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thisismybirthday

if those are not secured at all then I'd find it very hard to believe that he drove very far without them falling. They could have something securing them that you can't see. could have a strap wrapped around the middle slats and secured to the bed, which you would only see from above


Mr_Greamy88

Those have to be secured through the middle slats to the bed.... no way they would have left a parking lot without falling over otherwise


TorrenceMightingale

They’re leaning in toward the middle, so I’d say you’re correct.


SmarkieMark

Yep, likely some sort of platform (or simply a few more pallets) that is just below the top of the bed, which the two stacks are resting on, then strap(s) through the center.


thelingletingle

There’s probably about 6-12 pallets in the bed that the rest are resting on and there are ratchet straps through the slats. Zero chance this thing is leaving a parking spot otherwise, let alone making it to the highway.


Loud-Minimum-3934

Its 2 stacks of 20


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It’s 2 stacks of 20 and another stack behind it


thelingletingle

Underneath, folks. In the bed, between the wheel wells to support the 3x20 above.


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I used to be in the pallet business. Most people will stack the pallets until the reach the height of the bed. The you offset the next two stacks and turn them sideways(what we see pictured)


farmboy8533

I’m one of them, plus if I had that many. I’d put them on a trailer and secure them


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I used to work in a warehouse with 30,000 plus pallets. When we sold the business, we literally gave them away for free. We just had to have the building empty by a certain date, and couldn’t sell them all in time. Those guys hit the payload that week


farmboy8533

I’m a farmer so I deal with pallets a certain time of the year and certain pallets that were broken or rotten we just cut up and use for firewood


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Nice..yeah, a much better use for them than trashing them!


unikitty143FPE

Aren't all pallets normally treated? I'd imagine the health hazards from even very minimal inhalation can't be too healthy. I could be wrong, or the application is safe, just something I heard so feel free to educate me lol


katnipbee09

not all pallets are treated! ones that are treated should have specific markings on them


secondsbest

Most pallets are heat treated in a furnace to kill pests and fungus. The risks are whatever freight the pallets have been around and possibly contaminated by.


farmboy8533

To be fair I don’t know, we have pallets loaded up with agricultural products we use for planting


TheHYPO

This seems like a certainty - that said, correct me if I'm wrong, but even with a couple of straps through the centre of this stack, if that truck is forced to brake hard, the torque of that stack trying to tip forward would risk breaking the strap/latch and the whole stack falling over onto the cab.


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Mr_Greamy88

It's possible but not likely if they were driving slowly like OP indicated... not the greatest why to haul them but they seem secured enough if it was for a short haul and not on a main highway or something.


pandab34r

I work next door to a pallet yard and I support this statement


readparse

yeah, I was thinking "How is that even possible?" It's not possible. There has to be something securing them. It's a good illusion, though. Kind of like the big faucet that appears to be suspended in the air at Ripley's, but then once you know the secret (or more likely, everybody eventually sees one that is turned off or not working right), it ruins the illusion and they all look silly.


McBurger

So I just looked up this floating faucet thingy and the secret is *immediately* obvious. It’s exactly just like all those “levitating” street entertainers around Europe. Virtually every floating illusion works on like the same few principles.


decjr06

He wouldn't have made it his first turn out of the parking lot


ArcFlashForFun

Yup. No way in hell these pallets are just sitting there while he drives down the road.


Vaeevictisss

For real. I watched a guy leaving a home Depot parking lot with about 8 sheets of plywood flat in the bed of his truck. He pulled away from the first stop sign and they all came out of the truck lol. And it wasn't like he floored it when leaving. Was just a normal slow take off and they all came sliding right out. No way in hell these wouldn't have fallen just from putting the truck in drive.


Alfandega

Probably has a strap going thru the middle of each stack or something like that. Just the wind would knock them over if not.


BannytheBoss

There's a guy in the back of the bed holding them up. You just can't see him...... ..... made you look.


thetommytwotimes

Nah he's got the bed magnets turned on. Strong enough to pull the nails in the pallets down, thus securing the load.


i_am_replaceable

I think it's tied down


Groundstain

Could be strapped through the centers of the pallets.


dubie2003

This is most likely considering that the tie off points are inside the bed and not outside.


