It absorbs moisture
Timber takes up water. A pallet left in the rain gains weight, can stain a load and will grow mould in a closed container. Store pallets under cover.
Wooden Pallets
Standard, heavy-duty, industrial and ISPM-15 export pallets — built to the size, the load and the handling your goods actually go through.
Overview
Still the Default, and for Good Reasons
Wood has stayed the dominant pallet material through decades of plastic and metal alternatives, and the reasons are practical: it carries heavy loads at low cost, it grips a load rather than letting it slide, it can be repaired with a hammer and a board, and at end of life it is recyclable rather than waste.
We manufacture and supply pallets for industrial, logistics and packaging use — and because we import the logs and saw the timber ourselves, the boards that go into them are the same graded stock we sell to other pallet manufacturers.
- Standard & custom sizes
- Block or stringer
- Two-way or four-way entry
- Heavy-duty options
- ISPM-15 heat treated
- Made to your drawing
- Construction
- Block type or stringer type
- Entry
- Two-way or four-way forklift entry
- Deck
- Single-deck, double-deck or reversible
- Common sizes
- 1200×800 · 1200×1000 · 1219×1016 · 1140×1140 mm
- Custom sizes
- Any footprint, made to drawing
- Timber
- Radiata pine and Southern Yellow Pine
- Board thickness
- Selected to the load class required
- Export treatment
- ISPM-15 heat treated and IPPC marked
- Repairable
- Yes — boards and blocks replaceable
- Best suited to
- Warehousing, plant despatch, transport, export
Origin & Sourcing
Built From Timber We Cut Ourselves
A pallet is only as good as the board in it. Thin, wet or badly graded timber is why pallets break at the bearer, split at the nail and fail on the third trip.
Our pallets are built from graded pallet-grade timber sawn at our own Gandhidham mill, from imported New Zealand radiata pine and Southern Yellow Pine. Where a load needs real strength and fastener holding, SYP goes in; where weight and freight cost matter more, radiata does.
That choice is made with you at the enquiry stage, not silently in the workshop.
Strengths
Cheap to buy, cheap to keep running.
The real cost of a pallet is not the purchase price — it is the price divided by the number of trips it survives, plus whatever it damages when it fails.
High load capacity for the cost
Timber carries heavy, concentrated loads at a fraction of the cost of plastic or metal equivalents of the same capacity.
Repairable in minutes
A broken deck board or block is replaced with a hammer and a nail gun. A cracked plastic pallet is scrap.
Grip, not slide
Timber has natural surface friction, so loads sit still on it. Smooth plastic decks need extra securing to do the same job.
Made to any footprint
Standard sizes when standard suits, and any custom footprint when your product does not fit one — without tooling cost.
Export-ready
Timber pallets can be heat treated and IPPC marked to ISPM-15, which is what most importing countries require of wood packaging.
Recyclable at end of life
Worn pallets go to repair, to re-manufacture in smaller sizes, or to chip — rather than to landfill.
Limitations
What to Keep in Mind
Every timber has a working range. These are the honest limits of wooden pallets — knowing them up front is what keeps a consignment from going wrong.
Heavier than plastic at the same size
For air freight or where every kilogram is charged, a plastic or presswood pallet may work out cheaper despite the higher purchase price.
Export needs ISPM-15 treatment
Untreated wood packaging is refused by most importing countries. Export pallets must be heat treated and marked — build that into cost and lead time.
Nails, splinters and snagging
Protruding nails and splintered boards can damage bagged or wrapped goods. Inspect pallets before loading and pull damaged ones out of circulation.
Not ideal for cleanroom or pharma
Where particulate control or washdown hygiene is required, plastic is usually specified instead. Timber is for industrial, warehouse and transport duty.
Dimensions shift with humidity
Timber moves slightly with ambient moisture. For automated handling with tight tolerances, specify kiln-dried material and say so at enquiry.
Applications
Where It Is Used
Pallets are specified by what the load does, not just what it weighs.
Warehouse racking
Pallets sized to the racking beam and rated for the stored load.
Plant despatch
Standard-footprint pallets for regular outbound production.
Export consignments
ISPM-15 heat treated pallets sized to load efficiently in containers.
Heavy machinery
Heavy-duty pallets and skids with thicker decks and extra bearers.
Drums & bagged goods
Close-boarded decks that support a concentrated or shifting load.
Logistics & transport
Four-way entry pallets for fast, repeated forklift handling.
Retail & display
Half pallets and light pallets for smaller, lighter consignments.
One-off consignments
Made-to-drawing pallets for odd-sized or irregular goods.
Specifications
Standard Sizes and Construction Options
These footprints cover most requirements. Anything outside them is simply a customized pallet — send the size and the load.
| Size (mm) | In inches | Commonly called | Typically used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1200 × 800 | 47" × 31" | Euro-size footprint | European consignments, FMCG, racking systems |
| 1200 × 1000 | 47" × 39" | ISO / industrial standard | General industrial, chemicals, engineering goods |
| 1219 × 1016 | 48" × 40" | North American / GMA footprint | Cargo bound for the USA and Canada |
| 1140 × 1140 | 45" × 45" | Container-friendly square | Containerised export, drums and bagged goods |
| 1100 × 1100 | 43" × 43" | Asia-Pacific standard | Asia trade lanes, containerised shipments |
| 800 × 600 | 31" × 24" | Half pallet | Light loads, spares, retail and display use |
| Custom | As required | Made to your drawingAny size, any load class | Machinery, odd-sized goods, one-off consignments |
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Specifications are confirmed per order
Tell us four things — footprint size, load weight per pallet, domestic or export, and monthly quantity — and we can quote a build specification against them.
Handling & Storage
Keep Them Dry, Keep Them Inspected
Most pallet failures in the field trace back to storage, not to manufacture.
- Store pallets under cover and off the ground — wet pallets gain weight and grow mould.
- Stack flat and evenly; leaning stacks twist the pallets at the bottom.
- Inspect before every load — pull out pallets with cracked bearers or loose boards.
- Repair rather than scrap: replacing one deck board restores the pallet.
- Keep ISPM-15 marked export pallets separate from untreated domestic stock.
- Do not exceed the rated load, and keep the load inside the pallet footprint.
- Spread concentrated point loads across bearers with a top board or sheet.
Wooden Pallets
Send the size, the load and the monthly quantity.
We will come back with a build specification and a price — domestic or ISPM-15 export.