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October 2016 WINES&VINES 63 OAK BARRELS For more information contact your sales representative or email us at info@seguinmoreau.com layout. Barrel head inventory tags are easy to see, or scan if you use that type of tracking system. It is still possible to sample and make additions in place. This layout can be con- verted to a four-barrel rack system easily. Mixing both Burgundy and Bordeaux bar- rels in the same aisle will require the forklift driver to accommodate the longest barrel in order to keep the stack straight. Care must be taken on the side where the heads face each other to allow sufficient margin of error, as it is easy for one barrel to contact another when filling or emptying the barrel row. Barrel sizes still need to be matched on each rack to keep the stack from tilting awkwardly. Other changes can impact capacity. Stack- ing the barrels using the longer room length would result in more efficiency. Anecdotal data seems to suggest the longer the barrel row, the more frequently the barrel farthest away will leak. Eliminating ladder aisles completely will increase your capacity but also increase your dependence on forklifts for sampling and making additions. Four-barrel racks If you use the bilge facing the forklift aisle for four-barrel racks, then other consider- ations come into play. Obviously, having four barrels per single rack is heavier. You will need to spread your forks as far apart as possible when picking up the full four-barrel racks. I recommend transporting full four- barrel racks by the bilge as the load center is closer to the forklift, however there may be some instances where you will need to move the four-barrel racks lengthwise. We use fork extensions to provide fork support throughout the length of the barrel rack when needing to move four-barrel racks. Some ladder space is eliminated in the bilge-facing layout for two-barrel racks, increasing capacity by 10%. 100 ft 50 ft Forklift aisle 14 ft x 100 ft = 1,400 sq ft 28% of total space 7 stacks - 11 rows 6 high = 1,848 barrels 5 high = 1,540 barrels 4 high = 1,232 barrels 11 ladder aisles at 24-inch space = 792 sq ft 1 ladder aisle at 56-inch space = 168 sq ft 960 sq ft total = 19% total space 1 ft away from wall