A quick story

[davekc]

The plywood is actually needed on palletized loads so the forks on the tow motor can get under the skid.
They also make 4x4 composite planks that are nice too. Much lighter with handles and no splinters. I believe they are made with some type of plastic.

 

[bluejaybee]

I pretty much had figured that sometimes it would be best to have plywood under it for extra support. If a skid had a broken or damaged runner, it would be hard to keep it from rocking and shifting if sitting on bars alone. I appreciate everyones explanation here. As I said before, this is some good info to have. Now if I can just retain all of it. Ha!

 

[Slo-Ride]

When I was learning to drive t/t, there were a handful of guys attending the same school to learn what they called 'decking'. It was pretty interesting to watch.

Piggyback was what I was having the brain fade on lastnight..
So this morning i looked around and found this job advertisment..
Your right cheri,,it is also refered to as decking..(not that I doubt ya)

Deck/Piggyback Drivers. Our deck/piggyback drivers are experienced in transporting multiple units, commonly called "piggybacked" or decked units, and they do so with their own equipment and tools used to deck and un-deck multiple units.

 

[greg334]

They also make 4x4 composite planks that are nice too. Much lighter with handles and no splinters. I believe they are made with some type of plastic.

Dave, that's the stuff the RVing expediting crowd who uses to have in their box to make it look pretty when they show off. You know the types that don't ever allow anyone else in their box but have every conceivable gadget in it.

Real truckers use real wood so that can show off the scares of all the splinters that poked through the gloves.

Seriously it is a wood/epoxy composite, using wood as the filler. I have several pieces I got from one of the factories that make the stuff, good stuff but too expensive for some of us.

 

[davekc]

Thats funny. It is "secret" decking.
Actually I found it at a estate sale.
Bought real cheap as I don't believe they knew what it was used for.

 

[nightcreacher]

You want to be careful with E track,to much weight and you can pull the rivets out of the walls.Decking with the shoring bars and the V track is unlimited for weight as long as your useing the heavy duty bars.The plywood thing is great when you want to store your equipment off the ground,in the nose of your box,so you have more floor space,to the front of the box.

 

[bluejaybee]

Question. How high off the floor is the etrac that you put your shoring bars in? I have one at 3 foot and the next one is at 5 foot. The 3 seems too low and the 5 seems too high. It looks like to me the best height would be just above 4 foot mark. That way you could have a 4 foot skid under and one above. Does this sound logical? Now I know it depends on the kinds of loads and contributing factors. But just in general.

 

[Slo-Ride]

I just thought they were mating....

LOL Rocket,my first laught of day,,,was funny....

For anyone that never had to stack non stackable freight this pic should give ya good idea whats going on to load it proplely.

I know your walls may not be set up this way but its the same idea.. Also make sure ya strap the top level & make sure your stacking the right weights on those load bars as others said..
The plywood is a real good idea but its 1 more thing ya gotta deal with and move around alot when not in use,(i dont carry it)

Look at bottom of the skid and ya will see how the pallett will sit on the bars..
Most freight in containers can be stacked,, its the palletts that I come across that cant be stacked and use this to load what wont fit on the floor
Each load is diff,,ya just gotta step back and look at things for a sec and figure it out

 

[greg334]

Each load is diff,,ya just gotta step back and look at things for a sec and figure it out

That's the point well made.