Pocket Guide to Flan..

8
MATERIALS
HANDLING TIPS
Tallying Pipes
The lengths of pipes received must be verified by tally-
ing or measuring each joint. It requires up to three persons
to handle and read the tape, and the third person to record
the measurements on a tally sheet. See Figure 8-1.
Step 1. Attach a bar code description to the tally sheet,
and write a brief description of the pipe on the sheet.
Step 2. Place 1-in. thick boards across the center of the
stack of pipe to prevent the tape from falling between the
joints and breaking. If the third helper is present, have that
person hold the tape in the center of the joints. If the tape
sticks between the joints, either pry apart or lift the nearest
joint to the tape.
A typical tape is shown in Figure 8-2, the magnified ver-
sion of an engineer's steel tape divided into ten units to
the foot, and is read as a decimal, as if it were dollars and
cents.
149