5th Wheel Dockleveller

Overview

The Dock-Rite 5th Wheel Dockleveller addresses one of the most challenging loading scenarios in logistics — driving a forklift into the front trailer of an interlink (B-train) combination. The unit is designed to be reversed under the deck, creating a void for the 5th wheel coupling, allowing the forklift to drive over it unobstructed.

✓ Specifically engineered for interlink / B-train operations
✓ Electro-hydraulically powered — simple 2-button operation
✓ Lifting cylinders at edges create 5th wheel void beneath deck
✓ Pit-mounted or freestanding
✓ Fixed lip floats inside truck in hydraulic float mode
✓ Eliminates the challenge of front-trailer forklift access
✓ Increases throughput and reduces manual handling
✓ Custom configurations available on request

Typical Applications

  • Interlink / B-train loading operations
  • Multi-trailer distribution centres
  • Bulk grocery and FMCG logistics hubs
  • Any site regularly loading the front trailer of an interlink


Airbag Operated Swing Lip Dockleveller

Overview

The Dock-Rite Airbag Dockleveller has become the dockleveller of choice in warehousing across Southern Africa. Unlike hydraulic systems, it uses an integral blower motor as a low-pressure, high-volume air source — eliminating hydraulic oil, spillage risk, and associated maintenance overhead. Standard at 10 ton with models to 15 ton and beyond, it is particularly popular in food industry environments where hydraulic contamination is unacceptable.

Why Choose Airbag Over Hydraulic?

✓ No hydraulic oil — zero risk of food or floor contamination
✓ Longer service intervals than hydraulic systems
✓ Single-phase power — no 3-phase supply needed
✓ All replacement parts locally available and economical
✓ Patented Crash Resistant Lip Mechanism available as optional extra
✓ Proprietary Easy Clean Lip Hinge System resists rust and debris seizure
✓ 9 deck support ribs for exceptional load distribution
✓ 16mm heavy duty lip for long-term durability

Typical Applications

  • Food manufacturing and cold chain logistics
  • General warehousing and distribution centres
  • Pharmaceutical and chemical facilities
  • Retail distribution hubs
  • Container and intermodal terminals
  • Sites requiring single-phase electrical supply
  • High-frequency loading dock operations
  • FMCG and consumer goods facilities

Standard Sizes

Custom sizes manufactured on request. Contact our team for non-standard pit dimensions or high-capacity requirements.



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Combination Dockleveller Scissor Lift

Combination Dockleveller Scissor Lift

The Combination Dockleveller Scissor Lift integrates a conventional dockleveller lip plate with a scissor lift base unit, providing both vertical height adjustment and bridging capability at loading bays. This combination is particularly suited to facilities where vehicle bed heights vary significantly, or where standard dockleveller travel range is insufficient.

The scissor mechanism raises or lowers the entire dockleveller platform to align with the vehicle bed, while the hinged lip bridges the remaining gap. This eliminates the need for multiple dock height configurations and reduces manual handling risk during loading and unloading.

Custom fabricated to bay opening dimensions, load capacity and operating height range.



Contact Curtain Shelter

Overview

The Dock-Rite Contact Curtain Shelter is a cost-effective dock shelter for dry freight loading docks. It reduces the door opening to suit a variety of vehicle sizes and provides security against product theft at the dock face.

✓ Reduces door opening to suit various vehicle types
✓ Provides dock face security — limits product access from outside
✓ Suitable for dry freight and general cargo applications
✓ Flexible curtain design accommodates vehicle width variation
✓ Cost-effective solution for non-refrigerated docks
✓ Easy replacement of worn curtain sections

Typical Applications

  • Dry freight and general cargo docks
  • Warehousing and distribution centres
  • Retail and consumer goods distribution
  • Any non-refrigerated dock requiring vehicle adaptation


Contact Cushion Seals

Overview

The Dock-Rite Contact Cushion Seal is the highest-specification dock sealing solution for refrigerated loading bays. The truck backs directly onto the seal, creating a virtually airtight junction between vehicle and building — maximum cold retention and full product security.

All Contact Cushion Seals are fully custom-manufactured. There are no standard dimensions — sizing is taken from the actual vehicle used at each bay.

✓ Maximum cold retention — direct contact between truck and building
✓ Maximum security — no gap for product to be passed through
✓ Fully custom-sized to match specific vehicle dimensions
✓ Significantly reduces cold room running costs
✓ Available in various materials and colours
✓ Professional site survey service available
✓ Suitable for single-vehicle or dedicated bay operations
✓ No standard sizes — contact for survey and quote

Note: Contact Cushion Seals are fully custom — there are no standard dimensions. A site survey is required to size the seal correctly.



Contact Cushion Shelter

Overview

The Dock-Rite Contact Cushion Shelter is the standard specification for perishable freight loading docks. Locally manufactured using European-standard imported materials, it adapts a standard door opening to suit a range of vehicle sizes, reducing temperature loss, improving security, and protecting the building from reversing vehicle impact.

