glossary
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| Single-Wing Pallet |
A pallet with the top deckboards extending beyond the edges of the stringers or stringer-boards with the bottom deckboards flush (if present) |
| Skid |
A pallet having no bottom deck |
| Softwood |
Wood from coniferous or needle-bearing trees (not necessarily soft or low density) |
| Solid Deck Pallet |
A pallet constructed with no spacing between deckboards |
| Span |
The distance between stringer or block supports |
| Strapping |
Thin flat bands used to secure load to pallet |
| Stringer |
Continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched beam-component of the pallet used to support deck components, often identified by location as the outside or center stringer |
| Stringerboard |
In block pallets, continuous, solid board member extending for the full length of the pallet perpendicular to deckboard members and placed between deckboards and blocks |
| Trip |
Consists of four to six handlings of a pallet |
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