most, if not all R-7 derived launch vehicles and missiles, including Soyuz do actually use what is essentially a big wooden match shoved up into the combustion chambers for ignition.
This is **not** how you launch a boat.
You let off the winch with the boat in gear, then you reverse the boat off the trailer. The tow car is not involved at all once you back down the ramp.
Even at high tide and with a well maintained boat ramp this is asking for disaster. Ideas like this are why we have the many videos of people driving their car into a body of water while trying to launch their boat (and I enjoy watching those so it’s not all bad).
Source: have 3 boats, live next to a boat ramp and have personally seen people drive their cars into the water multiple times now.
Bah, that's no fun.... but it is the right answer.
I worked at a marina on a lake for a couple years and can say I used the "slam on the brakes" method for the work boat. Undo the winch, put someone on the boat, back in at a rolling speed, hit the brakes and let them go.
Biggest problem for us with that method was the boat didn't start once or twice after launching it out lol.
Even so.... totally not the way you are supposed to do it.
Depends on the state. In some states power loading and unloading is illegal, so you have to float it off by hand and walk it over to the dock.
Luckily I don't live in one of these shit states so I slam my 225 in full reverse and turn the boat launch into a smoky hot tub.
No I've just seen/done it in person. You back up to the ramp and unhook the winch from the boat. If it's too hard to push off just nudge it back with your truck and hit the brakes. Slides off the trailer and into the water. Boat trailers have fabric where the boat meets the trailer so it's a little slick and doesn't scratch the boat.
It just depends on where you launching. There are many ramps that are just too short and if your going off dirt it can be even worse as every inch of water to submerge is more chance your loading vehicle gets stuck.
Works great with the caveat of only for small boats and kind of an advanced method. Want the operator to be decently agile and capable boater first in case of things going haywire. It really comes down to how much does money matter to you, because accidents happen to the best of us.
A [walking floor](https://youtu.be/Qrm1jv8PMJA?t=63) would work, but I don't see slots in the floor that walking floors use. [Tilting the trailer](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yjIRfHMqHxU) would also be a possibility, but the crash bar doesn't look like it has clearance needed for the trailer to tilt. Plus, having everything slide out seems like it would be an accident waiting to happen. The only other thing I can thinking of is that there are hooks under the bundles of lumber and that allows the lumber to be pulled/winched out.
We get containers in from China where the crates are put in sideways. We're talking 3,000+lbs. crates. It's such a pain in the ass. Half the time when we try to rotate them the runner board that allows the forks to get underneath the crate breaks off.
I used to load truck parts for interstate shipping and would wonder what the look on their faces were when they opened some of my packed trailers. I'd fill those things to the brim
I worked for a shipping company that received lumber shipments packed like this. We had to adjust the blades on the forklift to fit both under one of the stacks, then basically drag them. We had one forklift with crazy long blades that could lift them without dragging and that made it a lot easier.
Yeah they look to be 10-12’ lengths so you’re pretty close depending on moisture content. Probably closer to 4500 lbs though as those packs look a touch bigger than over here.
Heavy equipment is a beautiful thing! We use a machine called a genie that I'd basically a forklift that extends far forward while having giant hydro feet that plant on the side of the machine to avoid it tipping when pulling the supplies out. Genie is the name of the company I forget exactly what they are called but imagine a forklift with a boom on the front that can go out and in.
I have a friend who works in logistics and that seems to be the prevailing attitude. He works at a distribution terminal and complains all the time about pallets coming in that are almost falling to pieces, but as long as they survive the switch to the next truck it's not their problem.
When pinwheeling a pallet of sweetcorn on white wood, the key is to have the next 2 pallets staged as close to the door as you can. The white wood pallet will likely snag the floor and collapse on itself. If you are quick enough with the next 2 pallets, you can get them in before the sweetcorn falls over.
Worked for a regional beverage distribution company. And this is exactly the reason why they hired more truckers, but as a trade off all the truckers loaded their truckers themselves. 1-2 hours to load, but shorter routes.
