Cargo & unit-load rack.

High-density rack for 463L (ALOC), ISU90 and Bicon/Tricon containers - with an optional snow- and wind-rated roof and inspection catwalk.

CargoRack
12,000–27,000 lb

per platform (5,440–12,247 kg)

24,000 lb

per bay (10,890 kg) · excl. Universal

6 variants

fixed and mobile

No slab

mini-pile foundation

Six variants, one engineering baseline.

Explore CargoRack variants
Five variants carry 12,000 lb per platform and 24,000 lb per bay; Universal Rack carries 27,000 lb per platform. Beyond that, what changes is the bay width, the clear height and what the rack is meant to hold.
3009 mmbay width (9′-10½″)
2716–2844 mmplatform to clear height
12,000 lbper platform

The everyday flagship — high-density storage for mission RSPs, fuel assets and standard mobility cargo. ISU90 and 463L pallets.

A long single-level CargoRack run on desert hardstanding, olive and tan containers and crated stores filling the bays along its length under a clear sky

Mobile base options.

Install options
Every variant can be specified fixed or mobile. Interior mobile bases are part of the rack specification rather than a retrofit, so a bay can be moved without rebuilding the structure.
Fixed or mobile

Fixed or mobile platform options on every one of the six variants — decided at specification, not bolted on later.

Interior mobile bases

Mobile bases are an interior install option, specified with the rack so the load path and the base are engineered together.

Guide rails and barriers

Guide rails, safety barriers and upright protectors are available alongside the base.

A large block of galvanised CargoRack bays on mobile bases inside a hangar, rolled together without aisles and loaded to three levels with palletised and netted stores

Purpose-built for deployment.

Why it’s different
CargoRack is a rack storage system dimensioned to military cargo — 463L pallets, ISU-70/80/90, TRICON and BICON — rather than adapted from commercial racking.
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It attacks the core readiness problem of a container yard: wasted vertical space, weather-exposed assets and labor-intensive handling. Cargo goes off the ground, multiple levels high, and six fixed and mobile variants let a yard be tuned to the exact mix of containers and access it has to store. It installs on existing ground without a concrete slab.

In a recent European defence warehousing programme, the installed CargoRack and IARS configuration, with cantilever storage, provides 335,000 cu ft of storage — a 620% capacity increase over the previous layout.

A galvanised CargoRack portal frame standing in a snow-covered yard with its lattice roof trusses and purlins erected and a layer of snow lying across them, a longer roofed run continuing behind it
Cutaway render of a CargoRack mini-pile foundation: concrete piles driven under each leg, cross-tied at the base with I-beam sections, the rack bolted to the pile tops

Engineered, calculated and proof-tested.

How it’s built
Integrated roof systems engineered for snow and wind loads, stair and ladder kits, heavy-duty grated deck options, and a mini-pile foundation where there is no slab.
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Mini-pile foundation: a pile is driven under every load-bearing leg and the piles are cross-tied at the base with structural I-beam, carrying the load as one system. The rack bolts to the pile tops rather than being embedded in concrete, so it stays fully demountable for relocation, and every leg clears grade.

Variant detail: Push Back runs heavy-duty castors on each level to push containers up to 10 positions deep; Universal adds beam supports for BICON and ISU-TRICON; Tricon rests containers on custom steel lugs that engage their corner castings.

Engineered in from the start.

Capabilities
Built into the base system — hover any capability for the detail.
  • Hot-dip galvanized
  • Six variants
  • Tricon & Bicon capable
  • Three levels high
  • Fixed or mobile

The engineering envelope.

Specifications
VariantBay widthClear heightTakes
01Cargo Rack3009 mm9′-10½″2716–2844 mmISU-70/80/90, 463L
02Universal Rack3361 mm11′-0⅜″2806 mm9′-2½″ISU-70/80/90, TRICON, BICON
03All Access2596 mm8′-6⅛″2909 mm9′-6½″ISU-70/80/90, 463L
04Push Back3374 mm11′-0⅞″2626 mm8′-7⅜″ISU-70/80/90, 463L — up to 10 deep
05Laydown3005 mm9′-10⅜″1651 mm5′-5″Crates, wood pallets, 463L
06Tricon2200 mm7′-2⅝″2992 mm9′-9¾″TRICON only
Looking down the upper level of a CargoRack run, a container door on the left, open mesh walkway underfoot and safety chains across the opening, the structure receding to daylight at the far end
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