Receiving Fruits and Vegetables in Wholesale WarehousesTransportation and Facilities Research Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1961 - Fruit trade - 45 pages |
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2-wheel clamp trucks 2-wheel handtrucks 3-man crew AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE Begins when transporter Begins when worker clean clears original position commodities dead skids Electric platform truck Element description empty handtruck empty skid Ends when load Enter carrier equipment costs equipment type feet to storage forklift truck fruits and vegetables hand-stacked in storage handling labor and equipment labor cost Leave carrier loaded handtruck loaded pallet loaded skid loads 100 feet loads to storage low-lift platform trucks ment Number Man-hours operations pallet transporter pallets in carrier Pick up load pickup position and load position loaded Position pallet Position skid produce in 40-pound railroad car returning to carrier semilive skids Set down load skids and jacks square feet stack storage area storage bay storage method stored table 42 three-man crew ton of produce Total productive labor trans transport loads Transporter waits two-wheel handtrucks unit-load method Unproductive warehouse wholesalers worker starts Workers Labor required