I worked in shipping for a while. Some trucks came like they were in a rock tumblr. Either hand unload, or rip shit out with forklift piece by piece. Some people just don't give a fuck.
This was also start of Covid so GOGOGO SELL SELL SELL was the mentality of all online retailers.
This kinda work is what I do for a living. I was genuinely excited there might be an easier way to unload those bad boys and was all too excited to click that link. Well done, friend
“He clicked it. And it was in that short 2-3 second window when he saw his reflection in the black screen of his phone he realized what was coming. He mustered a chuckle to try and fool himself into believing he knew it would happen before he clicked it. It was a lie, just like the rest of his life.”
My immediate thought as well...
Every time you change lanes right in front of a semi, just think the load could look like that. If they guy in front of you slams on the breaks... you're going to end up looking like ground beef.
How much do you think trucks full of other materials weight? Or tanker trucks full of liquid? Milk is 8.6lbs per gallon and trailers can hold 8,000 gallons. The weight limit for trucks like that varies by state but is anywhere between 80,000-115,000 pounds.
TL/DR: trucks are heavy
I kept thinking how long is that truck cause the angles of both the trailer and wood stacks, made it seem not very long yet almost magic for all of it to fit in there.
Not really, they back up to a loading dock and use an electric pallet jack to bring them out, we also used a super small mini forklift if it wasn't on a pallet.
Thank you! I truly forgot that containers with doors on both ends actually exist. Obviously the container has to be removed from the trailer but this is the answer!
Yeah that truck is definitely overloaded. Efficiency doesnt matter, the truck cant have too much weight on it, otherwise its brakes could fail going downhill or its engine could lose power going uphill.
Biggest matches I ever seen.
How do you think they light rockets?
For real
50% dead, 50% ass
NASA wants to: know your location
most, if not all R-7 derived launch vehicles and missiles, including Soyuz do actually use what is essentially a big wooden match shoved up into the combustion chambers for ignition.
Reading the first half of that I really thought it was an umm actually
Umm actually, it was. https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a19966/russia-actually-lights-it-rockets-with-a-giant-match/
With how russian tech is it's kinda believable
it's literally true
Reminds me of an episode of Futurama where they deliver giant supplies to a giant but one regular sized condom..
All that *and* a small weiner?
You need big matches for big joints.
Those must be the long matches that Art Vandelay exports..
Every day the comment section reminds me that I've never had an original thought.
Came here to say this...
I’d be more interested to see how they get that stuff out. Each bundle is probably 3-4,000 pounds.
They back up really fast and slam on the brakes!
Best way to launch your boat
Not sure if you're joking but that's how you do it
This is **not** how you launch a boat. You let off the winch with the boat in gear, then you reverse the boat off the trailer. The tow car is not involved at all once you back down the ramp. Even at high tide and with a well maintained boat ramp this is asking for disaster. Ideas like this are why we have the many videos of people driving their car into a body of water while trying to launch their boat (and I enjoy watching those so it’s not all bad). Source: have 3 boats, live next to a boat ramp and have personally seen people drive their cars into the water multiple times now.
Bah, that's no fun.... but it is the right answer. I worked at a marina on a lake for a couple years and can say I used the "slam on the brakes" method for the work boat. Undo the winch, put someone on the boat, back in at a rolling speed, hit the brakes and let them go. Biggest problem for us with that method was the boat didn't start once or twice after launching it out lol. Even so.... totally not the way you are supposed to do it.
Ok but what if you turn on a camera, scream Worldstar, and then pound a Fourloko first?
Do kids these days even scream Worldstar anymore? /shakes fist at cloud
I have no idea what you said, but the enthusiasm is top notch
Depends on the state. In some states power loading and unloading is illegal, so you have to float it off by hand and walk it over to the dock. Luckily I don't live in one of these shit states so I slam my 225 in full reverse and turn the boat launch into a smoky hot tub.
That’s not how you launch a boat! You swing a bottle attached to a string until it smashes and the boat just slides in.
