S&L Dock Equipment Dock equipment and material handling

Loading dock and plant floor equipment built in steel

S&L Dock Equipment is a complete material handling supplier and product source. Dock equipment covers the fixed and portable hardware around a loading bay: the barriers that keep traffic away from walls and racking, the chocks and jacks that hold a trailer in position, and the boards that bridge the gap between dock and bed.

Two ranges, one supplier

Dock equipment and material handling, covering eleven product lines with published model codes.

What dock equipment covers

Bollards, dock boards, wheel chocks, trailer jacks and machine guards around the loading bay.

What material handling covers

Self dumping hoppers and the drum range: caddies, carts, clutchers, rotating carts, stackable racks and fork mounted grabs.

How we publish

Every product line carries the model codes and specification tables, so a buyer can compare before enquiring.

Product Range

Eleven product lines, each with the model codes and specification tables we publish.

The Numbers Behind the Factory

11Product lines published with model codes
2Ranges: dock equipment and material handling
6Drum handling product types
1Supplier for both ranges

Industries We Supply

Two ranges, one supplier. These are the places our equipment ends up working.

Knowledge Centre

Selection guides for the equipment around a loading bay and on a plant floor.

How an Order Runs

  1. Find the model

    Every product line publishes its model codes and specification table, so you can compare before enquiring.

  2. Confirm the load

    For dock boards the rating must include the forklift and its load, not the pallet weight alone.

  3. Quotation against the model

    You get a price for the model you named rather than a general catalogue to work through.

  4. Manufacture and ship

    Built in steel at Laizhou, Shandong, and shipped as a complete product rather than a kit to assemble.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I size a dock board?

By the combined weight of the forklift and its load, plus the gap and the height difference between dock and trailer bed. Sizing on pallet weight alone is the most common and most dangerous mistake.

Do you publish specifications or only photographs?

Every product line carries its model codes and specification tables. That is deliberate: a buyer should be able to check whether a product suits the bay before contacting anyone.

Why buy a self-dumping hopper instead of a plain skip?

Because the latch means the operator never has to stand between a loaded container and a forklift. That single detail is the reason the product exists; everything else is a steel box.

Do you also make street furniture?

Yes, in cast iron and steel, from the same works. A street bollard and a dock bollard are the same engineering problem, so the casting and fabrication capability carries across.

Tell us what you need

Send the model code from the specification table, or describe the bay and the loads it handles. You will get a price against the model rather than a general catalogue.