TABLE 7.--PRODUCTION STANDARDS FOR HANDLING 100- AND 50-POUND BURLAP BAGS
 FROM THE PACKING LINE TO THE LOAD FOR TRUCK LOADING ONLY


 100-pound Bags 50-pound Bags

 Job Man minutes Output Man minutes Output
 per hundred- per man per hundred- per man
 weighta hour weighta hour

 minutes cwt, minutes cwt.

Hand truck method:

 Set bag on hand
 truck .2265 265 .3871 155
 Hand truck .4741 127 .7169 84
 Load from hand
 trucks .2636 228 .4356 138

Fork truck method:

 Set bags on pallets .3819 157 .5639 106
 Drive fork trucks .1885 318 .1885 318
 Load from pallets .4800 125 .6960 86

Conveyor method:

 Load from conveyor .2759 217 .3236 185

 a
 Includes an allowance for nonwork time.

 Assumes distance of 40 feet between packing and loading areas.