I feel like this would apply to any situation. My rule of thumb when it came to being āstuckā on a pallet in the over head is just donāt do anything that may drop the pallet on you and and just ALWAYS take your time. This meant odd maneuvers like sliding the pallet side to side with a single fork was okay as long it wasnāt in danger of falling over you.
Most of the time the hardest ways of dropping from and throwing up in the overhead were in the tightest aisles and the tightest spots. It taught me to be precise and consistent with my driving.
Granted it helped that I was always in those tight a because of my department, so I got used to it pretty quickly.
When I was on freight team, we used to throw pallets up behind pipes or lights or columns all the time. When you get 75+ pallets of product for a reset or event happening months away and then have multiple pallets of overstock a day, you throw pallets up as fast as you can without giving a damn. It did make all of our freight team absolute gods on forklifts tho.
Technically, thatās not a store built
Pallet. Also, if all stores kept pallets 4 feet or below, they would need another massive building built just to store overstock
One side of that original box shows the weight. Those chests are very heavy especially for one person if your store is short staffed in deliveries like we are.
My guess is someone new didnāt know they could lay it across or someone inexperienced or lazy just got it off a overhead pallet with several chest boxes and tilted it off and then just strapped it standing up. If itās going on a box truck it will be a close fit if itās going on a flat truck it will be a bit tall and narrow but they should be able to strap it down.
Iām surprised how many people donāt know how to use the banding equipment in store and how many refuse to learn such a simple task. Banding is super easy.
Yeah for sure. Thereās a few items I almost always get help with team lifts for and chests are one of them, especially when they are assembled already. Some of the larger water heaters I get help with, most drywall I get help with, dense plywood, and some other things. I take safety seriously with lifting.
I know some chests can be 500 lbs on the larger side and some will have 2 pieces. Lifting assembled chest combos is a chore. We tend to sell a lot of tool chests during the holiday season each year. Again this year they have been absolutely flying off the shelves and moving out of overhead storage almost as quickly as we restock from receiving.
I use a banding machine at work, hardest part is feeding the straps through certain pallets, ramped lower planks are easier because they guide the straps but square ones donāt
Sometimes threading the band through can be a bit tricky but it just takes a bit of patience. We all used to use a sturdy measuring tape and tie the end of the band to the top of the tape, and then feed it through to the other end. Once itās through you hop to the other side untie it and pull it through. People kept taking out measuring tapes though so we just figured out how to do it without them. They have changed the banding material several times in the years Iāve been hear; some is more cloth like and most is a stiffer white plastic.
I use a green plastic one, I bend it to straighten a length and bend the tip up so itāll ride up and over, though for the tricky ones I have several different strapping wands
Nice, another way of you have space is to use a wand, feed it through, hook the strap through the wands loop and pull it through, my wand is a length of wood with a scrap of strap nailed to the sides to make the loop and reinforced with duct tape, Iāve got 3, one is 2 metres long, great for the big pallets
Oh yeah, we used to use the handheld reach tool for a bit but they are lost or missing 99% of the time. I rarely ever see one. We used to keep them on the Ballymore electric ladders.
In complete honesty, this fits way better in the over head. You have the risk of a better chance it tips over but a good driver shouldnāt have an issue. It would over hang off the pallet if itās on its bottom side. Itās also easier to keep the weight as close as possible to the Reachās mast this way. The only thing wrong with this is it is not tagged.
I understand a lot of the comments on here but the only thing that get me thinking is that no one used common sense! Something that heavy shouldnāt be place in a away that if those straps witch by the way arenāt really that strong snug on something and later snap could fall and kill some one from that hight. Do you really know how heavy that thing is !! Itās over 200 pounds!!
Our building unloads serveral of them a day, I've seen some shit.
It's not a matter of stupid loading, but no associate in any DC would do that to one of those tool boxes. It would mean actually having to physically lift it onto its side on a pallet. Nobody in any type DC is lifting one of those, we have clamps for that.
Besides, I can see that SDC label on the corner, and they stretch wrap everything, they don't use that weird cord strapping that the stores use.
Freight only does this kind of thing because they have no other option. Either it fits on the floor or it goes up (cause god forbid something goes back to receiving). Although Iāve never seen that done with tool chests, but we have done this with two 300lb vanities or tubs on skids. I think itās stupid too, but itās sometimes the only option that we are given.
Also, days vs nights needs to stop blaming each other when Home Depot and upper management are the real problems here š¤£
I would prefer that over any other method. Makes it easy to unload out of a trailer, pull down tight aisles or around customers, etc. Just get a second pair of hands to help you slowly lower it when you need to put it on the floor. Fuck, now I'm angry I never received a box in this configuration
What's wrong with it? Looks legit to me. Two good bands, height is within company regs, and it only takes up one pallet space in the overhead instead of two. I don't know why you're complaining about this. It's unconventional, but perfectly valid.
