Underpowered, and overweight in terms of “centre of gravity” if not overall tare.
I don’t much like palletwork. It ain’t safe, and the money is crap when you look at the hours of boredom involved, no proper break, rushed about, and of course that damned tip queue that last for hours and hours just moving enough so you can’t just get your head down whilst waiting…
I’ve only driven into Brum Airport & Burton (Palletforce) Lichfiend (palletways) and Watford Gap (Fortec).
The latter is slightly better than the others, as it’s not quite as far to go for me, and therefore can turn into a reasonable length shift.
Their safety system with the blue police lights seems to work well too. It involves you sitting still for longer at a time, rather than advance a few inches per minute, which of course eats up your driving hours.
Mine is not a curtainsider, it’s the lifting deck type, so back on a bay & off to canteen.
When it’s full you can belt down the M45 with a wiggle on the steering so you get it rockin, saves a lot of tyre wear, as you only run on 3 at a time & keep the other 9 off the ground
Not done pallet network decker work, but I have been to the Pallex hub at Leicester as a general haulage driver picking up the remains of the previous nights trunk as it wouldn’t fit on the the TWO deckers - Jesus H Christ