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GENERAL NOTES

1. THE INDEX TO STANDARDS FOR PALLETIZING, TRUCKLOADING, RAILCAR LOADING AND CONTAINER LOADING MIL-HDBK-236 (NAVY) LISTS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND INDICATES THE CORRECT DOCUMENT TO BE USED IN TRUCKLOADING OF EACH ITEM INDEXED. MIL-HDBK-236 INDEXES THE UNIT LOADS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED TO BE TRUCKLOADED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS DOCUMENT.

2. THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES DETAILED TRUCKLOADING INSTRUCTIONS APPLICABLE TO PALLETIZED UNIT LOADS WHEN THE SUM OF THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF A UNIT LOAD EXCEEDS THE WIDTH OF A STANDARD TRAILER AND THE LENGTH IS LESS THEN TRAILER WIDTH.

3. THE PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE INTENDED FOR VAN TYPE TRAILERS OF ALL LENGTHS. THE TRAILERS MAY HAVE WOOD FLOORS, METAL FLOORS OR METAL FLOORS WITH WOOD NAILING STRIPS.

4. THE BLOCKING METHOD SHOWN ON PAGE 3, 5 AND 6 ARE FOR WOOD FLOOR TRAILERS WITH UNIT LOADS OF DIMENSIONS THAT PERMITS THE PROCEDURE SHOWN. WHEN THE TRAILER HAS METAL FLOORS, METAL FLOORS WITH NAILING STRIPS OR THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UNIT LOAD MAKES THE BLOCKING AND BRACING SHOWN IMPRACTIBLE TO USE, CHOOSE AN APPROPRIATE ALTERNATE METHOD EXPLAINED IN THE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS LOAD.

5. A FULL TRUCKLOAD (FTL) CONSISTS OF AS MANY UNIT LOADS THAT CAN BE ARRANGED IN THE TRAILER, SINGLE ROW PATTERN, CUBE, PERMISSIBLE GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT AND AXLE LOAD LIMITATION PERMITTING. IF THESE LIMITATIONS PERMIT, UNIT LOADS MAY BE DOUBLE OR TRIPLE LAYER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES SET FORTH IN THIS DOCUMENT.

6. A LESS-THAN TRUCKLOAD (LTL) SHOULD BE ARRANGED CONSIDERING WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION IN THE TRAILER. A TYPICAL LTL IS SHOWN ON PAGE 6.

7. AFTER BLOCKING AND BRACING HAS BEEN INSPECTED, ATTACH SHIPPING DOCUMENT TO INSIDE OF TRAILER IN AN ACCESSIBLE AREA, CLOSE AND SEAL TRAILER DOORS, AND ATTACH APPROPRIATE PLACARD (IF REQUIRED) TO BOTH SIDES, FRONT AND BACK OF TRAILER.