. Wooden box and crate construction . Fig. 9—Lumber piled sidewise on concrete and metal foundations. A lumber yard should be well drained, and so situatedand divided up by alleys as to reduce the cost of handlingthe lumber to a minimum. Box lumber is practically always piled flat; it may liewith the ends of the boards toward the alley (endwise pil-ing), or parallel with the alley (sidewise piling), as shown infigure 10. In either case the piles slope from front to rear,away from the alley. Endwise piling is more common be-cause it facilitates handling of the lumber and because of thebetter vi
. Wooden box and crate construction . Fig. 9—Lumber piled sidewise on concrete and metal foundations. A lumber yard should be well drained, and so situatedand divided up by alleys as to reduce the cost of handlingthe lumber to a minimum. Box lumber is practically always piled flat; it may liewith the ends of the boards toward the alley (endwise pil-ing), or parallel with the alley (sidewise piling), as shown infigure 10. In either case the piles slope from front to rear,away from the alley. Endwise piling is more common be-cause it facilitates handling of the lumber and because of thebetter visual inspection from the alley which it afifords. Side-wise piling has the advantage of giving better air circulationfrom side to side, and what moisture enters the piles runsacross the boards instead of running lengthwise and accumu-lating under the stickers as in end-piling. WOODEN BOX AND CRATE CONSTRUCTION. PiQ. 10—A well-kept lumber yard maintained by a large eastern wood-using factory. (Note forward pitch of stacks, treatedends, and general sanitary ground conditions.)
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