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Yeah I wonder if there is a better build so that it could only sit properly with one side down.

by luxuryballs 6y ago

yreg 6y ago
Or at least prevent siting upside down. Add a triangular roof to the top side?
- luxuryballs 6y ago
  Yeah or round it off, or... get a plane ticket, guess if you don’t want a vaccine maybe shipping ourselves will become viable.
- mysterydip 6y ago
  Maybe having a few smaller suitcases instead of one larger would allow for a sokoban-style rearrangement while inside?
  - dhosek 6y ago
    Luggage has changed a lot since this happened. I can still remember when the now-ubiquitous overhead bin–sized luggage with retractable handles and wheels came out and that was a couple decades after this event. I don't think that would have necessarily been an option. My recollection of my family's luggage when I was a kid was that there were pretty much full-sized suitcases and toiletry cases and nothing really in-between, plus everything was a rigid hards shell.
    - hattmall 6y ago
      Bags existed.
- walrus01 6y ago
  they sell disposable pyramids intended for palletized cargo, the purpose is to prevent people from stacking stuff on top. In a modern cargo movement system if you have something on a standard pallet I think there's a low chance of anyone turning it on its side or upside-down, since that's just making more work for them vs. handling it with forks as intended. https://www.leamancontainer.com/product/no-stack-pallet-cones-8-x-8-x-10-yellow-black-tri-lingual-english-spanish-french-50-case/ https://www.leamancontainer.com/product/no-stack-pallet-cone... https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/ccfje7/this_antistacking_pyramid_atop_a_pallet_of_freight/ https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/ccfje7/t...
  - kipchak 6y ago
    We get pallets that use these that unfortunately come in crushed occasionally, though they do make inspection at the dock a lot easier. Another one that might worth similarly here is a tip-m-tell, which is basically some beads that will stick to adhesive if the package is tipped. https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-866/Damage-Indicators/Tip-N-Tell-Indicators https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-866/Damage-Indicators...
jniedrauer 6y ago
Typically the way to handle this is to use metal bands to affix it to a pallet. It will be very top heavy if stored upside down, and it's easier to just move it with a forklift anyway.

Yeah I wonder if there is a better build so that it could only sit properly with one side down.

yreg 6y ago

Or at least prevent siting upside down. Add a triangular roof to the top side?

luxuryballs 6y ago
Yeah or round it off, or... get a plane ticket, guess if you don’t want a vaccine maybe shipping ourselves will become viable.
mysterydip 6y ago
Maybe having a few smaller suitcases instead of one larger would allow for a sokoban-style rearrangement while inside?
- dhosek 6y ago
  Luggage has changed a lot since this happened. I can still remember when the now-ubiquitous overhead bin–sized luggage with retractable handles and wheels came out and that was a couple decades after this event. I don't think that would have necessarily been an option. My recollection of my family's luggage when I was a kid was that there were pretty much full-sized suitcases and toiletry cases and nothing really in-between, plus everything was a rigid hards shell.
  - hattmall 6y ago
    Bags existed.
walrus01 6y ago
they sell disposable pyramids intended for palletized cargo, the purpose is to prevent people from stacking stuff on top. In a modern cargo movement system if you have something on a standard pallet I think there's a low chance of anyone turning it on its side or upside-down, since that's just making more work for them vs. handling it with forks as intended. https://www.leamancontainer.com/product/no-stack-pallet-cones-8-x-8-x-10-yellow-black-tri-lingual-english-spanish-french-50-case/ https://www.leamancontainer.com/product/no-stack-pallet-cone... https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/ccfje7/this_antistacking_pyramid_atop_a_pallet_of_freight/ https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/ccfje7/t...
- kipchak 6y ago
  We get pallets that use these that unfortunately come in crushed occasionally, though they do make inspection at the dock a lot easier. Another one that might worth similarly here is a tip-m-tell, which is basically some beads that will stick to adhesive if the package is tipped. https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-866/Damage-Indicators/Tip-N-Tell-Indicators https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-866/Damage-Indicators...

jniedrauer 6y ago

Typically the way to handle this is to use metal bands to affix it to a pallet. It will be very top heavy if stored upside down, and it's easier to just move it with a forklift anyway.