TM 55-2200-001-12
Change 1
Section No. 1 General Rules (Rev.-11-1978)
(b)
In addition to species in paragraph (a), the following species of woods are acceptable for uses other than
stakes or clamping pieces except as noted in paragraph (d):
Bald Cypress
Madone, Pacific
Birch (paper)
Magnolia (Fraser and southern)
Cedar (Southern red & eastern red)
Maple (bigleaf and striped)
Cypress (Arizona)
Mountain-laurel
Douglas Fir (intermediate type &
Pine (pitch and Jack)
Poplar (Canadian Western White) (For Loading of
Steel Pipe, Part No. 8, Section No. :)
Rocky Mountain type)
Sycamore
Hemlock (eastern and western)
Tamarack
Juniper (Rocky Mountain and Utah)
Tupelo (black)
(c)
In addition to species in paragraphs (a) and (b), the following species of woods are acceptable for uses
other than stakes, bearing pieces, separators and clamping pieces except as noted in paragraph (d):
Aspen (bigtooth and quaking)
Juniper
Cedar (Alaska & Port Orford)
Pine (lodge pole)
Cotton wood (black and eastern'
Redwood, Old Growth
Fir (California Red, grand, noble
Spruce (East. *, Engelmann, & Sitka)
Pacific Silver, and white)
Yellow-poplar
(d)
The following species of wood may be used for all purposes when the number of pieces or size specified
under a figure Is increased by 25 percent or more:
Birch (paper)
Magnolia (Fraser and southern)
Cedar (Alaska, Eastern red, Port
Maple (big leafed and striped)
Orford, and Southern red)
Mountain-laurel
Cottonwood
Pine (Jack, Jeffrey, Lodgepole,
Cypress (Arizona)
pitch, eastern white,
Douglas Flr (intermediate type &
timber, Ponderosa & sugar)
Rocky Mountain type)
Pinyon
Fir (California Red, grand, noble,
Redwood-Old Growth
Pacific Silver, and white)
Spruce (eastern*, Engelmann &
Hemlock (eastern and western)
Sitka)
Juniper (Rocky Mountain and Utah)
Sycamore
Madrone, Pacific
Tupelo (black)
(e)
Shippers desiring approval and inclusion of a species not listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) should
forward request for consideration to the Director, Rules and Inspection or to the Chairman, Open Top Loading Rules
Committee, furnishing name of species and listing properties for use in determining if it is acceptable.
(f)
For lumber loads only, covered by figures in Section No. 5 or by the General Rules, items of securement,
made from wood, with the exception of stakes, may be of the same species as the lumber in the load. Stakes must be in
accordance with paragraphs (a) and/or (d).
(g)
All woods must be of good sound quality, straight grained, free of decay and strength impairing knots.
(h)
Excepting stakes, dimensions specified in specific figures or General Rules for wood securement items are
permissible as rough or finished commercial dressed sizes. Dimensions of stakes must be to the minimum sizes in the
specific figures or General Rules, whether rough or finished.
*Commercial Species
Ash-white (blue, green and white)
Hickory-true (mockernut, pignut, shagbark, and shellbark)
Hickory-pecan (butternut, nutmeg, pecan, and water)
Maple-h4rd (black and sugar)
Oak-red (black, cherrybark, laurel, northern red, nuttal, pin, scarlet, Shumard, southern red, water and willow)
Oak-white (bur, canyon live, chestnut, Chinkapin, live, Oregon White, overcup, post, swamp chestnut, and white)
Pine-southern yellow (loblolly, longleaf, shortleaf, and slash)
Spruce-eastern (black, red, and white)
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