How would YOU secure this load?
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And yes on the placement on the trailer. To clear the fenders.
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The 2 we have at work, 1 at each building, do not have long forks so that would not work.
And to pull each pole out by hand and put them in the truck ONLY if I had to as I an sure I would be touching each pole when I was using them for what I got them for.
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What makes you think all places with fork lifts have long forks?
The 2 we have at work, 1 at each building, do not have long forks so that would not work.
And to pull each pole out by hand and put them in the truck ONLY if I had to as I an sure I would be touching each pole when I was using them for what I got them for.
Dave ----
The 2 we have at work, 1 at each building, do not have long forks so that would not work.
And to pull each pole out by hand and put them in the truck ONLY if I had to as I an sure I would be touching each pole when I was using them for what I got them for.
Dave ----
But that is my thinking, maybe not so.
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I move loads like this all the time, deck boards, posts and the like, the worst are those plastic deck boards, they're so damn slippery.
I take my 2" straps and pass them under the load and then back up over the top, this way when you cinch them down they tighten around the load but also pull it down to the trailer, that load would get 4 straps, 2 around the bottom bundle and to the trailer and then 2 around the top bundle and to the trailer. Then you go around and push, swat, kick, every piece and see if any are loose in the bundle, if they are you have to either screw or strap a piece of plywood to both ends so that if you hit the brakes they don't just slide out of the pile and into your back window.
I take my 2" straps and pass them under the load and then back up over the top, this way when you cinch them down they tighten around the load but also pull it down to the trailer, that load would get 4 straps, 2 around the bottom bundle and to the trailer and then 2 around the top bundle and to the trailer. Then you go around and push, swat, kick, every piece and see if any are loose in the bundle, if they are you have to either screw or strap a piece of plywood to both ends so that if you hit the brakes they don't just slide out of the pile and into your back window.
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