Loading dock
Short definitionThe platform and pit arrangement that brings the vehicle bed to the same level as the store floor.
A truck bed is about 1.2 m above the ground. For loading with pallet trucks, either the store floor is raised to this level or the place where the vehicle docks is lowered with a sloped pit.
The small remaining height difference and the gap are bridged by the dock leveller, the moving platform in front of the door. Flat docking at ground level is also possible. In that case loading is done by forklift.