Loads for wagons
- Thread starter Granitechops
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Still eggs is eggs
& apples is apples
now each pallet at 4 cartons high holds 32 cartons, done 6 pallets so far so thats 192 cartons
& NO
I havent made that many individual cartons, I did a shortcut
made a box out of ply, free from the recycle centre
& apples is apples
now each pallet at 4 cartons high holds 32 cartons, done 6 pallets so far so thats 192 cartons
& NO
I havent made that many individual cartons, I did a shortcut
made a box out of ply, free from the recycle centre
well I hope that as I am scratch building &Steve said:Are you branching out Don or just having a yolk
not shelling out, I dont end up with egg on my face!!
But back to the plot, bit of juggling with the art work on publisher.
And covered the box with card print out
while this looks ok from a distance
for a close up when photographing, its too uniform, all box edges in an exact line
so will request the lady of my life to donate some cling wrap & that should give a more real look
same as I did with the the first pallet load of individual boxes
And covered the box with card print out
while this looks ok from a distance
for a close up when photographing, its too uniform, all box edges in an exact line
so will request the lady of my life to donate some cling wrap & that should give a more real look
same as I did with the the first pallet load of individual boxes
Granitechops said:well I hope that as I am scratch building &Steve said:Are you branching out Don or just having a yolk
not shelling out, I dont end up with egg on my face!!
Well, there's a double yolk there! Very inspirational. I wonder, when was palletisation (as we know it today) first introduced? Dying to find an excuse to "borrow" your ideas.
Mick
Pallets are first recoded in use in the late 1800's. the first high lift fork truck was about 1915.
The modern 4 way entry pallet was around by 1950.
Goods were being loaded into American trains on pallets by 1931.
Moving supplies in the second world war increased the use of pallets considerably. Much of the American supplies were palletised but were probably craned out of the ships hold. I cant find reference to loading and trucking on pallets at this time.
I recall plastic spin wrap machinery being installed in the early 1980's and the job was done by hand before that - so the '70's looks likely for plasric 'spin wrap'.
The modern 4 way entry pallet was around by 1950.
Goods were being loaded into American trains on pallets by 1931.
Moving supplies in the second world war increased the use of pallets considerably. Much of the American supplies were palletised but were probably craned out of the ships hold. I cant find reference to loading and trucking on pallets at this time.
I recall plastic spin wrap machinery being installed in the early 1980's and the job was done by hand before that - so the '70's looks likely for plasric 'spin wrap'.
Your local produce boxes look great Don: very nice and inspirational. Glad to see your keeping the population healthy suplying some of their 'daily five'. 
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Thanks Alan - now I have an excuse - both for a small freight depot and the goods to put on the loading platform. Thanks for the inspiration Don - never thought of palletisation but, for me with the trailer layout, its ideal!
Mick
Mick
Empty cartons arrive flat packed in bundles of 30 to 50 depending on size & weight
just done one bundle & instead of wasting ink by glueing good ones together, did a page of art work with just the coloured inks 4mm wide where the folds come cut side slots for flaps & glued togather with a full print copy top & bottom
I could, I suppose make a full pallet of such bundles, but not planning to do at this point in time
just done one bundle & instead of wasting ink by glueing good ones together, did a page of art work with just the coloured inks 4mm wide where the folds come cut side slots for flaps & glued togather with a full print copy top & bottom
I could, I suppose make a full pallet of such bundles, but not planning to do at this point in time
Add few loose flat folded cartons
add some open & empty boxes
now I need abouit 5 million apples to fill them with
yellow beads with a bit of red flush added in acrylic???
interesting fact
http://www.21food.com/news/detail17113.html
QUOTE;-
"The estimated Washington apple crop has grown by almost 10% to a record 108.9 million boxes"
thats a lot of empty boxes when the apples are sold!!!!
add some open & empty boxes
now I need abouit 5 million apples to fill them with
yellow beads with a bit of red flush added in acrylic???
interesting fact
http://www.21food.com/news/detail17113.html
QUOTE;-
"The estimated Washington apple crop has grown by almost 10% to a record 108.9 million boxes"
thats a lot of empty boxes when the apples are sold!!!!
they are between 5.8mm and 6mm.
so you got oranges, sour apples, apples - even tomatoes (the hollandish mammoth size)
the blue.. errr.. the blue pills... i always forget, what they are good for...
so you got oranges, sour apples, apples - even tomatoes (the hollandish mammoth size)
the blue.. errr.. the blue pills... i always forget, what they are good for...
You should have watched that thing on tele about Ae Weiwei, the Chinese artist who designed the "Bird's Nest" Olympic stadium. He's got a display at the Tate Generator Room that's just millions of sunflower seeds.........except that they are all ceramic and each one is individually painted. Apparently they are so thick on the floor that you cant reach down to the bottom. Of course, he didn't have to make them all himself.