An apparatus, comprising: a pallet-receiving assembly having a pallet-receiving zone being configured to receive, at least in part, a pallet supporting a pallet load, the pallet-receiving assembly having a vertical height being dimensioned marginally higher than the vertical height of the pallet; and a clamp assembly having a clamping zone being configured to circumscribe, at least in part, each side of the pallet load being received, at least in part, in the clamping zone; the apparatus being characterized in that the pallet-receiving assembly includes: a first side frame and a second side frame being disposed upon an operating surface in spaced apart and substantially parallel relation; a back frame being disposed intermediate to the first side frame and the second side frame, and forming a close therewith having an open entry side for receiving the pallet with the pallet load; and a front gate being moveably connected to the first side frame and the second side frame, the front gate being in a separated and substantially parallel relation to the back frame, and the front gate having an open position and a closed position; any one of a bottom of the back frame and the front gate and the operating surface forming an open sectional area allowing passage therethrough of the pallet; and for a case where the front gate is in the open position, the pallet with the pallet load is received by and removed from the close. a pallet-receiving assembly having a pallet-receiving zone being configured to receive, at least in part, a pallet supporting a pallet load, the pallet-receiving assembly having a vertical height being dimensioned marginally higher than the vertical height of the pallet; and a clamp assembly having a clamping zone being configured to circumscribe, at least in part, each side of the pallet load being received, at least in part, in the clamping zone; the apparatus being characterized in that the pallet-receiving assembly includes: a first side frame and a second side frame being disposed upon an operating surface in spaced apart and substantially parallel relation; a back frame being disposed intermediate to the first side frame and the second side frame, and forming a close therewith having an open entry side for receiving the pallet with the pallet load; and a front gate being moveably connected to the first side frame and the second side frame, the front gate being in a separated and substantially parallel relation to the back frame, and the front gate having an open position and a closed position; any one of a bottom of the back frame and the front gate and the operating surface forming an open sectional area allowing passage therethrough of the pallet; and for a case where the front gate is in the open position, the pallet with the pallet load is received by and removed from the close. a first side frame and a second side frame being disposed upon an operating surface in spaced apart and substantially parallel relation; a back frame being disposed intermediate to the first side frame and the second side frame, and forming a close therewith having an open entry side for receiving the pallet with the pallet load; and a front gate being moveably connected to the first side frame and the second side frame, the front gate being in a separated and substantially parallel relation to the back frame, and the front gate having an open position and a closed position; any one of a bottom of the back frame and the front gate and the operating surface forming an open sectional area allowing passage therethrough of the pallet; and for a case where the front gate is in the open position, the pallet with the pallet load is received by and removed from the close.