Section III. Storage Aids.

TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.42

Figure 4-73. Car door opener, manual type.

Section III. Storage Aids.

4-12. Dunnage.

a. Application.

Dunnage is used to permit

mechanical handling of stock and to protect it from

possible damage from waterflows or dampness normally

generated from the floor or ground area. In either

covered or open storage, stock should be stored on

pallets or dunnage. Skids on boxes or crates should be

considered as attached dunnage for storage purposes.

Usually, dunnage consumes less storage cube than a

pallet. Dunnage may be cut from salvaged dimension

lumber at little cost and, therefore, may be used in lieu

of a pallet when the material will not be handled multiple

times. Multiple handlings increase the payback of

palletization. Dunnage should be used at floor or

ground level and between units in the stack when one

dimension of a stable container exceeds the width of a

fork truck. Large boxed or crated units, crated or boxed

engines, and other such commodities may be stored

efficiently on dunnage (figs 474 and 4-75). A supply of

dunnage, cut into appropriate lengths, should be

available in all storage areas in which portions of the

material are to be stored on dunnage.

Figure 4-74. Dunnage used in the stacking of

asphalt melters.

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