For companies looking for ways to quickly and safely expand their loading dock capacity without excavation and construction costs, the Impactable Dock Ramp from Leum Engineering provides a flexible, yet fixed loading dock option.

Currently a finalist in the materials handling category for Plant Engineering’s 2011 Product of the Year Award, the Impactable Dock Ramp is an ideal solution particularly for adding loading docks to grade level buildings, seasonal, and leased facilities. Designed for trailer impact, the Impactable Dock Ramp facilitates forklift traffic from the ground up into a truck bed.

Unique Safety Features

Featuring enhanced safety elements superior to those offered by traditional mobile dock ramps on the market, the Impactable Dock Ramp features adjustable legs on the front of the unit to change its effective dock height from 36” to 56” to service almost any trailer. Supporting the ramp via structural legs, rather than only by the lip of a ramp on the bed of the trailer, significantly reduces the likelihood of the ramp coming completely disengaged and dropping should the trailer move forward accidentally. In addition, since the Impactable Dock Ramp is fixed in position, rather than relying only on chains to secure the ramp to a trailer, it can be utilized with a mechanical vehicle restraint.

According to Grant Leum, president of Leum Engineering, the Impactable Dock Ramp helps companies avoid significant costs of excavating a single below grade loading dock which can cost upwards of $50,000.

“Our customers tell us they have saved about half of what it would have taken to install a loading dock, not to mention the enhanced safety features and added value of convenience,” said Leum. “We designed the product to replace the current mobile dock ramps with one simple assumption that it is easier to move a trailer to the dock than move the dock to the trailer.”