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pallets to pallet box handling. On a volume of 100,000 equivalent standard 

 boxes, an annual saving of between $7,000 and $8,500 might be expected. This 

 does not include added value to the fruit by preserving its inherent quality 

 and savings from greater utilization of storage space. Many storage and 

 packinghouse operators might be able to increase their volume of business by 

 nearly 20 percent without any expansion of plant or any additional capital 

 investment in facilities., This could amount to a saving of about 5<fc per box. 



Pallet Boxes Save Cold Storage Space 



Pallet boxes make more eff 

 space. This is shown in figure 

 boxes have equal fruit-holding 

 is 40- by 47-inches and of the 

 is 40- by 48 3/4-inches, The p 

 boxes with pallet are 72 inches 

 for handling them with forklift 

 the pallet boxes. Cold storage 

 20 percent with pallet boxes if 

 boxes. 



icient use of cold storage or other storage 



22 where two pallet boxes and 48 standard 

 capacity. The floor area of the pallet boxes 

 standard boxes, on the 40- by 48-inch pallet, 

 allet boxes are 62 inches high and the standard 

 . The standard boxes and the pallet necessary 

 equipment occupy 20 percent more volume than 

 capacity therefore can be increased about 

 space is used as effectively as with standard 



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Figure 22. — The two pallet boxes on the left hold an equal amount of 

 fruit to the 48 standard box pallet load on the right. Both stacks 

 occupy essentially the same floor space. The pallet boxes require 

 less space vertically. 



