A pallet holds 200 gaylords, or 2,200 pounds of wax. That's a lot of wax. Probably more than you'll buy during a shopping trip to the local hobby shop.
The Lemming learned about that sort of gaylord while doing some analysis for Spiral Light Candle, and that's an example of shameless self-promotion. Also another topic.
After the Lemming got through crunching numbers about wax, candles, and related matters, an important question remained unanswered: What else does "gaylord" mean? Well, maybe not an "important" question: but an interesting one. From the Lemming's point of view.
After a little nosing around, the Lemming discovered that "gaylord" can mean quite a few things, including:
- A chemical company in Louisiana
(Gaylord Chemical Corporation) - Transportation
- Bulk
- A very large carton
- One fills a pallet
- Trade name for a standard-sized container
- Corrugated
- Large
- Reusable
- Used for shipping materials
- A box
- Pallet-sized
- In which electronic scrap is shipped
- Often shipped, that is
- A very large carton
- Personal
- A kind of car they don't make any more
- Manufactured from
- 1910 to 1913
(American Automobiles) - 1911 to 1912
(Wikipedia) - 1955 to 1956
(American Automobiles)
- 1910 to 1913
- Manufactured from
- A kind of car they don't make any more
- Bulk
- A person's name
- Given
- Surname
- A town in Otsego County, Michigan
(Gaylord, Otsego County
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