Figure 3-22. Palletized loads.

TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12

Figure 3-22. Palletized loads.

trying to "break into" such a load. Therefore, many

(4) Filling the doorway. As shown in the

shippers and receivers prefer to brace the loads as

example in (3) above, it is desired to completely fill the

explained in (3) above leaving a space in the doorway

lengthwise space of the car with pallet units; however,

section of the car to facilitate handling operations (part

some practical difficulties arise. When the last two

pallets, shown by the shaded portion of figure 3-25, are

moved into place, invariably, there is some slack space

(possibly 4 to 12 inches) at one or both sides of these

doorway pallets (fig 3-24). When this occurs, it is

necessary to squeeze into this slack space some form of

bracing dunnage that will secure the load tightly in place

to prevent shifting and damage in transit. Also, it should

be considered that in this type of solid load, the pallet

units in the doorway will be squeezed tight during transit,

and, consequently, will be difficult to pull out of the load

Figure 3-23. Crosswise slack.

at the destination. This difficulty can cause damage to

the merchandise on these first few doorway pallets when

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