INTERMODAL LOADING GUIDE for Products in Closed Trailers and Containers Circular No. 43-E Pamphlet No. 45 BOE Pamphlet No. 6C Issued: March 2010 Issued: 07/01/2011 Supersedes BOE Pamphlet No. 6C Issued 1990, AAR Circular 43-D Issued June 2001, and Intermodal Loading Guide Issued July 1995 (Incl. 1997, 1998, 2001 Revisions) Approved by DAMAGE PREVENTION & FREIGHT CLAIM COMMITTEE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS BOE COMMITTEE Published by AAR/TTCI 55500 DOT Road Pueblo, CO 81001 (Printed in U.S.A.) © 2011 (This Page Left Blank Intentionally) Intermodal Loading Guide Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Section I— Introduction ................................................................................................................1-1 A. General ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1-1 B. Loading and Restraining Shipments of Hazardous Materials ..................................................................................... 1-2 C. Conversion Chart ........................................................................................................................................................ 1-4 Section II— Circular 43-E.............................................................................................................2-1 A. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 2-2 B. General Rules .............................................................................................................................................................. 2-2 Section III— General Information ...............................................................................................3-1 Loading ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3-1 A. Load Planning ............................................................................................................................................................. 3-1 B. Unitization ................................................................................................................................................................... 3-8 C. Fillers, Dividers and Separators ................................................................................................................................ 3-13 Securement.................................................................................................................................................................... 3-20 D. Wood ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3-20 E. Steel Strapping........................................................................................................................................................... 3-27 F. Nonmetallic Strapping ............................................................................................................................................... 3-31 G. Ty-Gard 2000®.......................................................................................................................................................... 3-33 H. Section H Cancelled 2009......................................................................................................................................... 3-34 I. Rear Doors.................................................................................................................................................................. 3-35 Section IV— Tested and Approved Securement Methods .........................................................4-1 A. Steel Strapping ............................................................................................................................................................ 4-6 Method A-1 Palletized Steel Products Secured Using a Controlled Floating Load (Maximum Weight 45,000 lb)............................................................................................................. 4-6 Method A-2 Seventy-Nine 55-Gallon Closed Head Drums Secured with Anchor Plates and Steel Straps (Maximum Weight 44,500 lb)............................................................................................................. 4-8 Method A-3 Steel Drums in a 4-3-4 Pattern Secured with Wall Anchor and Steel Straps..................................... 4-10 Method A-4 Steel Drums in a 4-4 Pattern Secured with Wall Anchors and Steel Straps ...................................... 4-12 Method A-5 40 in. Diameter Roll Printing Paper Secured by Two Steel Strap Barriers ....................................... 4-13 B. Ty-Gard 2000............................................................................................................................................................. 4-14 Method B-1 Drums Loaded in Two or Three Sections Secured with Ty-Gard 2000 Barriers .............................. 4-14 Method B-2 Mixed Load Secured with Ty-Gard 2000 Barriers ............................................................................ 4-16 Method B-3 Double-Layer Load Secured with Ty-Gard 2000 Barriers in a 20 ft Container................................ 4-18 Method B-4 40 in. Diameter Roll Printing Paper Secured with Ty-Gard 2000 Barriers....................................... 4-20 Method B-5 Brick Secured with Floor Blocking and Ty-Gard 2000 Barriers....................................................... 4-21 Method B-6 Bulk Boxes Secured with Floor Blocking and Ty-Gard 2000 Barriers............................................. 4-22 Method B-7 Intermediate Bulk Containers for Liquids Secured with Ty-Gard 2000 Barriers ............................. 4-24 Method B-8 Seventy-Eight to Eighty Tight-Head 55-Gallon Steel or Plastic Drums in Two Layers Secured by Ty-Gard 2000 in a 20 ft ISO Container .............................................................. 4-26 C. Palla-Gard™/Drum-Tite™—Cancelled.................................................................................................................... 4-29 Method C-1 Cancelled November 2009 ................................................................................................................ 4-29 Method C-2 Cancelled November 2009 ................................................................................................................ 4-29 Method C-3 Cancelled November 2009 ................................................................................................................ 4-29 D. Freightmate™—Cancelled........................................................................................................................................ 4-30 Method D-1 Cancelled June 2011.......................................................................................................................... 4-30 E. Rubber Mats .............................................................................................................................................................. 4-32 Method E-1 Coils on Skids with Rubber Mats on Floor in Refrigerated Equipment............................................ 4-32 Method E-2 Coils on Skids with Rubber Mats on Floor (Hardwood Flooring).................................................... 4-34 Method E-3 Wire Cable Coils in Cradles Using Guide Rails and Rubber Mats................................................... 4-36 Method E-4 58 in. Diameter Roll Pulpboard on End Using Rubber Mats............................................................ 4-38 Method E-5 50 in. Diameter Rolls of Wrapping Paper on End Using Rubber Mats............................................. 4-42 07/01/2011 i Table of Contents Intermodal Loading Guide Method E-6 Bilge-Loaded Large-Diameter Roll Paper on Wood Cradles............................................................ 4-44 Method E-7 Closed-Head Steel Drums in a 3-4-3 Pattern on Rubber Matting with Steel or Approved Polyester Cord Strapping............................................................................................. 4-46 Method E-8 Through Loads of 58 in. Diameter Roll Pulpboard on End Using Two 3 ft Wide Rubber Mats...... 4-48 Method E-9 Cancelled........................................................................................................................................... 4-50 Method E-10 Roll Pulpboard on End Using Rubber Mats with an Incomplete Second Layer............................... 4-50 Method E-11 Cancelled........................................................................................................................................... 4-52 Method E-12 45 in. Diameter Roll Paper on End Secured Using Rubber Mats ..................................................... 4-52 Method E-13 50 in. Diameter Newsprint on End Using 1 ft Wide Rubber Mats ................................................... 4-54 Method E-14 40 in. to 45 in. Diameter, Large Width Roll Paper on End in Two Sections Using Two 2 ft Wide Rubber Mats Under Each Section and Steel Strapping ........................................................... 4-56 Method E-15 Skidded or Palletized Flat Paper Stock Secured Using Rubber Mats and D.I.D. Bags .................... 4-58 Method E-16 Palletized Roofing Shingles