Howdy! Recently I order a large amount of Fiberbrite and had it delivered ABF freight - the order was 800lbs. The driver was highly upset when he learned we didn't have a loading dock or forklift and said he wouldn't have delivered it if he'd known ahead of time. I have talked to one of my local suppliers who said I could have it delivered to his place but then I'd still have to get it to my shop which would require a pickup truck and probably a few trips back and forth! Anyone have this trouble - I was thinking of building some sort of a ramp maybe? Thanks!
Posted by jimmy chatham (Member # 525) on :
take 2 4x4 and slide the pallet down them. i have done this before.
Posted by jimmy chatham (Member # 525) on :
this is the first time i have ever double posted.
[ January 14, 2004, 12:12 PM: Message edited by: jimmy chatham ]
Posted by Alan Ackerson (Member # 3224) on :
Do you know anyone near by with a backhoe? A lot of times the equipment owners will have the forklift attachments for the front bucket.
TYPO
[ January 14, 2004, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: Alan Ackerson ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
what is fiberbright and what are gona do with 800 POUNDS OF IT?
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
I never head of a trucker complaining about a load.
They won't unload it themsleves but ive never heard it before. I would call the company office and see what their procedures are. Maybe he spoke out of place.
Posted by Tony Vickio (Member # 2265) on :
Tie a chain around the nearest tree, then around the load (still in the truck), sign for the shipment and have the driver take off!!!
Just kidding.........well, maybe not!
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
I have broken open a pallet on the truck & unloaded individual boxes. Work fast & offer the driver some soda/coffee or sincere apologies. For future deliveries, either check if another trucking company can deliver it with a liftgate & a pallet-jack
Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :
I think some companies pay their drivers by the load. From time to time we would get a huffy driver who thought we should have a fork lift for large shipments. They grumbled but they always unloaded.
Around here most of the trucks have power tail gates. Also we usually had one or two strong men to help wrestle the carton to the ground. We would just get it on the ground, usually in a parking spot, and then open it and carry piece by piece into the shop.
Also, if you know when it is coming, you can rent mechanical lifts for a half day. I forget what they are called. We used to do that for loading super heavy fabrications. Vic G
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
oh tell the driver to kiss your a$$...i have a 900ft uphill driveway so there's no way an 18 wheeler be coming to my garage doors...they call ahead of time, i meet them on the flat part of my street and we onload the mutha-load on my truck a few sheets at a time...then you get to unload it again at your shop...there's your work out for the day. i had 900 lbs of fiberbrite delivered 3 years in a row...i used to lean them up against the wall and of course i needed a color that was 10 sheets in...so i balanced them on my hip(don't try this at home)& had a whole slew of them slide down my leg. it left the most gigantic black and blue on my whole upper thigh...it took a year to heal. this summer i bought a pallet of colorcore...each piece has to weigh 60-70lbs...same gig, met the guy down the street and unloaded them in my truck with the tailgate down...so i backed up my driveway because they definitely would have slid out...here's the funny part...i back up to where i wanted to unload them, needed to go forward for adjustment(blond french polish woman driver) ;)forgot to put it in drive, stepped on the gas, panicked, stomped on the brakes and the whole load went flyin out..perfect! saved me from unloading them all...guess ya had to be there. Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
Karyn, that sounds like a great trick! ( ther reverse/brake download, not the leg thing ) you just raised my perception of blond french polish woman drivers another notch.
Posted by Michael Berry (Member # 2604) on :
Call a towing company with a flatbed. They back up to the trucks back doors, hook up the winch cable, pull the load onto their deck, and then they drive the load to where ever you want it unloaded. They can lower it down to the ground slick as can be. I have a friend that owns a wrecker company and we move tool boxes, BIG x-ray equipment, tractors and other neet stuff like that all the time.
[ January 15, 2004, 07:27 AM: Message edited by: Michael Berry ]
Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :
3 years ago I got tired of picking things up and moving them...I went to a surplus tool store and bought a fold up rolling "cherry picker" engine cranes.
It will handle 2 tons and fold up out of the way when I don't want it out.
This is a simple piece of equipment with hand operated hydraulics and anyone can use it (my wife used it the other day to move some 250 pound signs when I wasn't there)
You would have to rig a system to pick up the pallet but it will darn sure do it and you can move it anywhere as long as there is pavement.
I use mine all the time to move the body of the Jeep I am restoring (probably about 450+ lbs I have it on a rack about 5' off the floor...so you can see how versitle it is.
I don't pick up anything any more...if I had this years ago my back would still work...I was one of those guys that could and would lift any thing any time (no more).
I gave $120.oo for mine but I've seen them in all ranges up to $250. Check em out see if they will do the job...you'll use it for a hundred things.
[ January 14, 2004, 07:31 PM: Message edited by: Monte Jumper ]
Posted by Mike Pulskamp (Member # 3475) on :
Monty, tell me more about this Jeep.
Posted by Mark Higdon (Member # 2990) on :
Just remind them of the part of the invoice that says "Shipping & Handeling" . Its amazing how lazy delivery drivers can be and moan about everything.
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