Floor dunnage.

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

-- "The term "DUNNAGE" as applied to warehousing

USES MANY BOARD FEET OF LUMBER

covers a NUMBER of TYPES-- DIFFERENT as to

HANDICAPS MATERIALS HANDLING

MATERIAL and USE."

SAFETY HAZARD

-- "Let's WRITE them on the blackboard and DISCUSS

IT and WHERE YOU USE them in the warehouse."

(1) Floor dunnage consists of boards of

various thicknesses and widths, laid in some systematic

way on the floor to raise the material and protect it from

HORIZONTAL DUNNAGE

moisture and dampness. This type of dunnage should

FLOOR DUNNAGE

be used only where materials are handstacked and is

LONG DUNNAGE

required only in a few in stances and under certain

SHORT DUNNAGE

unusual conditions. Perishable items, which can be

VERTICAL DUNNAGE

damaged by moisture, should be either palletized or

placed on floor dunnage.

(2) If the lengths of dunnage are 10 feet or

more, floor dunnage may be a hindrance to materials

(1) Dunnage as applied to warehousing

handling operation. Such misuse tends to slow up the

covers a number of different uses. Dunnage is used

movement of equipment and is also hazardous to

primarily for spacers and in some cases to protect the

people working in the area. A good rule to follow is:

material from deterioration. Specifically, the types of

Eliminate the use of floor dunnage as much as possible.

dunnage used throughout our military ware houses may

be identified as horizontal dunnage consisting of floor

e. Long dunnage.

dunnage, long dunnage, short dunnage, and vertical

-- "ALTHOUGH LONG DUNNAGE can be used as

dunnage. Each of these has a definite place in our

FLOOR DUNNAGE, we USUALLY THINK of LONG

stacking methods and should be used only for the

DUNNAGE as being used to STABILIZE STACKS of

purpose intended and when actually needed.

IRREGULARLY SHAPED and CRUSHABLE ITEMS."

(2) We should not use dunnage "just for the

-- "Can you think of any DISADVANTAGES in the use of

sake of using dunnage." Many times careful PLANNING

LONG DUNNAGE?"

and a thorough study of the problem will effect with

satisfactory results some way to stack WITHOUT the

DIFFICULT TO HANDLE

use of dunnage.

SAFETY HAZARD

d. Floor dunnage.

WASTES LUMBER (usually must be cut)

-- "What do we mean when we speak of 'FLOOR

DUNNAGE'?"

-- "BEFORE you use LONG DUNNAGE, BE SURE

-- "WHERE do you USE FLOOR DUNNAGE?"

there is NO OTHER WAY. IF YOU MUST USE IT,

-- "IS IT NECESSARY? REMEMBER-- LUMBER IS

KEEP the lengths within 10 FEET."

EXPENSIVE."

-- "Is LONG DUNNAGE being used?" (If '"YES")

-- "What are the ADVANTAGES to be gained?"

-- 'WHERE is it used? Can we use SHORT

DUNNAGE instead?"

(1) The use of dunnage is being discontinued

SAFEGUARDS PERISHABLE ITEMS such as

as much as possible; it has been found by experience

BAGGED COMMODITIES

that many of the items formerly thought to require long

CLOTHING

dunnage can be more effectively and economically

From: FLOOR SWEATING RAIN LEAKS

stabilized by either cross-- stacking or the use of short

dunnage or pallets. As in the case of floor dunnage,

long dunnage hampers the materials handling operation.

-- "Are there any DISADVANTAGES?"

In "tearing down" a stack, the long dunnage must be

sawed off as the work progresses; this results in a waste

of lumber as well as a cumbersome operation. If the

lumber

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