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Had my 1st load shift today!!

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by krispb, Aug 17, 2009.

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  1. Aug 18, 2009 #11
    Kansas

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    I aint your pal.
     
    Kansas, Aug 18, 2009
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  3. Aug 18, 2009 #12
    Raezzor

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    Can ya take a picture and post it here? Would help out. I can't picture in my mind what you are describing.
     
    Raezzor, Aug 18, 2009
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  4. Aug 19, 2009 #13
    Allow Me.

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    4 pallets, side by side, 7' high, weiging 10,000 lbs. on a straight truck. There's your problem right there. Top heavy plus condensed in the nose. Recipe for disaster. If by chance, you had 4 pallets singled, then they're going to slide. Lower the height of the product and spread it the distance of the van. :munky2:
     
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  5. Aug 20, 2009 #14
    Cypher

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    and get a semi truck :p
     
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  7. Aug 22, 2009 #15
    krispb

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    I'll take a picture on my next run, 5 pallets with 3 bails each. The place I deliver to has no dock so its a pallet jack spin around deal with a guy with a forklift picking them up at the back.
     
    krispb, Aug 22, 2009
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  8. Aug 22, 2009 #16
    Allow Me.

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    Are the pallets regular 40x48 and doubled or are they bigger and singled in there? Just curious..
     
    Allow Me., Aug 22, 2009
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  9. Aug 25, 2009 #17
    krispb

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    just plain 40x48, I was thinking, there is some wool and other fiber embedded into the floor ( its pretty beat up). I know that stuff can be slippery at times and I do sweep the floor at every stop, but cannot ever get it all out.
     
    krispb, Aug 25, 2009
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  10. Aug 27, 2009 #18
    ironpony

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    Dude... just take the corners easy. If you get in an accident because one of those pallets slide, it's on you.
     
    ironpony, Aug 27, 2009
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