The Pallet Problem: How One Loose Board Can Crack a Windshield During Bin Pickup
A front-load bin pickup looks almost too simple from the street. The truck pulls up, the forks slide into place, and the bin lifts, tips, and empties into the hopper — the whole exchange is over in under a minute. What most people never see is what happens inside that minute when something rigid and out of place is sitting near the top of the load. A stray wood pallet or loose plank can turn from harmless-looking debris into [...]