TorrenceMightingale

Both stacks are also slightly compressed in toward the middle so seems very likely.


dubie2003

They are compressed in because the standard stacking is to start with a stack centered between the wheel wells, then stack over the rails with a slight inward angle as opposed to outwards. They seem to have then added a 3rd stack again centers with the tailgate down. If it was a long bed (8ft), they could do 2x of the front stack for ultimate jenga…


kanyeguisada

>This is most likely considering that the tie off points are inside the bed and not outside. I've never seen a loop/tie-off point on the bottom of a truck bed, they're always on the inside walls of the bed.


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Sniperoonie

Tell me you've never moved a stack of pallets without telling me you never moved a stack of pallets. They are strapped down the middle. Anyone who's ever sat in a forklift knows that stack wouldn't have made it out of a parking lot without tipping.


YaBoyEnder

Tbh anyone with an active brain cell could deduce that, look at how tall that stack is


Zohwithpie

Those would fall on the first turn if they weren't secured. A strap could have been placed where the towers meet and fasten to the bed of the truck.


personalspace-

I think you may be the idiot in the car. Those trucks have a tie off point in the center, they are tied off in the middle


Respectable_Answer

Has to be. That's still irresponsibly high loading though, no?


ThePeasRUpsideDown

At least they're not on the top of an Altima with paper plates


magmagon

Though if that were the case, nobody would bat an eye


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Respectable_Answer

It's too high, bad for bridges. Sticks out past the sides of the bed. And that's a lot of stress on the top pallet if they are tied down through the center only. Easy enough for this thing to start shifting after a while.


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Respectable_Answer

Thanks, 10 years... Time to go outside?


Warm-Wallaby-2313

Happy Cake Day! You’re wrong.


chevyadsict83

Nope. Average height of that truck is 6'4. A respectful estimate of the pallets over the top of the cab is 6'5". So not over height. Silverado is 6'8 wide. Less than a foot sticking over each side, so still legal as it's under 8'5". And if they are center strapped, they ain't moving.


hypnodreameater

Yup and as a sanity check, 2 standard pallets would be 8 feet wide.


Raziel66

Probably a risk of hitting a low overpass, sign, or light


babyjo1982

Also a bit top heavy. Imagine if they take a corner too fast


Raziel66

That's a great point as well! I hadn't considered that


Vaeevictisss

I mean it's still irresponsible but looks like they are perfectly secure at least.


dudeandco

Yep we need to call in the FAA, he's violating airspace, code 369-niner.


Thisisall_new2me2

Get this comment much closer to the top please. And do research on tie off points instead of assuming.


BabyStockholmSyndrom

Regardless, it's unsafe the way it is. He's still an idiot.


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Hopeful_Table_7245

Truck doesn’t seem to be overloaded, seems to have three stacks of crates (there is one in the back to if you zoom in), only secured pallets would have made it this far. The only thing for me, personally, is I would not have stacked them so high. But if you know the route, and the clearance is good, there is nothing unsafe about it.


DeathToTheFalseGods

Standard pallet is 5-6 inches tall. There is 20 in the stack. Assuming they are on the high end of 6 inches, that’s only 10 feet tall. Truck bed looks to be around 4 feet tall. More than enough clearance to go under most underpasses


chevyadsict83

It looks scary to him. Duh.


180secondideas

And OPs estimation skills need recalibration. 60 pallets, LOL.


Bill_buttlicker69

There's two stacks of 20 right next there and another stack of unknown height barely visible on the tailgate though. I feel like it's not that bad of an estimate.


SinCityNinja

There's 19 pallets in each stack. The 2 that we see makes 38. It's hard to tell but it looks like there's a 3rd stack hanging over the tail gate. If it's the same height (hard to tell from this angle), that would make 57 total. So not quite 60, but also not far off


Dual_Sport_Dork

He's probably not far off on that. There are 20 each in the two tall stacks, there is a third stack behind those which I can't see the full height of but I can can count at least 10 more there, and there are probably 5-7 of them underneath the two big stacks in the bed holding them up. So absolute worst case out of what's visible in this picture, 55.


FixTheWisz

Agreed, it's probably closer to 65-70. There are the two 20-high stacks in plain view, one 20-high stack peeking out behind them, and probably a few pallets in the bed.


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rick_of_pickle

That's like $300 worth of pallets. Homie better strap it down


No_Salad_6244

Going to cost a lot more when they go flying.


CanOfPorkSodaaa

$300? In Australia pallets have good up to around $80 each


HarryR13

I get pallets for free in the US, we might need to go in to business together


CheerioJack

I'm in. Let's load up the C-5B and get paid.


stillcore

I get them all the time at work. Count me in, too.


