Spotters pls remember that whenever there are cars passing by in a video, you could be sure that at least one of them has the watermark on its license plate 😋. In this case, it’s the first one
So if I understand it correctly, that truck has the forklift (almost always) hoisted up on its rear and they get it down as needed to manoeuvre the rear axle of the truck into place whenever they don’t have enough road / space to parallel park it correctly?
I think he was driving an empty trailer, came to a point in the road where it would be more convenient to use the lift to move the empty trailer than it would be to go back and forth to make the turn.
truck has forklift for loading/unloading. driver is going somewhere with an empty trailer to pick up a load. on the way he encounters this tight situation and decides to use the forklift to maneuver through it. presumably, after he gets wherever he’s going and loads up, he won’t have to navigate through the same tight spot with a full load
These are for delivering to places that don't have loading docks and might not have their own forklift.
It's a curtain sided trailer so they'll pull the curtains back for load/unload. You can unload over the rear doors but do that on days you're not carrying the forklift.
The forklift is there for loading and unloading, this is definitely not a common solution since that forklift is very small and doesn't have the capacity to do this when the trailer is loaded. Btw its on the back because its very convenient to store it there, the forks slid into the main frame of the trailer.
They haul them there for 2 reasons, the biggest being you are not giving up cargo space, the second being you don't have to mess around with ramps to get it on and off the trailer
those things are usually there so the driver can unload. handy if delivering somewhere that doesnt have one on site. Never seen a driver do this with one though. This is expert level forkflifting (and dangerous). Be interested to know if there was anything actually in there or if its empty. I always assumed those forks are only good for small loads.
There are some forklifts of this style that can handle the weight of the trailer, but the overwhelming majority wouldn't. Most have a capacity of about one ton.
More than one ton, typically a piggyback forklift would be good for 4-5000 lbs since that's the typical max weight of a pallet but they make ones that size up to 8000 lbs. But yeah you're right that it would have to be the biggest ones in that class to lift the trailer.
That's interesting, yeah in the US there are no forklifts with that small of capacity. Even the smallest pallet jack is 2 tons. So pallets in Europe weigh less than a ton?
Depends tbh. Europallets (as in exchangeable pooling pallets, pretty much the standard here) are standardized and rated for 1,5 tons. That's also pretty much the max loading capacity for these forklifts (ignoring the safety margin that is). Also we have a max loading weight on trailers of about 24-25 tons, so there's not really any need for any bigger piggyback forklifts. They are usually used in the shipping of bottle crates or in the wood industry. Also our law dictates the shipper is responsible for organizing the unloading of the shipment, not the forwarder, so unloading of the truck is usually already organized in advance.
Even an empty trailer would be over capacity. In all my years in the industry I've had maybe 2 tours where they had a forklift with a capacity over 2 tons available, most cap at one ton.
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Spotters pls remember that whenever there are cars passing by in a video, you could be sure that at least one of them has the watermark on its license plate 😋. In this case, it’s the first one
I installed Highway Gothic, I might as well use it.
Do you always try to match the fonts with surrounding text, if any?
Or it’s more like a ‘best fit for that available space’ situation?
Both, first match, then fit.
I love the way you watermark the videos. Far more creative, fun and unobtrusive than the way other people do it.
Well this is just cheating.
Come along now! We have multi steering axle trailers at home!
When did toolgifs started logistics business?
More like when did video editing get so easy
So if I understand it correctly, that truck has the forklift (almost always) hoisted up on its rear and they get it down as needed to manoeuvre the rear axle of the truck into place whenever they don’t have enough road / space to parallel park it correctly?
It's for loading/unloading, turning is just a nice bonus.
Is this an official secondary use for the forklift, or just a clever hack this guy came up with?
Oh, gotcha.
But if they’re gonna unload from the back anyway why did he hoist it back up and looked like tied it up to the rear?
Going away on a break before they return to finish the unloading?
No, he tied it up because they’re not ready to unload. It was only down to move the truck.
