Idea Description
"PalletEyes" is a single pallet the length of the semi trailer or other delivery type vehicle. By having a special wharehouse design and single pallet, the loading of the pallet will take place on the dock of the warhouse. The truck simply backs up and the forks of the pallet are guided onto the truck. No need to have a trailer sitting at the dock waiting to be loaded. The driver simply backs in to one spot and drops the empty unipallet, pulls out and backs into another bay to pick up a previously loaded pallet. Very simple and cost effective. Benefit; large over the road trucking companies only need half the amount of trailers saving millions (maybe billions) of dollars each year.
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?
I would use the money to have engineering drawings done, a model built and pursue a patent. Having completed that, I would present the idea to several major over the road haulers for their input and consideration. I would then consider selling the patent to a major corporation that would be capable of building and distributing the product.
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Trucks are already at a set Weight Limit, that's why on the freeway you see the "weigh In" stations. Most trucking companies are already at maximum capacity, and also the structural soundness and safety would be a real issue, I know people who work in warehouses, and already they practise very unsafe practises in order to fill their stocking warehouses, I would hate to see the accidents caused by what would equate to a mammoth "mother palllett"
Would the pallet become the temporary floor of the trailer it was hauled in, or would it somehow be moved into a conventional van-type trailer once loaded? One issue may be, how to move this thing from the dock and onto/into a trailer. Not to mention careless initial packing, inside of the warehouse, which may necessitate starting over from scratch, should the pallets load be too wide to fit into a waiting trailer. Another consideration, multi-stop deliveries. Could the pallet be broken down or separated in a way which allowed partial loads to be taken off the trailer without disturbing the rest of the load? I like the idea in theory, just unsure of its merit in saving time or money in the present state.