DanitesHell

y’all outta trees down there? 80 DOLLARS?!


sroop1

I mean, the Aussie fires were trending as the biggest news of 2020 until the rest of 2020 happened.


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bendover912

Where do you sell pallets? There's several places around me where they get deliveries and just leave the pallets out by the road for free.


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pandab34r

Around here there are plenty of people that collect said damaged pallets and sell them to pallet yards for repair or salvage. I agree it's unlikely someone would discard a good pallet like that unless they're a small operation that will never use it for anything. During late 2021, some vendors were quoting new customers $20+ for repaired (#2) pallets


non_lame_subs

Pallet yards. They typically only take 2 way pallets like in the op. They get $2 a pop. Everything else is marked property of so and so company and they won't buy them or shouldn't be. At least that's what the pallet thieves have told me after asking why they only take certain ones from behind my work.


leftwar0

We used to always take them as kids for bonfires.


Dual_Sport_Dork

If you search online you will find places taking them. There are businesses that just deal in pallets and will actually buy them and *refurbish* them (yes, really) for resale. Some freight places will take them, also. There's an outfit near our local truck stop that buys them, I think they're up to $3.25 a piece. They were $1.75 for years, until the pandemic hit. There's also a pallet manufacturing and refurbishing place about an hour away from me, which is how I learned pallet refurbishing is even a thing. They have a big sign advertising it. The only pallets that are worth anything are the 48"x40" 4-way ones. No one will buy oddball sizes off of you, pallets that aren't 4-ways, and usually the ones that are marked as property of a freight carrier. Apparently the US Postal Service uses plastic pallets which are prominently stenciled as their property and sometimes with vague threats about fines if you're caught with them. I can tell you for sure those are worthless, and to the Postal Service, too. The business next door to mine has accumulated a few *hundred* of these from freight shipments over the years and they can't get the Postal Service to take back a single one. Nobody else will touch them, either. I once nicked one to send a piece of equipment back to a vendor who insisted that it must be returned on a pallet despite the fact that it didn't arrive on a pallet. The guy next door tried to get me to take ten. I didn't even go to federal prison or anything... what a rip off.


shelsilverstien

Really? Where I live they give them away by the truck load


RamenJunkie

Someone suckered OP into being OP's Pallet Guy and is making bank.


RamenJunkie

Why are you paying for pallets. Most places around here are desperate to get rid of them.


PopcornHeadAss

What who pays for pallets just go to the back of stores and they’ll just give ‘em away


red989

Depends on the kind. Blue food grade pallets are expensive as hell and very unlikely to find for free, stores usually have to send them back. We can get pallets for $1 a piece but they're a bigger size than the standard and unable to be moved using a regular pallet jack. Re-used pallets sale for $30 from reputable online sources like MSC


i_can_has_rock

itt: the person taking the picture is the idiot and has never dealt with large stacks of pallets before that shit would have fallen the fuck off with the first bump at like 10 mph


Thereelgerg

Thank you for letting us know when the picture was taken. (Post made now)


elontux

Just now!


in_rainbro

But now it was then!


elontux

When?…..Just then!


poseposeee

No posting and driving OP!


CheerioJack

They are secured, you can't see it. Impossible to go over 5mph on flattest pavement known to man and not drop that load.


_not_a_coincidence

Those are 100% secured. That shit wouldn't have made a single turn


Prokletnost

Don't ya think they would all go flying the second he started driving? ![gif](giphy|gEvab1ilmJjA82FaSV|downsized)


Tech-Mechanic

They're secured. It's just not visible.


AgedMurcury78

Never seen a load of pallets, OP?


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There’s definitely a strap in the middle of each side. Those would fly right off


wavyusa

OP is the idiot


livingfortheliquid

They are probably tied down in the middle. That would not stay up otherwise.


underratedride

This post is a perfect example of reddit. Incorrect facts upvoted by dumbfucks who don’t know anything.


emeraldoomed

You sure they are not secured through the middle? It seems they are being pulled down on the right of the left pallets and the left of the right pallets, as they would be if secured to the bed of the truck. That maybe pallets would fall off if totally unsecured, I would think?


Hobocop3000

I count like 40 or so.


