Nesting of a materials-handling sled in a pallet truck

A method for making an in-building delivery of at least one palletized load from a truck, the method comprising:

• maneuvering a pallet truck with a nested sled locked to the pallet truck into a bed of the truck;
• picking up at least two palletized loads using the pallet truck with the nested sled and maneuvering the at least two palletized loads out of the bed of the truck to a position proximate a building entrance using the pallet truck with the nested sled;
• setting the at least two palletized loads down using the pallet truck with the nested sled;
• automatically unlocking the sled from the pallet truck;
• separating the nested sled from the pallet truck;
• and
• picking up at least one of the palletized loads using the sled and maneuvering the at least one of the palletized loads into the building using the sled.

A dual-use half-sized pallet comprising:

• a rectangular deck having a top surface configured to hold and support a plurality of cases, the rectangular deck having a long side and a short side;
• and
• a plurality of feet extending below the top surface,
• wherein the rectangular deck has a bottom side having a plurality of fork lift areas, wherein a first pair of fork lift areas is accessible by forks entering transverse to the long side, a second pair of fork lift areas is accessible by forks entering transverse to the long side, and a third pair of fork lift areas is accessible by forks entering transverse to the short side.