Pallets are also known as crates and are used to transport goods around the countries either in containers or vehicles. They achieve this by providing a solid base on which goods are placed and secured appropriately thereby keeping them from sustaining damages. Additionally, they provide a solid base to both stack and move goods with the aid of forklift truck. Traditionally, pallets have been made of wood but recently the increase in the development as well as use of plastic made it possible to make pallets with plastic. However, the big question to consider is that which is the best plastic pallet or timber?
If you choose a timber pallet, you will derive the following benefits:
Cost: Timber pallets are made from common and easily available wood, this can be manufactured cheaply thereby making it cheaper to buy when compared to plastic which require a more sophisticated process of manufacturing.
Easy accessibility: If you intend to own the pallets yourself, then wooden pallets are very easy to source from most builder’s merchant or hardware stores. However, plastic pallets are much more specialized and may not be readily available for purchase.
In fact, you can easily make the timber pallet yourself.
Easy to fix: Pallets can have quite a hard life, so they get damaged easily. However, with wooden pallets you can easily fix them yourself by simply replacing sections of woods or nails.
Strength: Wood can be very good at taking very heavy weight, which might place too much stress on some plastic crates.
Lifespan: Even though wood is quite strong, they will become damaged and also wear out relatively quickly. Although they can be gotten easily, this can become costly if you need lots of pallets and you use them constantly.
Storage: Wood can be damaged by water, thus if you want to keep your wooden crate at optimum condition, you have to keep them dry else they would be damaged within the shortest possible time.
Environmental issues: Because wood is a natural resource, and wood pallets have a short lifespan, they use a lot of raw material. Also, wood can make a good choice for short term or small businesses. They are cheap and easy enough to repair. However, the bigger your business the more problems and high cost wood will give you because of their short lifespan.
Lifespan: Plastic can provide a much longer lifespan when compared with wood thereby providing a better investment in the long term. Also, they don’t require the same amount of repair or replacement.
Storage: When compared to wood, plastic is much easier to handle and store. Additionally, they are not affected by water damage.
Environmental issues: Although plastics are considered to be less environmental, however, it does not require as much repair as wooden pallet.
Weight: Plastic crates can be significantly lighter than wood and easier to handle thereby making it a good choice for carrying large goods.
Hygiene: Plastic is much easier to clean to a hygienic level when compared to wood. This is very important if you are transporting goods such as foods.
Cost: The initial cost of buying a plastic pallet is high when compared to wood. Although you can rent pallet without worrying about the cost of ownership.
Repair: Although there is less likelihood of getting damaged when compared to wood, plastic is much harder to repair and would need to be replaced in some cases.
Conclusively, plastic pallet is considered as the safest and best option for carrying loads and storing various forms of goods because of its durability, light weight as well as easy usage.
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