Loading docks typically use 12 or 14 wide cast iron trench grates.
Loading dock trench drain.
Water backed up in the truck ramp flooding the area.
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Trench drain systems for loading docks vary based upon the expected water flow.
The trench drain in the loading dock shown below clogged and became ineffective before a rainstorm swept through the area.
Consider installing a 4 pre sloped polymer concrete trench drain in truck ramps with limited runoff water.
When roads are flat with little or no natural slope trench drains are used in the median and shoulder areas.
All end caps adapters and outlets will work with our systems that you find here.
Our 4 inch channel accessories are for use with any of our 4 inch internal channels.
A trench drain is the most logical solution to keep this dock from becoming full of water and simplifies the concrete construction.
In areas where there are larger trucks and more surface area water flow requires a reinforced drain that is at least 8 wide.
Traditionally a loading dock trench drain was a 12 wide cast in place trench drain.
Looking closer during my visit i noticed the drain is a standard 12 wide foundry grate.
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If there is a lot of expected forklift traffic use a class e load bearing.
Loading docks apply a grate with a h20 or h25 load bearing class d or e.
The standard truck dock height is 48 below finish floor of the building.