✓ Reduces door opening to suit various vehicle widths and heights
✓ Locally manufactured — European-standard Hey-Tex material
✓ 3mm thick with 123.7 lbs tear resistance
✓ Minimises temperature loss — reduces cold room running costs
✓ Provides dock face security — no gap for product theft
✓ Black with yellow vision stripe for clear driver visibility
✓ Standard size for 3,000mm × 3,000mm openings
✓ Custom sizes available on request

Typical Applications

  • Refrigerated and cold chain loading docks
  • Perishable freight distribution centres
  • Pharmaceutical cold chain facilities
  • Food manufacturing and processing plants
  • FMCG distribution hubs
  • Beverage and dairy distribution centres
  • Retail distribution with mixed-height vehicle fleets
  • Any dock requiring temperature and security management


Crash Resistant Lip Mechanism

Overview

The Dock-Rite Crash Resistant Lip Mechanism is a patented innovation that solves one of the most common and costly dockleveller maintenance problems: lip damage caused by vehicle impact. The spring-loaded activation system compresses under high impact load, absorbing the force completely with no structural damage.

✓ Patented by Dockleveller Supplies CC — a genuine local innovation
✓ Spring-loaded mechanism absorbs vehicle impact completely
✓ Lip can be impacted repeatedly with no resulting damage
✓ Eliminates the most common cause of dockleveller downtime
✓ Dramatically reduces lifetime maintenance and repair costs
✓ Available factory-fitted or retrofitted to existing units
✓ Compatible with Airbag, Hydraulic, and Safety Barrier models
✓ Demonstrated in testing: repeated forklift impacts with zero damage

Where It Matters Most

  • High-frequency docks with multiple forklift operators
  • Sites where operator skill levels vary
  • Operations with zero tolerance for downtime
  • Facilities that have experienced repeated lip damage
  • Any dock where vehicles regularly contact the extended lip
  • Distributors with 24-hour operations
  • Tight dock-to-vehicle height tolerance applications
  • Facilities focused on reducing lifecycle maintenance costs

Recommendation: This mechanism is strongly recommended for any high-frequency dock operation. The additional cost is typically recovered within months in avoided repair costs.



Dockleveller in Freestanding Base Frame / Dock Pod

Overview

For situations where a pit-mounted dockleveller is not possible or desirable, Dockleveller Supplies can custom design and manufacture freestanding base frames. The dockleveller is mounted within the frame, which sits on the warehouse floor — no pit excavation required.

✓ No pit required — suitable for any floor level application
✓ Custom-engineered for your specific dock height and vehicle type
✓ Available for airbag, hydraulic, and telescopic lip levellers
✓ Optional side walkways for safe pedestrian access
✓ Fully relocatable — unit moves with the business
✓ Ideal for rented premises where pit work is not permitted
✓ Available painted or hot dip galvanized
✓ Solves operational challenges where civil work is not practical

Typical Applications

  • Rented warehouses where pit construction is not permitted
  • Retrofit where pit is structurally not possible
  • Temperature-controlled buildings (cold rooms, freezers)
  • Sites where rodent-proofing under the dock is important
  • Sites that may need to relocate the dock in future
  • High-value buildings where cutting the floor is undesirable
  • Rapid installation with minimal disruption
  • Container depots and yards with variable vehicle heights


Dual Swing Arm Dock Light

Overview

The Dock-Rite Dual Swing Arm Dock Light is a simple, robust, locally manufactured LED dock light designed to illuminate trailer interiors during loading and unloading. The dual swing arm provides flexible, precise light positioning.

✓ LED technology for significant energy savings
✓ Locally manufactured — easy and economical to repair or replace
✓ Dual swing arm for flexible, precise positioning
✓ Simple, solid construction — minimal maintenance
✓ Mounts to dock wall or door frame
✓ Cost-effective total cost of ownership


Edge of Dock (Mini Dock)

Overview

The Dock-Rite Edge of Dock is the simplest and most cost-effective dockleveller solution available. It requires no electricity, no pit excavation, and no civil construction — the unit mounts onto the outside face of the loading dock.

✓ No electricity required — fully manual operation
✓ No pit or civil work required — lowest installation cost
✓ Mounts outside the building — no warehouse floor space lost
✓ Very low service and maintenance requirements
✓ Leaf bumpers protect unit from reversing vehicle impact
✓ 9,000 kg capacity for standard pallet operations
✓ Ideal for retrofit where pit construction is not viable
✓ Fast installation — minimal disruption to operations

Typical Applications

  • Rented premises where pit construction is not permitted
  • Retrofit where existing dock has no pit
  • Low-frequency loading docks
  • Consistent, closely matched vehicle heights
  • Temporary or relocatable dock installations
  • Small distribution and storage facilities
  • Budget-constrained installations
  • Replacement for damaged edge-of-dock units


Extending / Telescopic Lip Dockleveller

Overview

The Dock-Rite Extending / Telescopic Lip Dockleveller is purpose-built for operations where vehicle heights are inconsistent or where containers are frequently positioned forward of the trailer rear. The telescopic lip extends variably, giving the operator far greater control over the bridge between dock and vehicle.

