Well, I've lost the link now, but one of the write ups mentioned (term?) the tailpiece or some such not clearing on the way down. I think the photos are out of sequence. Photo2 should be first, showing them setting the dolly by using the gate to do the lifting. Photo1 would then be second, showing gate back up and the dolly farther forward under the skid than the first (photo2). We don't have a photo of the position of the piano during the lowering process, just the aftermath. Look where the front of the skid is in the photo with the half lowered gate. What they are doing in that photo is both intentional and reasonable. I can't buy that these guys got caught by surprise by two feet of the arse end of the piano not clearing the truck when the gate was lowered. The story is in the photos we don't see. These were chosen and sequenced by the reporter to juice up the submission. Ron N
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