Pallets types

Pallet Types

Wooden pallets vary in dimensions and in design, although there has been some success towards standardisation in Europe. An aperture is required between the top and bottom decks for fork entry. Where there are bottom boards they must be suitably spaced for use with pallet trucks.

The Europallet is a typical example (800 x 1200 mm). Four-way entry flat pallet with perimeter base. Bottom deck is boarded on all four sides so that a pallet truck always enters over the bottom boards which are usually chamfered.

Four-way entry flat pallet with blocks as spacers. Top deck includes three transverse stringers, while bottom boards occur on two sides only. On the other two (800 mm) sides, entry is provided without bottom boards.