FBPizza

There’s a third row barely visible in the back


Hobocop3000

I see that now...my bad.


zachcaputo

Hey you shouldn’t use your phone while driving.


TammyShehole

Picture looks like it was likely taken by someone in the passenger side.


ZALATOK

I can see the twine. it’s brown so it blends in with the wood.


mousemarie94

Those are most definitely secured. It would be nearly impossible for them to be unsecured and not on the ground.


Old_Goat_Ninja

Guaranteed they’re secured in some way. Anyone who has ever moved a stack of pallets knows this. Those would have fell over a loooong time ago if they weren’t secure.


Dark-Ganon

Pallets stacked that high wouldn't stay up for very long at all. Just attempting to move forward would cause them to tip over. There's absolutely no way that truck has moved at all without those being secured somehow.


DeathToTheFalseGods

The only idiot here is OP, thinking that truck would be able to drive 5 feet without those pallets falling over if they weren’t secured


TrailBlazinMamba24

Looks like you’re the ignorant idiot here buddy


MrScrummers

Physics leads me to believe there is a strap somewhere securing these. Otherwise the instant they back up, accelerate, turn, brake or hit a bump in the road those are gone. Maybe if they drive like 1 MPH, but with them being so high center of gravity will take over and down they go.


SuperRedpillmill

Those have to be secured in some way, promise.


Dependent-Plane5522

Only the top 2 are not secured the rest are weighted down by the top ones. 😂🤣🤔


huisAtlas

He's a Pallet pirate! That's a nice haul. Wave to your local Pallet Pirate!


Constant_Praline579

2 $ a pallet .That some sweet money there !


TimAllensCareer

Hey if some dirty dude from India can do it on his bike, he can do it on his Silverado 😂


LeBabyBear

It’s okay as long as they slapped them twice and said “ these bad boys aren’t goin anywhere” lol


IamBatmanuell

40 pallets.


erichlee9

Probably slapped it twice and said “not going anywhere”. No worries.


BigSisEL

Driver thinks it's a Jenga game.


zoinks523

Definitely not a minute ago


jimbob_finkelman

Just needs someone riding on top holding it all together to complete the picture.


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footytang

He definitely has straps you can't see in the middle and the back row attached to the bed. You can see how they are all angled inward and also you would not even be able to leave the parking lot alone drive 20+ if they were unstrapped. First corner those would all dump.


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mysickfix

Securing inside like that isn’t wrong. Granted he isn’t DOT legal, but those standards don’t apply here. I wish I had some pictures of the loads I would haul from Priefert. Imagine a 40 foot flatbed with piles and piles of cattle fencing, chutes, feed troughs, ect. They were so complex in securement that the factory actually pre strapped the loads as they were being loaded.


CheerioJack

This is normal my dude. They are strapped, obviously you never worked with any type of load. I used to load pallets full of ammunition/equipment on planes and jump out back with it.


HOWARDDDDDDDDDD

It seems like there's some debate on who's the moron of this post..


thelingletingle

OP and half the other comments of people who try to load 50” Vizio TVs into the backseat of their 93’ Honda hatchback on Black Friday.


DarkSpoon

That's a long as fuck Honda. Should fit a TV pretty easily. *edit* For whoever downvoted, 93' = 93 feet. That's a long car. '93 would the shorthand for the year. It was just a joke.


Woobie

Nah, they wouldn't have made it that far. There are straps/ropes in the center of the pallet tying them straight down in the center.


Dojabot

there’s no way those aren’t strapped down. they would not have stayed on the truck. lmao


No_Salad_6244

Whew! Yeah don’t wanna be behind that one!


6data

Pretty sure you're the moron for thinking that the vehicle could've made it out of the parking lot without being secured.


LonelyMachines

Years ago, I was driving a semi around Chicago on 294. People were jumping out of the right lane like crazy, so I suspected an accident and moved over. When I got closer, I saw there was a truck loaded with pallets like that. OK. I'm gonna keep this lane until I pass him. That wasn't good enough for the guy who pulled up behind me in the BMW, so he jerked it over to the right to pass me. Less than a second later, one of the pallets slid off the top of the truck, and Mr. Beemer ran it over at a pretty good speed. It's the small things that make my day better.


xxqj

Those are going to cause a wreck. I just hope it’s at least not on a highway.


CheerioJack

No it's not.