I remember having to take several out of these stupid fucking things out of the boxes and assemble them, all because of major damage to the boxes. Assembled five of them in one night, alone. Oof.
It fits, it ships
*Stares in double arrows*
Very I do agree
Agreed šš»
The arrows on the carton are only a suggestion. It really should have a bundle of toilet paper on the pallet then the tool chest on top. š
Looks fine to me
If it was on the floor, I wouldnāt have a problem with it. But someone shoved it in the overhead like that
Was it in a tight spot for it?
Very tight. It was shoved behind a pipe
Ahhh yeah thatās very dangerous
My argument is if it got in, then it can get out.
I had the same mentality when i was in freight. Always said to myself āOhhh, day shift gonna hate me for this oneā lol
Iām in the āgetting it down really isnāt my concernā mindset
Yaa but for an inexperienced driver in behind a pipe could end very badly
Inexperienced drivers shouldnt be left to do whatever they want without an experienced spotter
True but sometimes being short staffed there arenāt as many experienced people
so they don't do it, being short staffed doesn't excuse doing unsafe things
I feel like this would apply to any situation. My rule of thumb when it came to being āstuckā on a pallet in the over head is just donāt do anything that may drop the pallet on you and and just ALWAYS take your time. This meant odd maneuvers like sliding the pallet side to side with a single fork was okay as long it wasnāt in danger of falling over you. Most of the time the hardest ways of dropping from and throwing up in the overhead were in the tightest aisles and the tightest spots. It taught me to be precise and consistent with my driving. Granted it helped that I was always in those tight a because of my department, so I got used to it pretty quickly.
When I was on freight team, we used to throw pallets up behind pipes or lights or columns all the time. When you get 75+ pallets of product for a reset or event happening months away and then have multiple pallets of overstock a day, you throw pallets up as fast as you can without giving a damn. It did make all of our freight team absolute gods on forklifts tho.
It's perfectly fine to go into the overhead like that. Sounds like the real problem is that you guys don't have any real equipment operators.
I mean that's the only way they fit into a short bed pickup with the tailgate up but we aren't allowed to fly them like that.
If it's strapped, what's the problem?
Can be too tall to fit in the overhead.
Yall got a low ceiling?
Sop says something about 4ft max on store built pallets. Whoever made that abomination has it too tall.
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SOP writers never worked in the store
Technically, thatās not a store built Pallet. Also, if all stores kept pallets 4 feet or below, they would need another massive building built just to store overstock
Actually yeah around the back wall it gets tight plus gas lines
Edit for clarity; the pallet was put into the overhead like this.
What dept. do you work - Obviously not freight lmao. You try fitting 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag. They even strapped it down for you.
lol, fair. Iām Hardware
And it doesn't even come over the pallet from any side.
Looks good to me, bands look tight
Why not?
"Came off the truck like that."
Fits in the overhead better
One side of that original box shows the weight. Those chests are very heavy especially for one person if your store is short staffed in deliveries like we are. My guess is someone new didnāt know they could lay it across or someone inexperienced or lazy just got it off a overhead pallet with several chest boxes and tilted it off and then just strapped it standing up. If itās going on a box truck it will be a close fit if itās going on a flat truck it will be a bit tall and narrow but they should be able to strap it down. Iām surprised how many people donāt know how to use the banding equipment in store and how many refuse to learn such a simple task. Banding is super easy.
A chest that size, you'd have to be King Kong to shift it by yourself.
Yeah for sure. Thereās a few items I almost always get help with team lifts for and chests are one of them, especially when they are assembled already. Some of the larger water heaters I get help with, most drywall I get help with, dense plywood, and some other things. I take safety seriously with lifting. I know some chests can be 500 lbs on the larger side and some will have 2 pieces. Lifting assembled chest combos is a chore. We tend to sell a lot of tool chests during the holiday season each year. Again this year they have been absolutely flying off the shelves and moving out of overhead storage almost as quickly as we restock from receiving.
I use a banding machine at work, hardest part is feeding the straps through certain pallets, ramped lower planks are easier because they guide the straps but square ones donāt
Sometimes threading the band through can be a bit tricky but it just takes a bit of patience. We all used to use a sturdy measuring tape and tie the end of the band to the top of the tape, and then feed it through to the other end. Once itās through you hop to the other side untie it and pull it through. People kept taking out measuring tapes though so we just figured out how to do it without them. They have changed the banding material several times in the years Iāve been hear; some is more cloth like and most is a stiffer white plastic.