Someone else said the forklift is not big enough to be able to lift & move the trailer if it was full, ergo it was an empty trailer that it moved.
So if it was empty the next step would’ve been to open the rear doors and start loading, right?
That’s why I was wondering why he hoisted it & tied it up. Just trying to wrap my head around the sequence of events
I think he was driving an empty trailer, came to a point in the road where it would be more convenient to use the lift to move the empty trailer than it would be to go back and forth to make the turn.
truck has forklift for loading/unloading. driver is going somewhere with an empty trailer to pick up a load. on the way he encounters this tight situation and decides to use the forklift to maneuver through it. presumably, after he gets wherever he’s going and loads up, he won’t have to navigate through the same tight spot with a full load
These are for delivering to places that don't have loading docks and might not have their own forklift.
It's a curtain sided trailer so they'll pull the curtains back for load/unload. You can unload over the rear doors but do that on days you're not carrying the forklift.
Ah, alright. This makes the most sense of why he’d hoist back up the forklift. Loading would be done from the side
https://i.redd.it/bclj2cl7hj9g1.gif
The forklift is there for loading and unloading, this is definitely not a common solution since that forklift is very small and doesn't have the capacity to do this when the trailer is loaded. Btw its on the back because its very convenient to store it there, the forks slid into the main frame of the trailer.
They haul them there for 2 reasons, the biggest being you are not giving up cargo space, the second being you don't have to mess around with ramps to get it on and off the trailer
those things are usually there so the driver can unload. handy if delivering somewhere that doesnt have one on site. Never seen a driver do this with one though. This is expert level forkflifting (and dangerous). Be interested to know if there was anything actually in there or if its empty. I always assumed those forks are only good for small loads.
There are some forklifts of this style that can handle the weight of the trailer, but the overwhelming majority wouldn't. Most have a capacity of about one ton.
More than one ton, typically a piggyback forklift would be good for 4-5000 lbs since that's the typical max weight of a pallet but they make ones that size up to 8000 lbs. But yeah you're right that it would have to be the biggest ones in that class to lift the trailer.
Maybe in America, dunno, in Germany most that aren't used on fixed tenders and available on the spot market have one ton max.
That's interesting, yeah in the US there are no forklifts with that small of capacity. Even the smallest pallet jack is 2 tons. So pallets in Europe weigh less than a ton?
Depends tbh. Europallets (as in exchangeable pooling pallets, pretty much the standard here) are standardized and rated for 1,5 tons. That's also pretty much the max loading capacity for these forklifts (ignoring the safety margin that is). Also we have a max loading weight on trailers of about 24-25 tons, so there's not really any need for any bigger piggyback forklifts. They are usually used in the shipping of bottle crates or in the wood industry. Also our law dictates the shipper is responsible for organizing the unloading of the shipment, not the forwarder, so unloading of the truck is usually already organized in advance.
I think these forklifts can't even lift the trailer.
No this forklift it for unloading pallets
And I'm surprised this small forklift have enough strength to lift whole trailer (I'm assuming if empty)
Even an empty trailer would be over capacity. In all my years in the industry I've had maybe 2 tours where they had a forklift with a capacity over 2 tons available, most cap at one ton.
I thought it was used for unloading though
r/secondrodeo
Another fantastic Easter egg!
The white zone is for loading and unloading only. 😉
Maybe we should get one of these for ur mums booty
I’ve seen this setup a lot and thought it was just for loading/unloading; never realised it could be used in this way. Neat!
Lontzen, Eupen...
Somewhere in Germanic Belgium !
That's where I live.
A truckload of gifs. We're blessed!
I doubt this is sop. Just making do with what he had.
Wait why don’t American trucks have this for when they always get stuck in NYC?
vidéo complète!
So the trailer needs 3 axles to safely carry the load but a 1.5t piggyback forklift can lift and move the trailer. Riiiiight.
It's probably empty or this wouldn't work.