Your most pain in the ### freight

I don't remember that, but it's been a few years, and as I don't drive hazmat any more I don't have a copy of the red Bible in my truck.

 

I got a new one. 16 foot skid, 24 by 7-1/2 box. That was a fun load, especially when it shifted because this rental has limited tie down places.

 

That reminds me of a delivery where I had 2 big 12' long crates I had for a liftgate delivery, of all things. They weren't set up for a pallet jack to fit underneath, so I had to get creative in order to do so, then just muscle and slide them to the rear. The liftgate was then used as a fulcrum to tip it to the ground. Luckily, the receiver had a pallet jack and we were able to make it happen somehow. Took 1 hour to get it off. I was exhausted afterward.

 

Ive had quite a few deliveries with your scenario. You really have to think on your feet and be able to have complex problem solving skills. Anytime you have something that big and awkward that you can't get off, chances are you won't be able to get the rest of your freight around it.

 

Had a few times where the pallet was too long for the forklift. Dragged the freight out to the liftgate and the forklift operator and I brought it down to the ground in unison while using the liftgate. Kinda a cool trick

 

Beats dragging it out and resting it on a pallet so the forklift driver can grab it from the side.

That can be sketchy if you have an inexperienced driver

 

I do that fairly often.

And I rock the pallet-stand every now and then if there's no liftgate--made a few forklift drivers' heads explode, but the freight got delivered and they all think I'm the God-Emperor of P&D!