What are the 4 Types of Dock Leveler for Loading Dock Facilities in Austin, TX?

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The holidays are here. It’s the most wonderful time of the year and the busiest for all businesses, feeding the holiday frenzy rush. For retailers, the cash registers of stores are buzzing upfront while loading docks are as busy as well for the never ending loading and unloading of supplies.

For loading docks, dock levelers are one of the reasons that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the unloading and loading operations, especially during this holiday rush. Dock levelers functions by bridging the gap between the dock bay and the trailer, or truck. Not like dock plates, dock boards, and truck lifts, dock levelers are functionally vital and essential because of its feature-rich specifications and functionalities.   

Overhead Door Company of Austin’s, a Division of DuraServ Corp. have four types of loading dock levelers ideally suitable for different loading dock facilities, and have contributed to their loading dock sector’s success in Austin, TX namely: Serco Mechanical Dock Leveler Model WL Serco Hydraulic Dock Leveler Model HLQ, Serco Air Powered Edge-of-Dock Model and Serco Versadock Dock Leveler.

Serco Mechanical Dock Leveler Model WL

Dock levelers are built to help the workers make the loading and unloading easy, safe and convenient. Serco W Series mechanical dock levelers are highly dependable, strong, and totally user-friendly. Featured with unlimited float hold-down, an integral maintenance strut and lip support latch and a single-point adjustment extension spring counterbalance. Compared to other conventional mechanical levelers, they have low energy costs, effortlessly operable and totally economical.   

Key Highlights:

• Capacity Availability: 30k and 35k  

• Newest Design : Exclusive SafeTFrame® Design

• Exclusive Design: HYDRA CAM™ Plus Automatic Lip Extension

• Patented Design: POSI-TRAC® Unlimited Float Hold-down

• Frame Design : CLEAN FRAME

• Integral Maintenance Strut & Lip Support Latch

• Dock Bumpers : B410-14F  (Heavy-duty)

Serco Hydraulic Dock Leveler Model HLQ

Serco Hydraulic Dock Leveler Model HLQ have the newest Exclusive SafeTFrame® Design making it user-friendly and with the patented HYDRA MAX® Powered-in/Powered-out Lip Extension for heavy-duty weight loads. Designed with hydraulic power of having a main cylinder that has a minimum of 31/2” inches (88 mm) diameter bore and lLip cylinder has a minimum of 21/2 inches . (63 mm) diameter bore.   

Hydraulic Dock Levelers also has low-maintenance requirements.  

Key Highlights:

• Newest Design: Exclusive SafeTFrame® Design
• Patented Design: HYDRA MAX® Powered-in/Powered-out Lip Extension
• Hydraulics: Regenerative / Yieldable Hydraulic Lip
• Phase Power: Single Phase or Three Phase
• Control Panel: Steel NEMA 12 (Interlock Capable)
• Dock Bumpers: B410-14F (Heavy-duty)

Serco Air Powered Edge-of-Dock Model

Engineered for flexibility and versatility, Serco’s Air Powered Edge-of-Dock levelers are an affordable option to portable plates and highly suitable for medium-traffic loading docks. As it is mounted to the face of the dock, makes loading and unloading to trailers easier. Featured with user-friendly push-button style, making it highly dependable with superb performance and budget-friendly

Key Highlights:

Operation: Push-button (No Manual Lifting)

• Lift System(Patented): High volume/Low pressure air bag

• Lift System Temperature: Withstand extreme temperatures of -65 to 180 F (-53 to 82 C)

• Hinge: Exclusive Lug Style Lip

• Operating Range: 5″ (127 mm) above to 5″ (127 mm) below dock

• Working Range: 3” (72.6 mm) above to 3” (72.6 mm) below dock

• Installation System : Exclusive EZ-Hang 

Specialty Dock Leveler

Serco’s VERSADOCK™ Dock Leveler, a specialty type dock leveler, patented, and only dock leveler that can handle high-cube (low boy) below-dock loading and conventional loads at the same dock level position. The total solution to modern loading docks conventions such as high-capacity "low boy" trailers, air-ride suspensions, and the increasing use of low-profile tires, making the loading and unloading process with convenience and ease.

Key Highlights:

• Dock Access :Full 9′ Wide Below-dock Access

• Patented Design: HYDRA MAX® Powered-in/Powered-out Lip Extension

• Hydraulics: Regenerative

• Hydraulic Lip: Yieldable

• Latch :Integral Maintenance Strut & Lip Support (Dual Struts on 80K Capacity Only)

• Dock Bumpers : Heavy-duty B410-14F 

• Control Panel :Steel NEMA 12 Push-button (Non-Interlock Capable)

With so many loading dock leveler options, let Overhead Door Company of Austin, a Division of DuraServ Corp. help you make the right decision that would suit perfectly for your loading dock needs and specifications this coming holiday season. Call us at (512) 442-1561, or thru our website at https://www.ohdctx.com/contact/.

For more inquiries about our dock levelers in Austin TX, and loading dock equipment in Austin TX, you can make a service request at https://www.ohdctx.com/service-request/, or you may visit personally our Service Areas, where we do servicing all of Texas including Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, Cedar Creek, San Marcos, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, and Temple, TX.