This invention relates to a system for storing elongate goods, such as tubes, beams or the like. The system comprises a rack having two separate end walls (10, 10a) supporting several carriages (16, 16a). The carriages support a crate (22) in which the elongate goods are stored. Several carriages are placed beside and above one another on horizontal guides (12, 12a) so that the crates form several lines and columns. Above the rack there is a handling means (14) which is movable in the same direction as the carriages. The handling means can be brought in line with any selected column of crates and, by separation of the carriages on the levels above the level on which the goods are placed, lower a lifting means (24) and lift the goods vertically and move them to the end of the rack where the goods are unloaded. The invention also relates to a method of removing elongate goods from the above system.
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