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I am planning to starting ordering truckloads of bagged hydrated lime. Should I have the lime delivered by a flatbed or van type of truck?

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I am planning to starting ordering truckloads of bagged hydrated lime. Should I have the lime delivered by a flatbed or van type of truck?

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Generally, you only order bagged hydrated lime by a van truck (box) if you have an unloading dock. Flatbed trucks are primarily used when there is no loading dock available. A flatbed truck can be easily unloaded from the side of the truck with a fork lift. (Unloading a van truck without a loading dock is difficult and time-consuming. Each of the pallets would have to be pulled to the end of the truck with a pallet jack and then removed with the fork lift.