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SJF Road Crew: Busy Few Weeks at SJF

by samsterner on May 9, 2012
Unloading Yard View

The end of April/beginning of May has been a busy time here at SJF.  The last month has brought in equipment from across the board, including conveyor, pallet rack, rack systems, and cantilever.  April started out with a string of local buys.  A large retail store closed multiple locations across the Minneapolis metro, and we were able to jump on some great condition conveyor.  This includes 8 Best Flex conveyors and 500ft of 18” Skate-wheel conveyor as well.

One of 8 recently acquired Best Flex conveyors.

 

Advance Push Back in-stock at Winsted, MN headquarters

We were very fortunate to have access to a variety of systems lately, and many came into our yard for stock.  Systems brought in this month include the following drive-in rack and push-back rack systems:

  • 3 Deep Back-to-back Ridg-U-Rak Drive In
  • 5 Deep Ridg-U-Rak Drive In
  • 3 Deep Structural Drive In
  • 3 Deep Interlake Push Back
  • 4 Deep Interlake Push Back
  • 3 Deep Advance Push Back
  • 6 Deep Advance Push Back

Needless to say, we are loaded with rack systems!  These are in great shape, and all are in stock now in Minnesota.

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SJF Road Crew- Purchasing from Coast to Coast

by samsterner on February 21, 2012
Conveyor Buy-Back in Twin Cities, MN

 

The previous two weeks once again saw truckloads of new equipment coming into the yard here at SJF.  It started with Dave Kieper and Sam Sterner taking down conveyor previously sold by us.  One advantage to buying used is the high chance of selling the equipment right back when changing the facility!  In and out in two days only, and there is now over 150′ of great shape used Ermanco Lineshaft conveyor in stock here in Winsted.

 

Wire baskets have been a hot commodity upstairs in the Sales room lately at SJF, so we could not pass up the opportunity to purchase over 900 barely used collapsible wire baskets from California late last week.  These should be arriving here in Minnesota any day now.

If ever given the opportunity to purchase some great shape, heavy duty beams, we never pass it up.

 

These Keystone style beams recently came in from the East coast.  We even hired a different crew out there to do the banding and loading work for this purchase, and couldn’t be any happier with the results.  All in all it was a great buy working with great people.

 

This pallet flow rail came through and had us drooling here at SJF.  It looks like the rail is new and never used.  We jumped on this immediately and had it sent straight here all the way from South Carolina.

 

This carousel is almost an exact match to that we purchased last week.  Located right here in the Twin Cities, we couldn’t say no.  This carousel is in absolutly pristine condition, and we look forward to receiving it in early March.

 


SJF Road Crew Report – January Ends in a Auction Buying Bonanza

by samsterner on February 1, 2012
SJF Pallet Rack Storage Buiilding #3

SJF Pallet Rack Storage Building #3

Over 50 Loads of Pallet Racking Arrived at SJF in January

Over 50 Loads of Racking Arrived at SJF in January

The last week saw large quantities of rack come in through SJF.  One look down our receiving isle will show the evidence, we are full of pallet racking.  Recent purchases came from several auctions and sources spanning the entire  U.S.

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SJF Road Crew – Early January Review

by samsterner on January 19, 2012

2012 started out fast here at SJF.  Sam Sterner and Director of Manufacturing Brian Springer arrived in Phoenix, AZ on January 2 to load out conveyor bound for our inventory here at SJF in Winsted, MN.  The goal was simple, load out as much conveyor and conveyor parts as possible.  This recent purchase gave us the opportunity to provide usable parts, such as drives and tails, for pieces we already have in stock.

With conveyor spread across the warehouse, it made packaging the material almost a scavenger hunt.  Totes full of unknown parts were lining the top levels of the rack, and many contained valuable parts to piecing together conveyor systems.  We ended up sending two trucks back to Minnesota, both loaded to the brim with conveyor, drives, nose overs, feeder beds, and other parts usable with most conveyors.

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SJF Road Crew: Week in Review

by staff on January 3, 2012

The last two weeks started with a 14 hour day in Worthington, MN.  SJF recently purchased 540 pallet positions of Drive-in-Rack from a company located there.  Sam Sterner headed down in the morning to assist in the final teardown, banding, and loading of the components.  This is truck 1/2 for the day leaving loaded with uprights and rails for the system, headed straight to a customer in Fargo, ND.

 

The Worthington, MN shipment occurred on Wednesday, December 14.  Friday, December 16 and the following Monday were spent in Plymouth, MN installing pallet rack for a new Polaris Industries showroom.  The rack was set to allow display of ATVs and accessories for sale.

 

 

The week of 12/19 also had the arrival of several trucks from a recent purchase in Jeffersonville, Indiana.  These trucks came loaded with rack now available in stock in Winsted, MN.  A brief list includes-

48”x20′ Speedrack Uprights - 204 ea

108”x4” Speedrack Beams - 621 ea

96”x4” Speedrack Beams - 528 ea

48”x 20′  Teardrop Uprights – 40 ea

48”x52” Wire Deck - 653 ea

48”x46” Wire Deck – 747 ea

Many other items including many sizes Speed Rack uprights and beams, Teardrop Rack Uprights and beams, Sturdi-built, Palmer Shile, Ridge U Rack uprights and beams, and many other sizes of wire decking.  Call an SJF sales representative for more details!

The recent weeks also included the testing for SJF’s new carousel software, SurePik. The first run through should be up and running soon for our first customer here in the Twin Cities metro!  This is an exciting new venture in carousel controls, and can drastically improve efficiency in your carousel system.  The best part, it works with any and every carousel. Contact us today with more information on this new product!

 

Four days before Christmas, Sam Sterner headed to Rogers, MN to band up another recent purchase of Sturdibuilt pallet rack.  This included 144”x6” and 144”x3.5” Sturdi-Built beams, 48”x10′ Sturdi-Built uprights, and 144”x5” Teardrop beams.  These were brought right down the road to our stock in Winsted, MN.  These are very nice, heavy duty beams available now!

 

The month of January looks to be just as busy for us here at SJF.  Already in the works is truckloads of conveyor leaving Phoenix, AZ; three carousels we purchased in the Twin Cities; a large warehouse full of structural racking in Ohio; the implementation of our new SurePik software in MN; and many more projects around the country, so stay tuned!