0009 00
TM 5-5430-248-13&P
Table 1. Inspection Criteria for Packaging
COMPONENT
ACCEPTABLE
REPARABLE
NONREPARABLE
Wooden Crate and Lid (with attached pallet)
Hardware
Operative and tight
Inoperative and loose
None
boards can be repaired
with nails and fasteners.
Lid
Operative and tight
Inoperative and loose
None
boards can be repaired
with nails and fasteners.
Pallet
Operative and tight
Inoperative and loose
None
boards can be repaired
with nails and fasteners.
Wood
Splits less than 3 inches
Splits more than 3
Splits closer than 1 inch
long, no closer than 1
inches but no closer
to edge of board or
inch to the edge of
than 1 inch to edge of
adjoining split or over
board or adjoining split.
board or adjoining split,
-inch wide.
The board must be
or -inch wide. That
secured by at least one
can be repaired by use
nail on each side of the
of corrugated fasteners.
split when it extends to
the end of the board.
Markings
Markings should be
None
Illegible markings
legible and dark.