I respectfully disagree ... 

Stacking individually is more time consuming than rolling in a pallet of 40
and rolling that same pallet of 40 out to the spot where they will be
shelved.  Depending on the distance they will be traveling, you most likely
will exceed the weight limit of the truck.  Stacking any higher than 5
cartons, will cause many boxes on the bottom to become damaged.  I have
relocated thousands of boxes over state lines and cannot get any more than
22 pallets per 53' truck unless you double stack ... which again can create
weight limit problems, and unloading difficulties.

Sherri Taylor

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of cflynn
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:40 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Moving records boxes

Ummm ... yes.  A standard 53' trailer will hold 22, 40 x 48 pallets.
The
typical pallet load is 40 standard record cartons.  Bringing the trailer
total capacity to 880 cartons.

I recommend you not use pallets. Stack the boxes solid in the trailer.
One, you will be in a hurry. Two you can fit more in the trailer. Three,
it is faster. My first task with NARA was shelving approx. 75,000 cubic
feet of IRS records. It took four men eight hours to unload and shelve
each trailer. I assume that if the river was rising it might have gone
faster and we would have had more folks on the job. 

Chris Flynn

List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html
Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance

List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html
Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance