A-A-1234A
August 24, 1984
SUPERSEDING
A-A-1234
January 20, 1983
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
BOX, SHIPPING (WOOD, NAIL, AND LOCK CORNER WITH
FULL CLEATED ENDS AND BUTT JOINTS) (BOX; TOP-BOTTOM, SIDES, OR ENDS)
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this
Commercial Item Description in preference to Federal Specification
PPP-B-621C Class 2, Style 2, Grade B, Type 2 or 3.
This description covers new nailed and lock-corner wood boxes with full cleated ends and butt joints, assembled, knocked-down, or box parts (top-bottom, sides, or ends) for use as overseas shipping containers.
Salient characteristics:
Material. Lumber sized, unless otherwise specified, shall be in accordance with Table I. Lumber (hardwood or softwood) shall meet the American Lumber Standards Committee requirements of any agency grading rule shown in Table II and species of Table III, with surface finish (S2S) of smooth sawn. Wood shall be completely free of bark to prevent spread of oak wilt disease. Fasteners shall be either nails or screws of commercially available design, size, quantity, and quality, to allow the box to withstand the weight of content (load limit) in Table I. When number size is given, the fasteners shall be sized to meet the closest load limit for that thickness lumber. A minimum of three fasteners in each intersection of boards shall be used.
Design. Boxes shall be constructed as shown in Figure I. Battens for unsupported span shall be a size as shown in Table I and located as shown in Table IV. Battens placed on outside of top or bottom shall require minimum of two (2) equally spaced along length of top. Boxes of 200-pound load limit or more shall have 2 skids of nominal 3 x 4 inch lumber equally spaced along the length of the bottom and long enough to extend to within one inch of each side.
TABLE I. Boxes for overseas shipment, weight of contents,
design of box, thickness of sides, tops, bottoms, ends, and battens.
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Weight of Contents |
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Exceeding (Pounds) |
Not exceeding (Pounds) |
Thickness of sides, tops, and bottoms (Pounds) |
Thickness of ends (Inch) |
Thickness and width of battens (Inch) |
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50 |
3/8 |
5/8 |
5/8 x 2 |
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50 |
100 |
1/2 |
1 |
1 x 3 |
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250 |
100 |
1 |
1 |
1 x 3 |
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800 |
900 |
1-1/4 |
1-1/2 |
1-1/2 x 5 |
Thickness tolerance is + 1/16 for 3/8 inch thick and thicker.
Thickness tolerance is + 1/16, -1/32 for less than 3/8 inch thick.
Width tolerance is + 1/16 inch.
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