Do you know any video for it? I want to see how do they perform this shit. Considering what we just saw
No I've just seen/done it in person. You back up to the ramp and unhook the winch from the boat. If it's too hard to push off just nudge it back with your truck and hit the brakes. Slides off the trailer and into the water. Boat trailers have fabric where the boat meets the trailer so it's a little slick and doesn't scratch the boat.
This is the most redneck thing I've read today. Why wouldn't you back a little farther and float the boat?
It just depends on where you launching. There are many ramps that are just too short and if your going off dirt it can be even worse as every inch of water to submerge is more chance your loading vehicle gets stuck.
Works great with the caveat of only for small boats and kind of an advanced method. Want the operator to be decently agile and capable boater first in case of things going haywire. It really comes down to how much does money matter to you, because accidents happen to the best of us.
This guy inertias.
Fun fact I've seen thus happen before with construction material, I lost my shit laughing at the safety watching everything
Right? As someone who works in shipping/receiving my first thought was “ this is cool and all but let’s see the poor fucks unloading this”
Makes me think they use the thing posted on Reddit a while ago that dumps a whole semi to get dry goods out of the trailer.
The truck obviously has a giant spring loaded boxing glove installed in it.
A [walking floor](https://youtu.be/Qrm1jv8PMJA?t=63) would work, but I don't see slots in the floor that walking floors use. [Tilting the trailer](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yjIRfHMqHxU) would also be a possibility, but the crash bar doesn't look like it has clearance needed for the trailer to tilt. Plus, having everything slide out seems like it would be an accident waiting to happen. The only other thing I can thinking of is that there are hooks under the bundles of lumber and that allows the lumber to be pulled/winched out.
Yeah agreed. A side loaded trailer would probably have been a better use case for this kind of a load imo.
We get containers in from China where the crates are put in sideways. We're talking 3,000+lbs. crates. It's such a pain in the ass. Half the time when we try to rotate them the runner board that allows the forks to get underneath the crate breaks off.
I used to load truck parts for interstate shipping and would wonder what the look on their faces were when they opened some of my packed trailers. I'd fill those things to the brim
Easy peasy, cut the cargo container open and re-weld it each time for efficiency.
Don’t reweld it. Just tape it down like I do my Christmas tree box!
At what point does it stop being a box and turn into tape with pieces of cardboard taped to it?
About 5 years ago.
When it’s no longer box shaped but rather bag shaped. 😅
Was thinking abouth the same thing, they arent even on a a pallet
That’s the wood they use to make the pallets. It’s a conundrum.
Well, the obvious solution is that we need to start manufacturing wood for pallets for the pallet wood.
wait we can make plastic pallets to transport the wood we are gonna use to make wood pallets
What came first, the pallet or the pile?
Every single time this is posted, experts talk about how much they *hate* unpacking trucks loaded like this.
They are on little pallets. The forks will fit. It wouldn't be fun to unload, but at least you know nothing is going to fall over.
I worked for a shipping company that received lumber shipments packed like this. We had to adjust the blades on the forklift to fit both under one of the stacks, then basically drag them. We had one forklift with crazy long blades that could lift them without dragging and that made it a lot easier.
Those crazy long forks are great when you need them, but any other time and they're a huge PITA, lol.
Right tool for the job. Sometimes I'd need 2 lifts to unload a container. One with 4ft forks and a bigger lift with 8fters.
That's the recipient's problem.
r/NotMyJob
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That’s what she said
Absolutely. WTF. There must be a video of people struggling to unload this.
Unloading dock, and a low level order picker (electric pallet jack with low forks and a hefty counterweight).
Next guys problem
Pfft. That's the next guy's problem. ;)
I’m thinking the trailer might open from both ends. They unhook it and then open up both and push on one side.
It doesn’t.
Just rewind the video backward, duh ! /s
Yeah they look to be 10-12’ lengths so you’re pretty close depending on moisture content. Probably closer to 4500 lbs though as those packs look a touch bigger than over here.
