Here is how I move a ton a pellets in to my basement in less than a half an hour. It does not break my back, or require help from anyone else, Merry Christmas.
Video: Moving Pellets to the Basement the Easy Way
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Enigma869
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Great system. I would cringe thinking about having to store pellets in my basement, just because of all of the work that would be involved. Luckily for me, Home Depot always pushes all 5 or 6 ton into my garage, neatly, so I don't even have to unstack and re-stack them. The key is that you MUST have a left over, empty pallet for them, and move the pallet for them to line up with the current ton they're pushing (so they don't have to get on and off of the forklift). They use the empty pallet to push all of the full pallets into place, and they're thrilled to do it, as long as you have that empty pallet left behind to make all the magic happen. The guy from Home Depot asked if I could come on all of his deliveries with him 
I can't say I get the entire picture, but I'm dense.Great system. I would cringe thinking about having to store pellets in my basement, just because of all of the work that would be involved. Luckily for me, Home Depot always pushes all 5 or 6 ton into my garage, neatly, so I don't even have to unstack and re-stack them. The key is that you MUST have a left over, empty pallet for them, and move the pallet for them to line up with the current ton they're pushing (so they don't have to get on and off of the forklift). They use the empty pallet to push all of the full pallets into place, and they're thrilled to do it, as long as you have that empty pallet left behind to make all the magic happen. The guy from Home Depot asked if I could come on all of his deliveries with him
Enigma869
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It's not really that complicated. It's virtually impossible for the forklift machine that Lowes and Home Depot use to deliver these pellets for them to get them more than halfway into a standard garage. The arms on the forklift only extend so far out. By having an empty pallet, they simply push the empty pallet into a fully loaded (ton of pellets pallet). That's how they're able to easily get the full pallets into the garage. Using one full ton to push another doesn't work so well, and when they try that method, they usually end up breaking into bags, and you're left with pellets raining out all over the place.
When Home Depot (or Kent) deliver my pellets I get them to bring a hand pallet jack....then they drop the full pallet as far into the garage as they can and use the hand jack to move the pallet to wherever in the garage I want...I usually get 3 pallets delivered (typically 70 bags to a pallet) no work at all!!
Enigma869
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They've never had a hand jack on the truck, and I've even asked. I don't even know where they would put the thing. The flat bed is usually completely full of pellets, and there is zero chance that a hand jack is fitting into the cab of the truck.
Strap it to a ton:
![[Hearth.com] Video: Moving Pellets to the Basement the Easy Way](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/121/121726-2f85deec667ed91dcc1e76b514fe0a69.jpg?hash=jT3kkObH4Z "[Hearth.com] Video: Moving Pellets to the Basement the Easy Way")
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No forklift is needed if the truck can pull a stunt like this:
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He just wheels them to the back corner of the garage.
Enigma869
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Pretty cool stuff but that truck looks nothing like the trucks that Home Depot and Lowes deliver these things with. I think they simply stack the tons too closely to ever fit the pallet jack in between two ton. I would be thrilled if they would do that but have been told that they do not bring a hand jack and that's the whole point of the electric forklift they bring.
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