A semi-automatic variant is also available — the deck floats automatically with truck movement, and if the truck pulls away unexpectedly, the dockleveller auto-retracts its lip and parks itself.

✓ Variable lip extension — eliminates pallet and product damage
✓ Semi-automatic: deck floats with truck, auto-retracts on departure
✓ Ideal for mixed-height vehicle fleets
✓ Suitable for containers positioned forward of trailer rear
✓ 3-phase power preferred (single phase available)
✓ Locally supplied hydraulics — parts readily available
✓ 9 deck ribs, 16mm lip, below-horizontal safety legs
✓ Lip damage virtually unheard of in normal operation

Typical Applications

  • Mixed-height vehicle fleets
  • Container and intermodal operations
  • Logistics hubs handling diverse trailer types
  • High-value goods requiring zero pallet damage
  • Sites with forward-loaded containers
  • Operations requiring highest forklift safety standards
  • High-throughput distribution centres
  • Cold chain with container refrigeration units

⚠ Note: This model requires a 600mm pit depth — deeper than the 500mm for swing lip models. Confirm pit dimensions with your civil contractor before ordering.



EZM Low Level Lift Table

EZM Low Level Lift Table

The EZM Low Level Lift Table is a compact, low-profile scissor lift table designed for applications where a minimal lowered height is critical — such as ground-level pallet or container loading, ergonomic workstation height adjustment, or installations where a deep pit is impractical.

The low-entry scissor geometry allows the platform to sit very close to ground level in the fully lowered position, enabling direct floor-level loading without ramps or manual handling. Hydraulic drive raises the platform smoothly to working height for processing or transfer to conveyors, racking or vehicles.

Custom fabricated to load capacity, platform dimensions and required travel height. Surface-mounted or shallow-pit installation available.



Flex Frame Dock Shelters

Overview

The Dock-Rite Flex Frame Dock Shelter is a versatile shelter suitable for both refrigerated and dry freight applications. The flex frame design accommodates a wider range of vehicle widths, reducing door opening size, improving security, and limiting temperature loss.

✓ Suitable for refrigerated and dry freight docks
✓ Flex frame accommodates wider range of vehicle widths
✓ Reduces temperature loss — lowers cold room running costs
✓ Provides dock face security against product theft
✓ Durable construction for high-frequency dock use
✓ Can be retro-fitted to most standard door openings

Typical Applications

  • Mixed refrigerated and dry freight facilities
  • General warehousing and distribution
  • Cold chain logistics centres
  • Retail distribution with mixed vehicle fleets
  • Docks requiring versatile vehicle width accommodation
  • Retrofit applications on existing dock openings


Galvanized Docklevellers

Overview

Hot dip galvanizing, while a premium option, has a clear place in the industry. For coastal locations where salt air causes accelerated corrosion, or for cold room and refrigerated loading bay installations where condensation is constant, galvanizing can add 10 to 20 years to the service life of a dockleveller.

Most Dock-Rite models can be manufactured in galvanized form, but this requires a specialist construction method to prevent distortion in the zinc tank.

✓ Extends service life by 10–20 years
✓ Eliminates rust and corrosion in coastal environments
✓ Essential for cold room and refrigerated bay installations
✓ Available on most Dock-Rite airbag, hydraulic, and telescopic models
✓ Specialist construction prevents zinc-tank distortion
✓ Long-term cost saving vs regular repainting and corrosion repair
✓ Suitable for outdoor and exposed dock installations
✓ Compatible with all standard optional extras

When to Specify Galvanizing

  • Coastal and harbour facilities
  • Cold rooms and refrigerated loading bays
  • Outdoor installations exposed to weather
  • High-moisture industrial environments
  • Fish processing and seafood facilities
  • Mining sites near the coast
  • Sites with on-site chemical or fertilizer storage
  • Long-term assets with 20+ year expected life

Contact our team to discuss whether galvanizing is appropriate for your application. Not all dock configurations are suitable and we will advise accordingly.



Heavy Duty “D” Type Rubber Bumper

Overview

The Dock-Rite Heavy Duty “D” Type Rubber Bumper is an extruded rubber dock bumper offering maximum cushioning between vehicle and dock. Softer than leaf-type bumpers, the D-type is ideal where minimising impact transmission to the building is a priority.

✓ Extruded rubber — maximum cushioning, softer than leaf type
✓ Flat bar mounting allows movement — reduces fixing stress
✓ Available in various lengths
✓ Can also be mounted to the back of vehicles
✓ Excellent shock absorption for high-impact applications
✓ Suitable for light and heavy vehicle applications