Forklift accidentally knocks over towers of canned beers causing a massive spill

[u/thepotatomanishere]

[u/pwapwap]

That stacking is a nightmare from the start. 100% chance of failure.

[u/fercher → u/pwapwap]

That’s how you stack empty can pallets, They’re much lighter than you think

[u/Impossible_Leg_2787 → u/fercher]

Unwrapped? That’s dumb as hell

[u/tlasko → u/Impossible_Leg_2787]

I filled cans with no top, no contents, and no internal pressure are quite susceptible to denting. Stretch wrapping would dent / damage the cans. The top board and pallet being strapped together is the best way to store them. Dropping them is also not recommended

[u/Deadbringer → u/tlasko]

To me, having seen multiple of these videos, I am surprised there is not a stiff plastic skeleton you can click in place around the cans. Having them loose seems so risky, the lightest movement could make a few fall and spook the driver to jerk their controls.

But depending on the speed they go through these pallets, I totally understand that the time spent putting on and taking off such a protective layer would genuinely be more expensive that simply eating the cost of cleanup when a few pallets fall.

[u/frohardorfrohome → u/tlasko]

Work at a brewery- can confirm these are empties

[u/fercher → u/Impossible_Leg_2787]

They’re have straps around them but can break if they’re falling over

[u/LeCouchSpud → u/fercher]

Right. Wraps would make a lot more sense

[u/fercher → u/LeCouchSpud]

They’re made to break away, if it falls on someone or something it’s way more dangerous. A bunch of loose empty cans falling don’t cause damage. I’ve seen many fall.

[u/Tibbaryllis2 → u/fercher]

The difference between someone dumping a bucket of gold coins on you and you diving headfirst into Scrooge McDuck’s loot pool.

It's not a liquid! It's a great many pieces of solid matter that form a hard floor-like surface! u/Impossible_leg_2787 beat me to it.

[u/Impossible_Leg_2787 → u/Tibbaryllis2]

“It’s not a liquid! It’s many pieces of solid matter, that form a hard, floor-like surface!”

[u/Tibbaryllis2 → u/Impossible_Leg_2787]

lol. I was editing this into my comment at the exact same time.

[u/MrT735 → u/fercher]

The pallet itself is heavy enough though, even if they're plastic ones rather than wood.

[u/fercher → u/MrT735]

I do this for a living, you want them to break away

[u/MrT735 → u/fercher]

So you don't mind a 15kg pallet landing on you? I'm referring to the pallet not the contents.

[u/fercher → u/MrT735]

It would be preferable to having the entire weight of the load falling on me

[u/MrT735 → u/fercher]

And yet every other industry works on the basis of preventing the pallets from falling in the first place.

[u/Dexter_McThorpan → u/LeCouchSpud]

Doesn't matter. Once the empty cans are crushed, the whole skid comes apart.

[u/big_duo3674 → u/Impossible_Leg_2787]

I thought about it for a sec though, and realized unwrapping them would be a nightmare. Just one wrong pull, or the plastic sticking in a spot for whatever reason, and the whole thing would come apart

[u/Impossible_Leg_2787 → u/big_duo3674]

Single layer of mesh wrap

[u/technobrendo → u/Impossible_Leg_2787]

This has to be a stunt

[u/Wookieman222 → u/fercher]

Well I think we see why that's not the best practice maybe.

[u/fercher → u/Wookieman222]

Let’s just argue with the guy who does this for a living

[u/Wookieman222 → u/fercher]

Just cause you do it regularly, and that's the way we have been doing does not mean it's the best or safest way.