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FORMULA FOR CARLOAD GRAPE 
LOADING 
The measurements of a grape crate 
packed and ready for shipment are as 
follows: 
Length, Outside -... 
Width, $6 haananane auenee ene oe 164% “ 
Depth, $6 Nanneesnnenseusversenens 6 “e 
The inside measurements of a Pacific 
Fruit Express refrigerator car are as 
follows: 
Length vutecees es cee ee oe edd Et. 254 in. 
Wit ooeeeeteeenseeteeee oe neenene . &ft. 294 in. 
FLCIZNt — .eeeneeeeeenne ceneneeeneeeeenes oe 7 ft. 53/16 in. 
The carload minimum weight on grapes 
from California to Eastern points is 26,- 
000 Ibs. 
The standard formula for loading gen- 
erally used is to load 945 crates per car 
in tiers of five crates wide and nine 
crates high across the width of the car, 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
as per diagram No. 1, and 21 tiers length- 
wise of the car with 11 tiers on one side 
and 10 tiers on the other side of the 
doorway, as per diagram No. 2. 
The crates are loaded lengthwise with 
the end showing marks or labels towards 
the doorway, and each tier is braced by 
means of car strips % inch thick, 1 inch 
wide and 8 feet long, as follows: 
Two car strips are first placed 151. 
inches apart across the car floor with 
end of one of the strips against each side 
of the car and crates are then placed on 
top of the strips with an additional set 
of strips used between every third row 
and on top, making four sets of strips to 
each tier as indicated by heavy lines in 
diagram No. 1. Each set of strips ig se- 
curely nailed to the end of the crates ex- 
cept the strips on the car floor which 
are held in place by the weight of the 
tier. These strips keep the crates in 
Diagam #1 
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