The older I get, the higher my regard for my hide. Of course it also took a few hazardous events along the way to forcibly remind me that I’m mortal. (At least I paid attention.)
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This. I was a member of a makerspace with Saw Stop table saws and we were all warned that tripping off the Saw Stop would cost us $225 to replace the cartridge and blade. Much less than a new table saw.
By the way, they had several spent cartridges with blades hanging on the wall!
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The smart move would have been to simply let the cat knock it off the tailgate. /s
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Yeah, I moved a 700lb gun safe from a walk-in basement, across a muddy uneven slope and into the back of a pickup truck with a combo of ramps like these, two come-alongs (which is what the redneck world calls those ratcheting vehicle hoists), a 3 ton hydraulic vehicle jack, and some plywood. I’ve also used 2 come-alongs to lower a 600 lb solar water heater tank through an unfinished elevator shaft at a job site in Manhattan… and I’ve used a pair of them to ratchet over a 70 foot tree (pulling it from behind the cut and to the side of the tree.) and standup a 1000 lathe that I’d stupidly allowed to all over moving it off a truck. If you need to move something heavy, a pair of come-alongs are invaluable.
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Sort of related, but I still have the scars on my wrists from carrying a VW air-cooled engine block across the garage. Not my smartest move. 
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That forklift operator made his job way harder than it had to be.
Pallets are open on one end for a reason, so the forks of the lift can slide under the load easily and back out again, after the load is placed without scraping against the ground.
There wouldn’t have to be any shimmying the pallet off the forks, just set it down gently, lower the forks a bit and back up.
This also would make unloading it easier, because you can access the open end of the pallet for lifting.
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I saw that, too. However, I think it was an issue of the width of the box, which might not have fit if it were turned 90 degrees. In that case, it’s always good to have a friend with a truck whose friendship you don’t abuse.
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You are right, the box is longer in that direction, and probably would not have fit in like I was saying.
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Can’t win them all, I guess.
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Sad thing is that cost is enough that some contractors I know won’t use them. A lot of concern about the cost and downtime from the safety system.
This is also an industry where I have heard arguments against safety glasses (power squint/blinking is a technique I have heard taught to two independent people I know), gloves (reduce dexterity), safety on nail guns (scratches wood), harnesses, and steal toed shoes (worse than none?) etc etc…
It’s interesting to me how some industries have core training and classes where the proper safety is learned but this does not always translate to reality (typically with a strong dose of toxic masculinity). Whereas other industries (and job sites) are much stricter in safety.
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They still could have put wood blocks underneath the pallet to get the forks out easier 
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Heh. I have a few things kicking around the house for large/heavy/bulky cargo loading and unloading out of my truck.
item #1: loading ramps. they aren’t the fanciest ones out there, but they are designed for things like ATVs and furniture dollies.
Item #2: ratcheting and other load handling straps that live in the cab of the truck. (slings, shackles, etc.)
Item #3 is nothing but a length of 4x6 cut to fit on the bed rails of the truck; I have a 2500 pound ATV winch bolted to this beam along with some carry handles. I hold the whole assembly to the bed using a pair of the aforementioned ratcheting straps to the tie down points in the bed and rail of the truck.
I’ve used it twice, and it’s worked remarkably well for me.
(Edit: the tiedown points on the truck are the weakest link, I know. I’ve not gotten around to having a shop make me a rig that will bolt to the frame through the bed…)
From the very first time I saw this (no pun intended), I wondered why they didn’t just use a disk brake instead. That way, the blade is still usable and all you need to do is re-charge whatever powers the brake (or unsets it if there’s a simple, strong spring to close it when contact is detected).
simple: a disk brake isn’t fast enough to absorb the rotary motion of the blade, so there’s still a change of a serious injury that needs more than just a band-aid from it. Plus, on top of the blade, you also have to absorb the energy from the disc in motion as well, which adds to the burden that system would have.
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Well, I was thinking the brake pads would be applied directly to the spinning blade - not a secondary disk on the same arbor.
… that would likely ruin the blade as well, or cause it to shatter. you’d still need a retraction system in place to pull the blade and drive assembly out of the way FAST.
Bosch may have designed a system that uses that concept, however, Sawstop went the way of the lawyer and sued the snot out of them to ensure their monopoly on similar tech until their patents expire. 
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To my girlfriend, “How the hell did you get that new huge freakin’ book case out of your hatchback into your 2nd story apartment by your 90lb self?”
With true nonchalance, “I opened the box and brought it up a couple pieces at a time.”
Married for 18 years now and she continues to amaze me with her natural and unhesitant problem solving ability. So lucky I partnered with her.
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The Makerspace I belong to has a half a dozen wasted stop blocks with saw blades embedded in them, hanging on the wall of the wood shop labelled “Saved a thumb”, “Wet wood”, “Saved a hand”…
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Yup. We moved a 20’x10’ outbuilding with 2x4 skids and a couple come alongs.
Twice.
