The truck side of our industries
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G’day All,
I have been doing some internet research in regards to the truck side of rail served buildings. I thought it might be useful to others if I shared some of my discoveries. While I have understandably gone towards Australian standards, the basic concepts are close to international as we now live in an international-inter-modal world.
1) When it comes to loading bays/docks the bottom of door should be 1200mm above the road top, but variations between 1100mm and 1300mm appear to be acceptable.
2) Make sure you leave a fair bit of space for the truck to back in and drive out. A useful U.S. web site is: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.southerndockproducts.com/pd_planning.html">http://www.southerndockproducts.com/pd_planning.html</a><!-- m --> which suggests a clear apron of 130ft (247mm in N scale) in front of the bay for semi-trailers. This might be a challenge for our layouts but it suggests that we might be `selectively compressing’ a bit too much. To which I am willing to plead guilty more than once.
3) Other useful information on car parking spaces, driveways etc can be found at: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/development/documents/PlansAndPolicies/former_south_sydney/DCP11_Section4.pdf">http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/deve ... ction4.pdf</a><!-- m --> Section 4.7 is the most useful section for trucks and buildings. No doubt there might be other `jewels’ lurking in that document.
While we might not be able to model these dimensions precisely, we may be able to up the level of realism on our layouts by trying to get as close as we can.
Regards,
Andrew G.
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Here's some detail tidbits.

1.Dock lights.A red light tells the driver the trailer is locked on the dock lock-this lock fastens on the trailer's dock lock bar (aka ICC bar)..A green light tells the driver its ok to back into the dock or the trailer has been release from the lock.

2.Safety chain across open dock doors-this prevents a forklift driver from backing off the dock through a open door and keeps employees or truckers from falling off the dock-I was given a written first time warning for not fastening the chain.

3. You will need a ladder or steps to gain entrance to the dock area from the outside..I've notice the ladders have been replace with concrete steps with handrails and a door.

4.Inbound or outbound loads is not kept on the dock..

This is to prevent theft and accidents-there's no sound like a skid(pallet) crashing to the ground from the dock..The operator can expect one of three things.1) His time.2) Wrote up or 3) Some free time without pay.Where I use to work at the operator would be written up for "carelessness" or "failure to follow company procedure"-either one was a serious write up and was to be avoided like the plague.
Larry
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Adding to larrys tid bits also trailer stands to prevent trailers hitting the ground if landing gear gives out and trailer chocks so they wont roll away from docks.
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railroader9731 Wrote:Adding to larrys tid bits also trailer stands to prevent trailers hitting the ground if landing gear gives out and trailer chocks so they wont roll away from docks.

The jackstands-ahh yes,how could I overlook those as well as the wheel chocks? Icon_lol

Also we would still chock the wheels even if the tractor was attach to the trailer.
Larry
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