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palletcentral.com PalletCentral • January-February 2016 43 Valentine's Day Delivered on a Wooden Pallet Wooden pallets move a lot of goods leading up to a certain February 14 holiday each year. Whether holding chocolates, greeting cards or flowers, wooden pallets can be trusted to deliver the products that keep you out of the dog house. This flower box pallet schematic was designed to hold 100 boxes of flowers. Each box of flowers weighs approximately 10 lbs. for a total required load of 1000 lbs. The top and bottom deckboard spacing was configured as evenly spaced to properly support the corners of the boxes. Western hardwoods were used in this pallet design because more than 75% of the domestic flowers shipped in the USA are from the west coast. Pallet Specifications: • 48x40 in. • Stringer-class, partial 4-way, reusable, new manufacture Lumber: • Top deck: Seven boards, all boards 3 1/2 in. wide and 1/2 in. thick • Bottom Deck: Five boards, 5 1/2 in. wide lead boards, three 3 1/2 in. interior boards, 1/2 in. thick • Stringers: Three stringers, 3 1/2 in. high, 1 1/4 in. thick • Species: Western hardwoods (Species Class 4), standard grade and better, green moisture content) Load Information: • Uniformly distributed flexible load, full pallet coverage, with a Custom Load Specification of interlock stacked boxes with stretch wrap • Max load for racked across the length (44 in. span): 1746 lbs. • Max load for racked across the width (36 in span): 1176 lbs. • Forklift support (42 in. long fork tines): 1869 lbs. • Max load carrying capacity for stacked 1 high: 3220 lbs. • Max load carrying capacity for stacked 2 high: 2012 lbs. PC #PalletChat – Live Discussion on Current Industr y Trends Have you heard about NWPCA's Tweet Chats taking place the first Wednesday of every month? Called #PalletChat, we've created this monthly networking opportunity for wood packaging professionals to share ideas and make connections over the proverbial cup of coffee using only a Twitter account. Future #PalletChat topics are being planned to share ideas about PDS, and to learn from other PDS Users on different ways the software is being used. Sharing best practices with industry experts, and gaining knowledge with this engineering tool, increases your ability to find solutions to any customer challenge. The #PalletChat schedule is posted at PalletCentral.com.