are exposed and broken boards which damage the loads carried thereby. The pallet itself is of a weight and configuration such that it is somewhat difficult for a single man to handle the same. Further, with the pallet being nonflexible in size, space for storage and transport of the load and the pallet is determined by the pallet size, rather than load size or available space in the transport vehicle. Further, in the trucking industry, each trucker is responsible to remove his load from the truck to the customer's tail gate or from the customer's pick up and customer's tail gate, and place it on the particular truck. Of necessity, a trucker's helper is required on all trucks since it is impossible for the trucker alone to readilybe raised above the floor prior to further lateral movement by the transport vehicle from position to position.
In an attempt to reduce the work necessary in moving palletized loads, pallets have been modified to incorporate ground effect machines, whereby, the application of superatmospheric air in the form of an air bearing or film between the bottom of the pallet and the floor supporting the same, has practically eliminated the friction between the pallet, and the underlying floor. This permits the load to be moved laterally along the floor or other support surface on an air film in a relatively frictionless manner. However, known air cushion pallets have necessarily required relatively bulky and heavy means for supplying the pressurized air and, in which case, the decrease in the frictional