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Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by road_runner, Jun 21, 2013.

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  1. Dec 22, 2021 #10861
    road_runner

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    I like the blue Pepsi pallets that you typically see at Walmart. Heavy as hell but they are almost impossible to destroy.

    We repurpose those long 10+ foot pallets to ship load bars back to the mega barns that have a bunch of outbound. If I have a customer with a long pallet like that, they usually have way more freight on it than I have time to see them break it all down; in which case I leave them with it.
     
    road_runner, Dec 22, 2021
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  3. Dec 22, 2021 #10862
    Texas_hwy_287

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    @road_runner dont forget those tempur pedic pallets, them pallets are impossible to destroy as well just like the chep pallets(blue skids).
     
    Texas_hwy_287, Dec 22, 2021
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  4. Dec 22, 2021 #10863
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    Speaking of pallets- those plastic pallets and recycled pallets are garbage
     
    nmill, Dec 22, 2021
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  5. Dec 22, 2021 #10864
    road_runner

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    Plastic is lighter. But yeah, one poor approach angle and you pretty much cut large chunks out of it with your forklift tines.
     
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  7. Dec 22, 2021 #10865
    nmill

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    Yup. They don't stand a chance with a 'special' forklift driver
     
    nmill, Dec 22, 2021
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  8. Dec 22, 2021 #10866
    road_runner

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    Yeah, I tried to spin one cause the freight hung over on one side. Immediate crunch and a bunch of plastic falling off.
     
    road_runner, Dec 22, 2021
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  9. Dec 22, 2021 #10867
    MACK E-6

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    …Which in my world describes most of them.
     
    MACK E-6, Dec 22, 2021
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  10. Dec 22, 2021 #10868
    Bill51

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    Speaking of pallets, I delivered to a customer today and mentioned the pallets their shipper had used were in bad shape.
    He replied, "Have you seen the price of new pallets lately?"
    This place only uses new pallets because of the product they ship out.
    Apparently pallets have gone up in price quite a bit.
    So, stand by for some shoddy B grade rebuilts making the rounds.
     
    Bill51, Dec 22, 2021
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  11. Dec 22, 2021 #10869
    MACK E-6

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    I see plenty with the European particle board and crappy balsa wood skids.

    They last all of about 14 seconds with a crew of lazy dock idiots that can’t be bothered to realize that they are driving a fork LIFT, not a fork PUSH. :biggrin_25516:
     
    MACK E-6, Dec 22, 2021
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  12. Dec 23, 2021 #10870
    street beater

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    Im going to steal that forklift not forkpush line...
     
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