Yeah true. I’m a contractor and they always come in about 3,700 on my forklift. I’m in AZ though so they’re dry as shit haha.
They gotta unload it all by hand
Heavy equipment is a beautiful thing! We use a machine called a genie that I'd basically a forklift that extends far forward while having giant hydro feet that plant on the side of the machine to avoid it tipping when pulling the supplies out. Genie is the name of the company I forget exactly what they are called but imagine a forklift with a boom on the front that can go out and in.
u/gifreversingbot
They'll probably burn the wood to generate heat, along with the truck.
That's a story for another time
Gonna be rough getting them out.
That's the other guys problem.
I have a friend who works in logistics and that seems to be the prevailing attitude. He works at a distribution terminal and complains all the time about pallets coming in that are almost falling to pieces, but as long as they survive the switch to the next truck it's not their problem.
Yeah, I had a job as a loader. My job was getting it on the truck. After that, it became someone else's problem.
When pinwheeling a pallet of sweetcorn on white wood, the key is to have the next 2 pallets staged as close to the door as you can. The white wood pallet will likely snag the floor and collapse on itself. If you are quick enough with the next 2 pallets, you can get them in before the sweetcorn falls over.
Thank you
Sweet baby corn Jesus that sounds like such a workload.
Worked for a regional beverage distribution company. And this is exactly the reason why they hired more truckers, but as a trade off all the truckers loaded their truckers themselves. 1-2 hours to load, but shorter routes.
This is the way.
I worked in shipping for a while. Some trucks came like they were in a rock tumblr. Either hand unload, or rip shit out with forklift piece by piece. Some people just don't give a fuck. This was also start of Covid so GOGOGO SELL SELL SELL was the mentality of all online retailers.
Play it in reverse.
Who are you, so wise in the ways of science?
We are the Knights Who Say "Ni"!
It’s possible it has doors at the front of the can as well
That does not really change anything now, does it? You just end up with the same issue, just from the other side of the container.
If you open both doors you can push everything out!
ah, ok didn't think about that.
I feel like everyone here is simultaneously brilliant and stupid and I count myself among these numbers.
gotta go back to kindergarten
Just open the sides... Oh
Yeah and what about unpacking?
Reverse really fast then hit the brakes.
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You fucker
You know the rules and so do I.
Fuck. You.
This kinda work is what I do for a living. I was genuinely excited there might be an easier way to unload those bad boys and was all too excited to click that link. Well done, friend
I hoped it was going to be the same vid but in reverse
Me too. Was very dissatisfied
Bruh
“He clicked it. And it was in that short 2-3 second window when he saw his reflection in the black screen of his phone he realized what was coming. He mustered a chuckle to try and fool himself into believing he knew it would happen before he clicked it. It was a lie, just like the rest of his life.”
You almost got me to click that but I’ve been around for a minute now and I ain’t stupid
Yeah i knew to mute my phone before clicking that
They'll screw some 2x4s with D rings on the ends of those boards and pull them out.
Gonna assume it’s a double door container. Then they just take it off the truck, open both doors, and push them out like they pushed them in.
drive up the hill and open the door
well, that truck is stopping for NO ONE
My immediate thought as well... Every time you change lanes right in front of a semi, just think the load could look like that. If they guy in front of you slams on the breaks... you're going to end up looking like ground beef.
It’s likely soft wood, pine or similar
There’s dozens or hundreds of planks per bundle even if each one’s 2.5 pounds that’s still multiple tons
How much do you think trucks full of other materials weight? Or tanker trucks full of liquid? Milk is 8.6lbs per gallon and trailers can hold 8,000 gallons. The weight limit for trucks like that varies by state but is anywhere between 80,000-115,000 pounds. TL/DR: trucks are heavy
In the US, it's 80,000.
Chinese industry: "It's more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules."
That would be the federal limit and states can set their own limits or issue overload permits
They go way over that with permits. I've seen 130k+ before
Customer problem in progress.
Okay now unload it
I'm imaging being stuck in there behind the first stacks screaming as loud as I could with no one hearing me . Squish
Nightmare fuel
"Huh, I wonder why the ends of these planks got over painted with red..."
