quasi Report This Comment Date: July 31, 2012 09:51AM
I worked at a place for over ten years that sold thousands of feet o PVC pipe
every day in 20 foot lengths from 1/2" diameter up to 8" in diameter.
Unloading the first few bundles of pipe from those trucks was a bitch because
the trucks were always fully loaded and naturally the smaller pipe was at the
top - you had to almost fully raise the forks of the forklift and because we had
to unload in the street make tilt adjustments while trying to get dead center on
the bundles. Then, when you raised the forks what little you still could, the
ends of those bundles of smaller diameter pipe would sag down and often have to
be dragged off without dislodging the bundles below. There were a few incidents
over the years involving inexperienced forklift operators and/or poorly strapped
bundles. Fun times.
pro_junior Report This Comment Date: July 31, 2012 04:24PM
I know exactly what you mean...the first load of plastic pipe that i ever
hauled was a bunchof small stuff, the loader told me to stop after a few miles
and tighten the straps..but it was several miles before i found a place...the
load started to shift and was leaning over the side of the trailer..had to jerk
the wheel a couple times to shift it back into place..good times indeed lol