04-30-2009, 03:47 PM
On my there is an industry that makes pallets.There is a rail connection for wood chip collection. I had originally wanted lumber unloaded here until I realized that it might be a problem. A fork truck can only access the flat car from side and there is no room for any kind of crane. That left me with maybe a couple of possibilities-
1.Unload the lumber in the freight handling area and have trucked over or
2.Install some sort of inclines that the lumber can be off loaded onto(by hand) and then picked up by fork truck.
As far as I'm concerned both would work but I am leaning towards #2 so that the track could be used for more than one type of car(wood chip).
I'm including a photo of the area.Any suggestions or insight would be welcome. Bob
![[Image: Flatcar.jpg]](http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u234/foulrift/Flatcar.jpg)
1.Unload the lumber in the freight handling area and have trucked over or
2.Install some sort of inclines that the lumber can be off loaded onto(by hand) and then picked up by fork truck.
As far as I'm concerned both would work but I am leaning towards #2 so that the track could be used for more than one type of car(wood chip).
I'm including a photo of the area.Any suggestions or insight would be welcome. Bob