Indiana. There's a pretty big FedEX hub nearby. The big planes come in, but equipment to unload the planes varies between planes and size of the parcels. One day a BIG crate with "Property of SUN Microsystems" pasted all over it shows up in one of the planes. Looked really expensive due to the pneumatic cushioning, and general crating. The bummer is that there's no way to get it off the plane with the equipment available. Many problems are solved with a chain and truck....this one included. Maneuvered the thing over the loading door so it'd be a straight shot out.; attached a sturdy rope to the truck and the crate. and placed the truck under the loading door.
If you try this yourself, you need to remember that about 15 meters of rope is required so that when you floor it, it'll give the crate enough of a jerk to pull it clear of the loading door. Jerk it did, and the thing fell 4 meters onto the tarmac, ruining its air cushions, and skidding another 2 meters away from the plane.
I'm sure it had a few bad sectors after that.
No use reloading it onto something else, so it was just dragged to the unloading building attached to the truck.
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Indiana. There's a pretty big FedEX hub nearby. The big planes come in, but equipment to unload the planes varies between planes and size of the parcels. One day a BIG crate with "Property of SUN Microsystems" pasted all over it shows up in one of the planes. Looked really expensive due to the pneumatic cushioning, and general crating. The bummer is that there's no way to get it off the plane with the equipment available. Many problems are solved with a chain and truck....this one included. Maneuvered the thing over the loading door so it'd be a straight shot out.; attached a sturdy rope to the truck and the crate. and placed the truck under the loading door. If you try this yourself, you need to remember that about 15 meters of rope is required so that when you floor it, it'll give the crate enough of a jerk to pull it clear of the loading door. Jerk it did, and the thing fell 4 meters onto the tarmac, ruining its air cushions, and skidding another 2 meters away from the plane. I'm sure it had a few bad sectors after that. No use reloading it onto something else, so it was just dragged to the unloading building attached to the truck.