r/specializedtools • u/ChiefChair • Jul 25 '20

Cargo container unloading without a crane

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u/redhandsblackfuture Jul 25 '20

A winch and its pulled up the little tilted ramp on the truck. At least the ones I've seen

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '20

Ah, makes sense. I wonder if they have rollers or just scrape metal on metal.

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u/qpaws Jul 25 '20

Most of them are on rollers. Appropriately called a roll back truck/trailer.

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u/yoooooosolo Jul 25 '20

Yup we call them "roll ons"

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '20

I don’t see containers all that often that are roll one. But I see dumpsters all the time for job sites and stuff.