support the capacities and number of loads per day required by your operation.

Vehicle restraints are a key part of an integrated loading dock safety system. Used as a stand alone safety product or in conjunction with combination control panels, truck restraints lock trailers into position at the loading dock. A system of lights on the outside of the loading dock tells the driver when the vehicle is safely locked in or released.

Combination control panels simplify the operation of loading dock equipment, increase safety, reduce field-wiring costs and conserve wall space at the loading dock. The dock equipment that is typically interlocked is any combination of hydraulic dock leveler, truck restraint and safety light system, overhead door and/or inflatable dock shelter.

Truck restraints are just one of the ways that Crawford can help support safe work practices.

Air and foam inflatable dock shelters and seals

Crawford Door offers products with complete range of foam and air inflatable dock seals as well as rigid, flexible and air inflatable dock shelters. All products are designed to improve safety, protect merchandise, reduce cost and improve security at the loading dock. The wide range of fabric materials, configurations, and options allow you to build the best solution for your application.

Crawford Door's supply in loading dock equipment includes additional items to complete your shipping/receiving area, including: Dock Bumpers, Light Communication System, Wheel Chocks, Truck Levelers, Safety Barriers, Bascule Bridge, Rail Dock Levelers, and Easy Load Hydraulic Conversion Kit.

Crawford Door offers lift tables by Pentalift, the recognized industry leader in the manufacturing of positioning solutions, provide high-quality ergonomic automation solutions for industrial and warehouse applications. Pentalift produces industrial platform lifts; positioning tables, multistage scissor lift solutions, and bin tilters in numerous configurations.

Dock lifts and elevators

Elevating docks lifts (also known as dock lifts or elevating tables) are an excellent means of simplifying shipping and receiving functions and creating safer working conditions where loading docks don't exist.

Pit-mounted and low-profile elevating docks provide an increased service range which will eliminate the potential of unsafe loading operations due to severe height differences between ground level and the truck/trailer bed.

A typical loading dock may not have a ground level door when it is necessary to load or unload a trailer from ground level. Since the loading dock is one of the busiest and most dangerous areas in a facility, it makes sense to make every possible provision to ensure your workers and merchandise are safe. Providing an elevating dock along with dock levelers can be essential to a well designed loading dock.