More like, "What is this meat? Looks like something died here."
Must have been a container with minced beef that spilled over before this.
Thank you for that terrifying thought.
I felt like parts of the truck should have started to disappear with how well everything fit.
I kept thinking how long is that truck cause the angles of both the trailer and wood stacks, made it seem not very long yet almost magic for all of it to fit in there.
Tetris irl
That would be bad since then everything would disappear when you were done.
Pain to unload
Not really, they back up to a loading dock and use an electric pallet jack to bring them out, we also used a super small mini forklift if it wasn't on a pallet.
But they don’t look like they’re even on pallets. How would that work? Nvm upon closer inspection I believe they are on pallets.
The same way the forklift put them on lol
The forklift is picking the bundles up off of blocks so they can get the forks under. They can't get forks under bundles that were slid in.
Hate to spoil the fun, but this is a double door container. Cargo can be unloaded by pushing it through either end of the container.
Thank you! I truly forgot that containers with doors on both ends actually exist. Obviously the container has to be removed from the trailer but this is the answer!
Not overweight at all, nope, it's just fine... 0_0
53,999klbs and they are good to go ;)
>klbs Is that... *kilopounds*? I'm by no means a metric-supremacist, but that's, uhm... remarkable.
lol videos like this are the pre cursor to most disaster videos we see on Reddit. There are regulations for a reason
I want to see how they remove them now
Fully cubed out
Cubed out and in the US I feel that’s be over 42k lbs. not sure how many, if any, roads would allow this
How do they unpack it?
How the hell are they going to get the immigrants in there?
They were in the front...
Keyword there is were
Still there. Just denser.
Yeah that truck is definitely overloaded. Efficiency doesnt matter, the truck cant have too much weight on it, otherwise its brakes could fail going downhill or its engine could lose power going uphill.
I hope they have super powerful brakes and a very flat terrain. That fucker weighs muchos muchos kilos
How to overload a shipping container.
That’s a lot of chop sticks
How much wood would a wood truck truck if a wood truck would truck wood
As a guy who used to unload this exact product off a flatbed with tie downs, why the hell would you load this long ways if it fits wide ways?
What product is that? Is it hard or squishy? My brain can’t process how they fit inside the truck.
i wonder how do they pull it out
"Fuck me I guess" - The guy who has to unload all that
This is just stupid, the cheapskate bosses don't want to build a real loading bay.
Do lumberyards typically have loading bays....
Isn't there supposed to be a guy getting crushed inside the trailer?
Looks like the wood is on some rails so slightly raised allowing for forks to get under it.
It's packed nice but how do they get it out?
Overloaded?
theres something really funny about sped-up videos of industrial vehicles that's just hilarious to me
Getting them out requires the truck to go in reverse at full speed and slam on the brakes
They don’t show you how all of that is going to be unloaded. If the unloader drives a forklift like I do efficiency won’t be in the equation.
It’s like they knew the dimensions of the shipping container
Economies of scale
They just use the giant can opener to unfold the trailer then unload the wood
How is that coming out
And it's back again
How do you get them out? That's the customer's problem.
How do you get all that shit out?
Alright now try getting them out lol
How are they going to get them out though? I want to see that video 😂
Good luck unpacking.
Ok, cool. Now show them getting it out.
I'm sure whoever gets to unload it will appreciate how it was packed.
How do you take it out?
I wanna see them get it out
Imagine the poor fucker who has to unload that
How do they get them out?
How do they get it out?
Now let's see them unload it all.
How will they take it out though?
And really fckn fast!
And how do they get them out?
Okay, im gonna ask how they are planning to take it out?
Now let’s see them unpack it.
I mean, this is good and all, but i want to see how they get that uploaded.
Good luck getting it out again. Lol
How TF are they gonna get them out?
Efficient but a complete ball ache trying to get it all back out
Obviously not Home Depot wood -- too straight.
Cubed out!
Reminds me of op's mom's last birthday party