What is the difference between a Horizontal and a Vertical Dock Bumper?
Laminated bumpers are meant to be used with the individual lamination being in a vertical position. This is so that when the bed of the truck hits the laminations, the bed will hit all these vertical laminations in the bumper rather than the truck just hitting 1 or 2 or 3 of the individual laminations at a time (this is what would happen if the lamination ran horizontally). With the vertical laminations there is more force stopping the truck and the bumper will have a longer life. Horizontal bumpers have the laminations running vertically as well as the mounting angle irons. In a horizontal bumper the height also tends to be shorter than the length. Vertical bumpers also have the laminations running vertically as well as the mounting angle irons. In a vertical bumper the height tends to be longer than the length.
