Hello there, We now use these 3/4" square dowels in our shipping department. They are used to hold gearboxes in place on the pallet so they do not slide around during transit. We cut them into approximately 12" long pieces. They are nail gunned down to the wooden pallet around the perimeter of the gearboxes. Our shipping department love them as they are easier to work with than our previous method. Wish you made them in smaller lengths than the 48" ones we purchased but they might cost more I would think. Thanks very much. Mike Harmon, WedgeRock, LLC, 34 Business Park Road, Limerick, Maine 04048. Email; mike@wedgerock.com, www.wedgerock.com