Sometimes you're the windshield

[GreginND]

But that would not be me today. I am totally the bug.

 

[ibglowin]

Yikes! Where is the "do not like" button. What happened? Hope it wasn't as bad as it looks!

 

[Johny99]

Oh, Greg, that is sad. Worse a lot to clean up.

 

[sour_grapes]

Aaack! Shoot, that's terrible. Hope you did not lose too much.

 

[balatonwine]

Sorry to rub salt in a wound, but moving a loose load (and unwrapped interlocked boxes that tall are still "loose" since they can (and did) collapse*) that is stacked above handle hight of a pallet truck is asking for trouble.

As my father sagaciously always said: Don't break your back or your heart. If you overload, something will break. Take two trips.


* This is even mentioned by OSHA (my highlight): "Bags, containers, bundles, etc. are stored in tiers that are stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure to prevent sliding or collapse."

 

[Boatboy24]

Oh no!!!

 

[Stressbaby]

I do appreciate that you had the courage to share that as a warning to others. I'm pretty sure that I would not have.

 

[Redbird1]

Man, that stinks. Were those all full? Hopefully most survived.

balatonwine's father has some solid advice. I've never loaded a pallet jack much higher than the handle and that was always with sturdy construction material. If you need to stack that high for whatever unavoidable reason (limited space, etc.), then I would suggest wrapping with the stuff that looks like saran wrap that they use for shipping and putting some sort of support (heavy cardboard) every few rows.

 

[bkisel]

Oh no! That hurts just to look at the pictures!

 

[GreginND]

All full. It could have been worse. About 30 cases toppled off when the pallet jack broke through the floor drain. I only lost 33 bottles. I was only moving them a few feet. Live and learn. I should have had the stack a little shorter and wrapped in plastic wrap.

 

[Kraffty]

Less than 3 cases.... all in all it could have been a much more expensive lesson. Still Sucks though.
Mike

 

[cmason1957]

My dad (he's 90 now) tells the story about a very proper lady he used to work. Something horrible happened at work one day and he says all she could say was " Cuss words, Cuss words, naughty words in abundance!!" Somehow, I think much worse than that would have come out of my mouth (and maybe hers) if something like this happened.

 

[BlueStimulator]

As my Norwegian grandfather would say FUR DA!!!!!