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Loading dock and pallet

19 pieces · 10 steps

Make a raised loading dock with steps, a back rail and a loaded pallet that lifts out by hand.

Loading dock and pallet - finished model
Before you build

Find the pieces

Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Use the pictured part and stud dimensions to find the same shape.

Count the studs

Studs are the round bumps on top. Count the lines of studs across and along a piece. When a step leaves a clear row or column, keep that space empty. Match the picture to keep the model facing the same way.

Follow the colour

New pieces keep their colour in each step. Earlier pieces are lighter so you can see what to add. The finished-model picture shows all the colours together.

Choose how to play

Choose one model and check its pieces first. Take it apart to reuse those pieces for another model. Pack-wide lists are optional planning tools; the exact-colour list follows the pictured palette.

Gather your pieces

Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Colour names in the steps refer to the pictures. Keep useful contrasts, such as a light belly against a dark body.

Shape-only checklist

Match these shapes and quantities. The full checklist above shows our pictured colours.

Build step by step

Step 1. Set four brown square bricks in two pairs for the feet. The bricks in each pair touch side by side. Leave four clear rows between the front and back pairs.

Loading dock and pallet - step 1, new pieces in colour

Step 2. Stack a brown square on each foot to raise the dock.

Loading dock and pallet - step 2, new pieces in colour

Step 3. Join all four supports with the green base plate.

Loading dock and pallet - step 3, new pieces in colour

Step 4. Add two white wall bricks across the back edge as a low guard rail.

Loading dock and pallet - step 4, new pieces in colour

Step 5. Build a first step on the table at the front, using a brown long brick across the dock.

Loading dock and pallet - step 5, new pieces in colour

Step 6. Add a brown long brick across the first step, shifted back one row towards the dock. Cover it with a brown small plate so it reaches the dock height.

Loading dock and pallet - step 6, new pieces in colour

Step 7. Join the steps to the dock with a yellow small plate turned across their top join. Half rests on the dock and half on the top step.

Loading dock and pallet - step 7, new pieces in colour

Step 8. Put two yellow small plates side by side in front of the rail for the removable pallet.

Loading dock and pallet - step 8, new pieces in colour

Step 9. Join the pallet halves with a brown long brick across their middle two rows for a parcel.

Loading dock and pallet - step 9, new pieces in colour

Step 10. Put a second brown long brick directly on the parcel. Lift the four-piece pallet by its yellow base.

Loading dock and pallet - step 10, new pieces in colour

Ready to play

  1. Lift the yellow pallet and its brown parcel together by the base.
  2. Park the forklift beside the dock and stack its parcel on the dock parcel by hand.
  3. Make up an address and take turns sending and receiving deliveries.
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Sources and credits

Original model and instructions by Little Build Club. Piece geometry from the LDraw Parts Library.

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