Speed Humps – What To Do With A Skid of These?

When installing rubber speed humps, it’s always best to consider the entire project before purchasing.  Pricing discounts are offered based on the overall quantity of your purchase, plus shipping rates are best when combined.

That being considered, what do you do with a full pallet (or more) of rubber speed humps?  How do you handle the delivery & unloading?  Following are some details about our packaging & shipping procedures to help you better prepare for a large shipment.

Rubber speed humps are sold in modular sections and are typically shipped on a pallet via an LTL (less-than-truckload) or truckload carrier.  The maximum number of speed humps that fit on a 40” x 48” x 36” pallet is (40).  With this quantity, you can fit 2 humps per layer, 20 layers high.

Since these humps are made from recycled tires, each unit weighs 36 lbs, which gives you a total weight of 1,440 lbs for the product. The skid itself will weigh about 40 lbs.  So the total weight will be approximately 1,480 lbs for (1) complete skid of parking lot mini speed humps.  This must be considered if you plan to pick up, transport, or unload the shipment.  The proper transport vehicle and manpower must be considered.

Most likely each skid will be secured with metal banding and will be stretch wrapped as well.  This will help hold all the parking lot humps in place and will make the skid more stable when moving. Although pallet jacks can be used for loading & unloading on flat surfaces, a forklift is the recommended method.  This allows the versatility of height as well as weight.

Most standard capacity forklifts will carry 4,000 lbs.  So one skid of rubber hump sections will be no problem for the standard forklift.  It’s best not to transport double-stacked skids.  Primarily, they will be quite heavy and might be more than your forklift can handle. And also, moving two pallets at once may cause them to topple, and cause the product to be damaged, surrounding objects, and potentially the forklift operator.  Be sure to check the data plate on your lift truck to determine the maximum load capacity before lifting any pallet or skid.  Also be aware of the Center of Gravity (COG) when handling skids of rubber humps.  You can never be too safe.