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<blockquote data-quote="Jason Lavoie" data-source="post: 104879" data-attributes="member: 159">Re: Extruded rack rails - Available in the US?I guess coming from more of the installation side, several things just stand out as a huge pain.although I lay my racks down to put the heavy stuff in (when I can) I usually don&#039;t put the blanks in until I&#039;m done. I really can&#039;t imagine having to guess at the location of some items and then hold them all up to fit the last blank in, then presumably let them down on top of the blank (making it a tight fit and possibly a hassle later)I just can&#039;t picture getting a 44U rack full of equipment to look right without resting each piece on top of the rest to keep everything straight as you go up. and then you&#039;re 100% guaranteed that to get something out you WILL have to move every piece above it.. and how do you do that? with a pry bar? body-builder around back to hold them all like a pizza while I slide something out?If you have the luxury of laying the rack down to remove something. loosening all of the screws will do the same thing in both cases, as most equipment has oversized mounting holes. you can easily make enough room to slide something out without damage.Whatever works for you is fine, but you won&#039;t catch me looking for extruded rails any time soon.The only upside I can think of is if you have a need to have any wiring or whatever come out the front you don&#039;t have to waste a whole space for it, you can make whatever gap you need (just don&#039;t loosen any screws or it&#039;ll all fall down)Jason</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jason Lavoie, post: 104879, member: 159"] Re: Extruded rack rails - Available in the US? I guess coming from more of the installation side, several things just stand out as a huge pain. although I lay my racks down to put the heavy stuff in (when I can) I usually don't put the blanks in until I'm done. I really can't imagine having to guess at the location of some items and then hold them all up to fit the last blank in, then presumably let them down on top of the blank (making it a tight fit and possibly a hassle later) I just can't picture getting a 44U rack full of equipment to look right without resting each piece on top of the rest to keep everything straight as you go up. and then you're 100% guaranteed that to get something out you WILL have to move every piece above it.. and how do you do that? with a pry bar? body-builder around back to hold them all like a pizza while I slide something out? If you have the luxury of laying the rack down to remove something. loosening all of the screws will do the same thing in both cases, as most equipment has oversized mounting holes. you can easily make enough room to slide something out without damage. Whatever works for you is fine, but you won't catch me looking for extruded rails any time soon. The only upside I can think of is if you have a need to have any wiring or whatever come out the front you don't have to waste a whole space for it, you can make whatever gap you need (just don't loosen any screws or it'll all fall down) Jason [/QUOTE]

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