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DexterDay
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2 bags. One on shoulder. One in hands. Till I get tired. Then 1 bag at a time also.smoke show said:i usually do it one bag at a time.^^^^^^
2 bags. One on shoulder. One in hands. Till I get tired. Then 1 bag at a time also.smoke show said:i usually do it one bag at a time.^^^^^^
Alternative Guy said:That's what I was thinking as I read the bags were loaded manually. I would put several up front, as you said you do, and then have them place the remainder of the pallet on in one piece. The less manual labor, the better.DexterDay said:Had that happen to me too. 14 ft Trailer, unloaded 10 bags of the top of the skid, to the front of the trailer. Negative Tongue wieght is a big No No. Keep throwing them to the front, till you get some Positive wieght. A little easier than loading all by hand. IMO. But do whatever works best for you.
The problem is that they can't push the slid up any further. I have blocks I use also. The forks on the tow motors are not long enough to get the skid over the axle. So I have to open the skid and unload some bags. Only used the trailer a couple times. Truck is much easier. Load and go. Looking into a flat top trailer. So it can be loaded from the side. And carry 2 tons. One ton at a time aint fun.exoilburner said:Alternative Guy said:That's what I was thinking as I read the bags were loaded manually. I would put several up front, as you said you do, and then have them place the remainder of the pallet on in one piece. The less manual labor, the better.DexterDay said:Had that happen to me too. 14 ft Trailer, unloaded 10 bags of the top of the skid, to the front of the trailer. Negative Tongue wieght is a big No No. Keep throwing them to the front, till you get some Positive wieght. A little easier than loading all by hand. IMO. But do whatever works best for you.
I carry some 4x6 blocks in the truck. Stack them under the two rear corners of the trailer. Fork-lift loads and centers the palate on the trailer. Sometimes I need to have the fork-lift lift the tail of the trailer slightly to remove the blocks. Goes quick an easy.
DexterDay said:The problem is that they can't push the slid up any further. I have blocks I use also. The forks on the tow motors are not long enough to get the skid over the axle. So I have to open the skid and unload some bags. Only used the trailer a couple times. Truck is much easier. Load and go. Looking into a flat top trailer. So it can be loaded from the side. And carry 2 tons. One ton at a time aint fun.exoilburner said:Alternative Guy said:That's what I was thinking as I read the bags were loaded manually. I would put several up front, as you said you do, and then have them place the remainder of the pallet on in one piece. The less manual labor, the better.DexterDay said:Had that happen to me too. 14 ft Trailer, unloaded 10 bags of the top of the skid, to the front of the trailer. Negative Tongue wieght is a big No No. Keep throwing them to the front, till you get some Positive wieght. A little easier than loading all by hand. IMO. But do whatever works best for you.
I carry some 4x6 blocks in the truck. Stack them under the two rear corners of the trailer. Fork-lift loads and centers the palate on the trailer. Sometimes I need to have the fork-lift lift the tail of the trailer slightly to remove the blocks. Goes quick an easy.
exoilburner said:DexterDay said:The problem is that they can't push the slid up any further. I have blocks I use also. The forks on the tow motors are not long enough to get the skid over the axle. So I have to open the skid and unload some bags. Only used the trailer a couple times. Truck is much easier. Load and go. Looking into a flat top trailer. So it can be loaded from the side. And carry 2 tons. One ton at a time aint fun.exoilburner said:Alternative Guy said:That's what I was thinking as I read the bags were loaded manually. I would put several up front, as you said you do, and then have them place the remainder of the pallet on in one piece. The less manual labor, the better.DexterDay said:Had that happen to me too. 14 ft Trailer, unloaded 10 bags of the top of the skid, to the front of the trailer. Negative Tongue wieght is a big No No. Keep throwing them to the front, till you get some Positive wieght. A little easier than loading all by hand. IMO. But do whatever works best for you.
I carry some 4x6 blocks in the truck. Stack them under the two rear corners of the trailer. Fork-lift loads and centers the palate on the trailer. Sometimes I need to have the fork-lift lift the tail of the trailer slightly to remove the blocks. Goes quick an easy.
Fork-lift driver has a 4x4 he lays down in front of the pallet fork holes and then shoves the pallet further on to the trailer with the tips of his forks against the 4x4.
He used to just back up a little and lift from the front half of the pallet then slide it further but that put major holes in the bottom plastic bags and I had pellets all over the bed of the trailer. It was a mess to clean up.
woodsman23 said:why not just use a empty pallet and push the full one forward... simple really.mmmmmmm
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