Dock Bumpers: Heavy-Duty Protection for Your Dock

Dock bumpers belong to the basic and at the same time very essential docking equipment. Heavy duty dock bumpers offer a cost-effective solution to prevent accidents and protect trucks, forklifts and other powered material handling equipment as well as buildings and walls. Dock bumpers are a simple, inexpensive, effective and neat-looking solution heavily relied upon in all kinds of industries involved in trucking, shipping and docking. 

There are various kinds of dock bumpers used for different applications such as extruded dock bumper, heavy duty dock bumpers, loading dock bumper, etc. They differ in material, configuration and mounting method. The most popular types are molded bumpers and laminated bumpers.

Laminated Dock Bumpers

Laminated dock bumpers offer a number of benefits. Made of recycled truck tires they feature superior durability and are not susceptible to abrasion and chipping. These bumpers are produced with high-pressure lamination technology which provides for 80% impact recovery to effectively protection your buildings, vehicles and cargo from damage and accidents. 
Versatile configurations (4 to 6 inches projection and up to 36 inches lengths with custom designs available upon request) offer a windfall of mounting options, making these bumpers suitable even for the most unusual anchoring positions. Laminated dock bumpers are firmly secured to the dock with anchor bolts by four mounting holes. Apart from the heavy-duty features and exceptional truck damage protection, the seamless one color (black) design of our laminated bumpers also offers great aesthetic appeal.

Molded Dock Bumpers

Molded dock bumpers are a great option for low traffic docking applications due to their compact size and positioning features. Countersunk holes allow molding the bumpers right into poured cement walls and foundations all around the dock or in areas where forklifts and other material handling vehicles are often used, in order to protect the walls and buildings.  Produced from quality rubber reinforced with fiber and nylon, molded bumpers are capable of absorbing 95% of an impact.
Apart from preventing damage, clear lines of molded loading dock bumpers can add an attractive look to your dock area. The whole-piece design prevents the bumpers from warping, rusting or hardening thus providing for extended durability and lasting quality of service. Whether-proof and easy to install, molded heavy duty dock bumpers are truly a set-it-and-forget-it solution that provides for maintenance-free vehicle protection 24 hours 7 days a week. 

Shopping Tips

When choosing loading dock bumpers it’s important to consider the specifications of your dock and select the type of bumpers accordingly. If you can’t find a bumper that matches your dock configuration you can order custom size bumpers that will be tailored to meet your demands. You will also need to take into account how much traffic there will be and what anchor style you want to use. The right choice of loading dock bumpers will provide you with a highly economical and effective way to minimize accidents and vehicle damage during loading and unloading operations.

Find out more about Molded Dock Bumpers and Laminated Dock Bumpers at Warehousing Equipment Direct.