Great thread! Please consider the significant safety challenges involved! Even with a forklift and dock things can get dicey. Now incorporate a $600 walkie and pallet jack the risk is exponentially greater for injury.
Years ago I remember walking onto a trailer as one of my guys were loading it and I bent over to pick something off of the ground... well when I bent over in a reasonably dark trailer I hit my head on the top pallet of a double stack.... I actually didn't hit the pallet I put a nail into my head... fortunately I had my tetanus shot!
Also be aware there is a correct way to use a pallet jack. The pallet jack is a tool that incurs one of the most frequent warehouse injuries that can range from minimal to severe/life altering.
Perhaps I can include a few threads on generally safety for loading/unloading LTL (pallet shipments) and FTL (truckloads) if there is enough interest.
Additionally, we have an inhouse dedicated logistics so let us know how we can help.
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