Wood

This is the most commonly used material in making pallets. These wooden makes are either softwood stringer or hardwood slab types. The benefits include as follows: toughness, robustness, flexibility, availability in abundance and ease of usage. Generally, wooden pallets ideal for travel for distinct-use. Upon unloading the cargo, such pallets that have developed a lot of waste throughout the years, need to be disposed or repaired. Another option is to reprocess these pallets into squash.

Metal

Pallets of the metallic make have seen an increase in their usage and quantity for years and years. But, they are much less usual as compared to their wooden equivalent, consisting only of a minute marketplace proportion. Usage is quite often in storing and/or conveying particularly huge or bulky cargo due to their solar stability and vigor. Nevertheless, metal pallets are normally bulkier themselves so it is not easy to produce them, and costing besides. Such metallic ones are commonly inclusive of carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum. In general, top-class durability is proffered by carbon steel at less expenditure in comparison to aluminum or stainless steel.

Plastic

These types of pallets are in common use for storage and transportation of cargo. Such pallets are also of different kinds and differ conditionally as per cost and durability. Generally, these plastic makes have a tendency of being somewhat robust and long-lasting for most trips, although being costly and intricate in its refurbishment.