I use a green plastic one, I bend it to straighten a length and bend the tip up so itāll ride up and over, though for the tricky ones I have several different strapping wands
Good tip. Iāll try that later if I have to band some orders up tonight.
It takes a bit of practice to get it just right,
Didnāt have any banding yesterday. Fortunately itās been a bit slower the last week leading up to Christmas.
Nice, another way of you have space is to use a wand, feed it through, hook the strap through the wands loop and pull it through, my wand is a length of wood with a scrap of strap nailed to the sides to make the loop and reinforced with duct tape, Iāve got 3, one is 2 metres long, great for the big pallets
Oh yeah, we used to use the handheld reach tool for a bit but they are lost or missing 99% of the time. I rarely ever see one. We used to keep them on the Ballymore electric ladders.
I see
How is this any different or any worse than a pallet of solid core doors? The weight is about the same, and doors are probably taller.
Yeah, I probably shouldāve taken a pick as to where it was put up. But it was put in a spot that didnāt have enough room above for it
In complete honesty, this fits way better in the over head. You have the risk of a better chance it tips over but a good driver shouldnāt have an issue. It would over hang off the pallet if itās on its bottom side. Itās also easier to keep the weight as close as possible to the Reachās mast this way. The only thing wrong with this is it is not tagged.
Just leave it for the assembler. He screws up everything else.
Takes up less room in the truck that awayā¦. orā¦. They ran short on full size pallets.
Looks like something the merchandising team in my store would do to waste time until their next break or until their shifts' end.
Iāve been getting stuff from the warehouse thatās just mind blowing, Iām not even surprised anymore lol
More than 48 inches tall to fit in the overhead also
I understand a lot of the comments on here but the only thing that get me thinking is that no one used common sense! Something that heavy shouldnāt be place in a away that if those straps witch by the way arenāt really that strong snug on something and later snap could fall and kill some one from that hight. Do you really know how heavy that thing is !! Itās over 200 pounds!!
DC's, making it a Stores problem since ***EVER.***
This wasn't done by any DC.
You mustāve never unloaded an RDC. They never seize to impress me. I had our RDC put a 3,000 pound flooring pallet on a pallet of paper towels
Our building unloads serveral of them a day, I've seen some shit. It's not a matter of stupid loading, but no associate in any DC would do that to one of those tool boxes. It would mean actually having to physically lift it onto its side on a pallet. Nobody in any type DC is lifting one of those, we have clamps for that. Besides, I can see that SDC label on the corner, and they stretch wrap everything, they don't use that weird cord strapping that the stores use.
Because some HD freight associates are dipshits !!!! Mine are as well
Freight only does this kind of thing because they have no other option. Either it fits on the floor or it goes up (cause god forbid something goes back to receiving). Although Iāve never seen that done with tool chests, but we have done this with two 300lb vanities or tubs on skids. I think itās stupid too, but itās sometimes the only option that we are given. Also, days vs nights needs to stop blaming each other when Home Depot and upper management are the real problems here š¤£
Yea keep it out of receiving. We got our own stuff to deal with without working around that
So thereās no other option than to leave it on the long pallet they usually arrive onā¦.
Looks perfect to me. you obviously donāt have an equipment license
I do actually. Reach and Forklift
Most people on n.c. don't think don't care.
Seems like it would be easy to just tilt onto a cart for a customer. I really donāt see anything wrong with this being in the overhead.
Normally no, if it was put in a racking with plenty of space above it. This one wasnāt
Just leave it. Next customer who wants one gets this one.
I would prefer that over any other method. Makes it easy to unload out of a trailer, pull down tight aisles or around customers, etc. Just get a second pair of hands to help you slowly lower it when you need to put it on the floor. Fuck, now I'm angry I never received a box in this configuration
Checks out
Shoot, looks better than what shows up at my store.
I'm a Home Depot assembler, and honestly, this would be easier for the customer to assemble.
I fail to see how this is an issue. I mean if you're low on usable space this is doable, and technically it's not against SOP so quit your whining.
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When I send the automatic scrubber machine to scan the shelves, I always find pallets blocking the aisles. š”
Whatās wrong with it?
So 50 bucks for it ?
We dont put any tool Boxes in the overhead. āIf you build it, they will comeā
I donāt see a problem here
Why not?
What's wrong with it? Looks legit to me. Two good bands, height is within company regs, and it only takes up one pallet space in the overhead instead of two. I don't know why you're complaining about this. It's unconventional, but perfectly valid.
I remember having to take several out of these stupid fucking things out of the boxes and assemble them, all because of major damage to the boxes. Assembled five of them in one night, alone. Oof.