How Pallets with Laminated Red Oak Deckboards Performed in Use.

In-use tests in a combination brick and cement block yard and subsequent laboratory tests indicated that laminated pallet deckboards made from knife-cut, low-grade red oak logs can perform as well as deckboards of solid red oak. Performance was not significantly different between laminated oak deckboard pallets assembled with 2-12-in.-long by 15-gage staples and pallets assembled with conventional helically threaded pallet nails if approximately five staples were used for every three nails based on total fasteners per pallet. In a severe handling environment, a synthetic elastomeric adhesive for assembling pallets did not perform as well as nails or staples.