Where is everyone #5

Strap around it and drag it backwards on some dunnage to the back of the bed, hope you got a tailgate... Then the skid steer should be able to scoop it up from the side.

 

Sounds like something I'd do.

Maybe strap the whole thing to the back of the forks to keep it from tipping when you lift. Then go really slow LOL.

Or if you have access to a roll back wrecker or a dock, use a floor jack to set it on plywood to protect the bed and roll it out then get it to the ground some other less complicated way.

 

I'm just more worried about not being able to get the forks under far enough to pick it. I know the skid steer will handle the weight. It lifted my 3406 like FA.

 

2 pieces of angle iron 6’ long. Put them one on top of each fork as wide as you can get under the box.

 

Unless you're worried about scratching the bed, lift the edge of the pallet (or chain thru it) and drag it to the edge where you can get under it better. I seen lumpers do it once using a pallet clamp, so I'm not making it up.

 

I was gonna say something smart about who has that laying around. Except I had to patch up a panel on my Tripac this afternoon, and remembered I had a 8 foot stick of aluminum angle that about 6" cut off the end would be perfect. so yeah nevermind LOL

 

If worried about the weight. I would pull as many of the top drawers as I could and then either us straps or the fork lift underneath with support.

 

To load it onto the pallet I just used a 5 ton overhead crane and two 4" nylon slings. Just no crane at home to use lol.

 

It wouldn't be the first time I got people into Commie-fornia and back out. Lol

 

I'll have to hand it to @Ruthless for the most clever approach to solving the toolbox problem. I haven't had to move toolboxes in a pickup in over 20 yrs. At the time, it wasn't a nice pickup to worry about bed dings and scratches. Getting the box off the truck was a fast process, probably not as safe as lifting with a skid steer for sure. The tool box made it and nobody got hurt for the win! These days my cargo handling is limited to door swinging and load locks. Somebody else does the smart stuff.