9b or 9c respectively the guide porch or entry step 6 39 is bent at an angle to the horizontal to provide a gripping tab by which the platform is graspable by a slip sheet gripping device preferably the entry guide porch 6 39 is crimped or scored so as to be elevated some 20 u00b0 to 60 u00b0 to accommodate the gripper channel of slipsheet handling equipment entry of standard fork trucks is the same as illustrated in fig4 with the blades 2 being lowered onto the guide porch 6 39 so as to lower porch 6 39 to a flattened position before the entry into channels 3 39 preferably the raised angle order that it may be gripped easily during subsequent gripping by slipsheet handling equipment where adjacent entry porches 6 39 are required the common corner of adjacent porches 6 39 may be cut off at a 45 u00b0 angle to accommodate the crimping or scoring guide tabs 7 are spaced apart and attached to the top surface of the platform at the entry of each channel 3 39 to aid in positioning the spaced blades 2 of a fork lift guide tabs 7 also provide additional protection for the leading edge of a product loaded on the platform to protect same from the pressure of ordinary fork blades some loaded products such as bagged goods are more 34 fluid 34 than stiff and may tend to close the leading edge or opening to the channel 3 39 tabs 7 also serve as means for preventing such closing or blocking of the entryways to channels 3 39 in a.