02-10-2015, 01:54 PM
faraway Wrote:The dock plates are stored inside behind the close roller gate when not in use, right. But I may put some on my open loading ramps on the other buildings.
Reinhard,
You are correct, the dock plates are stored inside the roll up doors. Where I worked we used them on truck loading docks. We used a hydraulic dock plate that was two piece and hinged in the middle. When it was raised up, it was folded and perpendicular to the floor in the stored position. When it was used, it unfolded in the middle and extended out to full length. As you might expect it was much easier on the hydraulic motors to extend it in sections as opposed to carrying the weight of an entire one piece plate.
Larry