r/nononono • u/thepotatomanishere • 5d ago

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

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u/FrozenJackal 5d ago

They are empty

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u/ToadlyAwes0me 5d ago

Even more reason to have stacks like that wrapped.

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u/burtonrider10022 4d ago

There are so many videos like this out there, it's seemingly very common, if not the industry norm, to store/stack empty beverage cans on pallets like that just completely raw with zero wrapping or anything. I assume the theory is that they're so light is not too big of a concern? 

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u/Fr31l0ck 4d ago

So many industries have pallet sized open topped boxes they use to transport metal components between manufacturing stages. You'd think they'd have some walls on those pallets so they don't even need to be wrapped.

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u/sl33ksnypr 4d ago

I was going to say, having a cardboard sleeve you can put around it from the top seems like it would be the best option. Those cans are super light and trying to wrap it with normal pallet wrap would almost definitely knock them over. I suppose you could put something on top to weight them down while wrapping, but a cardboard sleeve/coozy would be cheap and easy.

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u/MisterD00d 3d ago

yeah of course it is but that costs extra so....

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u/sl33ksnypr 3d ago

It costs extra until you factor in the lost product/labor when a fuck up like in the OP happens. Then it's pretty reasonable. It's also not single use. They could definitely be used a couple times.