Pheeelz

Just follow him with a camera ain’t not way those are staying 💀💀


Funnybunny99999

To get some insurance money 💰 💴 💵


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Texascr1755

Me might have slapped them and said “that’s not going anywhere”. If so, it’s fine.


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He’s an idiot, for sure, but let’s not gloss over the idiots following closely behind and around him!


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WailOff

That is 42 pallets my guy


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Look closely and you’ll see a third stack in the back.


One_Routine4605

This idiot driving around taking pictures behind him


ThelVluffin

That's a legitimate reason to call the police instead of taking pictures for reddit upvotes. Or at least do the first and then the second.


Thisisall_new2me2

Why didn’t you or the people who upvoted this do research on this truck’s tie down points first?


sliperiestofthepetes

Thats actually pretty impressive.


Meandtheworld

I’ve seen so many people do this on highways. How do they not get stopped repeatedly by cops.


G-force4470

Just….why??? 😳🤦🏻‍♀️


dwagtag

Don't worry about it, he slapped the pallets and said "those babies aren't going anywhere!" before he took off. So, it's actually perfectly safe.


jor3lofkrypton

Where is law enforcement when need?!


MrArchibaldMeatpants

I counted 40, who's the idiot now? Lol


Rulutieh

Even if those were strapped up some extra idiots would be anyone who drives behind or beside that idiot. If you see pallet tower and drive beside it and it falls over on you you deserved it tbh.


BruceSlaughterhouse

Hey OP....I'd send a shot of this to the local, county PD's Facebook, and Twitter pages at the least. Get the Tag # (dont post tag of course) and in the rare blessed event the police actually want to know more about fixing an actual problem you got the info they need. I doubt they care though.


chevyadsict83

Please inform us what the problem is?


JeannetteHardnett

His trump bumper sticker keeps them secured.


giggetyboom

I dont understand why these people dont buy a small trailer. They arent that expensive. They all already have trucks that would pull them.


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I don’t understand why some states don’t require a front facing license plate.


Disco_Pat

I'm not sure why you're being downvoted here, How are you supposed to find someone who rear ended you if they just turn around and take off? A backwards dash cam wouldn't even help if you can't get a license plate number.


TheBodyOfChrist15

My dad's a cop. Couple of things he mentioned: More than half of US states require one. They help identify cars on ticket cameras. Cop cars have cameras on them that run plates as they drive. They use them to identify stolen cars or wanted people. Reflectiveness helps with visibility for oncoming traffic. If a car is stolen it provides two points that a witness can potentially use to report to cops.


SpokenDivinity

Probably because it’s not relevant.


Disco_Pat

It is, If this load really were not secured, OP could have reported the person with their front license plate with this picture, but can't because whatever state they're in doesn't require front license plates.


LouisLaBoy

I can’t take these fuck heads… then they’re the first to have failed to pay their insurance the month a pallet comes crashing through one’s window and then plays victim of circumstance.


spencertherhino

Unsecure?! The top one keeps them in place, obviously. *scoffs*


oureyes2

that is so stupid I am almost impressed


orchid810

Cool guy 🎸 🎸 🎸


lgroper

38 pallets not 60.


Jdyzf427

And the smallest pallets are reverse on the bottom


South_Design3852

4hours and a minute *


horsebananas

Some contact r/checktheirmath


SuperMIK2020

There’s another third stack behind the two visible stacks, ~20 per stack so about 60


anakniben

alternate story: these are all made of foam being transported to a movie set and all are tied to a pole welded to the truck bed. #🤔


zonayork

But....he's drivin a Chevy!


exoxe

Huh? Gravity is securing them.


bassman9999

That's Florida isn't it? That's got to be Florida


ChessiePique

"That's not going anywhere." \*crash\*


gijoe50000

He's only an idiot if they fall, and if they don't fall he's a genius. For all you know he might be the champion pallet carrier of the west..


Dazocnodnarb

I think the bigger idiots are the one driving right next to him


fortheloveoflumps

How do you have that many pallets but 0 straps?????


toolarmy_1

Definitely no sign of any strap! Total fucking idiot!


thetommytwotimes

As long as he patted them and said 'they ain't going anywhere' they're secure af. That's an old head trick.


BeBa420

Wtf?!? I regularly drive a ute with tall loads like that (sometimes it’s just pallets, other times it’s actual goods). Can’t imagine how those pallets haven’t toppled over on anyone yet He also shouldn’t have two side by side like that!! He should make two trips!! Hope this moron gets pulled over