Pallets

28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
I believe that not all pallets are the same:) what sort of dimensions and styles should I be looking for circa 65-70? I am sure somebody out there knows :)
 
Old Buffer

Old Buffer

Western Thunderer
Pallets.
A lot depends on the jobs they are designed for. General purpose ones are usually 4ft x 4ft, made so that 2 can be carried across the bed of a lorry/trailer and 10 down the length (of a 40ft trailer). These have been the standard from day 1. Then there are the specially made ones for carrying different materials and these can be any size you want them to be.
Also another thing to take into consideration is the difference in manufacture, some are very fragile and nearly useless after 1 load, these are usually the specially made ones. The better ones are made of 4" x 1" planks power nailed to 4ft x 4" x 3" timbers and are very sturdy, some are close planked and others have a gap of about 1" or 2" between the planks, (these are the ones that are usually painted and with the owners name on, much wanted by the pallet people at motorway services).
Jordan can tell you better if I am a little bit out.
Alan
 
BrushType4

BrushType4

Western Thunderer
Pallets are generally 1200 x 1000. You get 26 on the bed of a 13.6metre trailer or 24 on the old 40 foot trailers. Agricultural goods often had bigger pallets.

I'll dig out some details and post back up in a while.

For your era though, pallets were often of the bigger type. 5'x4' I believe.
 
Pugsley

Pugsley

Western Thunderer
40 x 48 for standard 4 way pallets (the imperial equivalent of 1200 x 1000). Agricultural pallets are bigger - 5 or 6' by 40 inches. I can't tell you how high they are without looking it up, but they're about 300mm from the bottom of the base to the top.

I can measure a few for you at work tomorrow, if you like - we've got all sorts!
 
Pennine MC

Pennine MC

Western Thunderer
As well as differing dimensions, there are two basic variations in construction - 2-way entry, which have a solid timber separating the top and bottom decks on two sides, and 4-way entry, which have the decks separated by blocks at each corner. The 'entry', if it's not obvious, refers to the access for the tines of the forklift.

You'll soon wish you hadnt asked:))
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
This is why I asked :))
Im after something that would have been seen lying about a yard in the late 60's so imperial dimensions would rule.
I can add Pallet spotting to brick spotting on my CV :cool:
 
BrushType4

BrushType4

Western Thunderer
This may help.

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I think if you go for 60x48 for agricultural type goods and 48x40 for everything else you won't be far out.
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
Thanks chaps, I think it is the double entry at 48x40.
you know what is coming next
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:))
 
Eastsidepilot

Eastsidepilot

Western Thunderer
28ten said:
This is why I asked :))
Im after something that would have been seen lying about a yard in the late 60's so imperial dimensions would rule.
I can add Pallet spotting to brick spotting on my CV :cool:
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Guv'
Something else you may have seen lying around are timber bearers, 4x4 or 4x3 x about 4'-0" long approx. These would be used for loading timber on a flat bed trailer so the "forks" can get his blades out!. Although most of the time they belonged to the lorry driver, if he I could keep hold of the damn things:rolleyes::D

Col.
 
BrushType4

BrushType4

Western Thunderer
eastsidepilot said:
Guv'
Something else you may have seen lying around are timber bearers, 4x4 or 4x3 x about 4'-0" long approx. These would be used for loading timber on a flat bed trailer so the "forks" can get his blades out!. Although most of the time they belonged to the lorry driver, if he I could keep hold of the damn things:rolleyes::D

Col.
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The drivers I worked with used to acquire hundreds of these bearers. I used to collect these up from the back of the yard every now and then and take a trailer load home for the wood burner :)
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
Jordan said:
"CHEP" is a Company that derived from WW2, and stands for Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool...

Not many people know that..... ;)
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And that answer is another example of why the back row is not the place for you...

Why is there a great big pile of CHEPs, in a gated compound, to the northern edge of the NEC ring road?

regards, Graham
 
Old Buffer

Old Buffer

Western Thunderer
eastsidepilot said:
Guv'
Something else you may have seen lying around are timber bearers, 4x4 or 4x3 x about 4'-0" long approx. These would be used for loading timber on a flat bed trailer so the "forks" can get his blades out!. Although most of the time they belonged to the lorry driver, if he I could keep hold of the damn things:rolleyes::D

Col.
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Do you keep them at the rear of your trailer and lashed, or under the headboard?
Reason I ask is I was following one down the M11 when he lost 2 bearers off the back of his trailer, 1 went through my grill and rad just before Stanstead. Had to wait 4 hours for our big wrecker to come and pick me up, good job I wasn't loaded. Suppose it serves me right for tailgating.
If it was you, you owe me a night out. (Only a joke).
Alan
 
Eastsidepilot

Eastsidepilot

Western Thunderer
Old Buffer said:
Do you keep them at the rear of your trailer and lashed, or under the headboard?
Reason I ask is I was following one down the M11 when he lost 2 bearers off the back of his trailer, 1 went through my grill and rad just before Stanstead. Had to wait 4 hours for our big wrecker to come and pick me up, good job I wasn't loaded. Suppose it serves me right for tailgating.
If it was you, you owe me a night out. (Only a joke).
Alan
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Not me mate honest;)........It's been a few years since I did my stint of heavy goods work(made a change from carpentry for a while), but yes I used to strap them down or even better lay the folded sheets on top and strap the lot, I never lost any , all ways careful about that for one reason and thats because I was also a biker and after seeing one of my mates hit by one:eek: ........well you know the rest.
Did the Italy run mainly with a tilt, general UK was boring! and too crowded:headbang:

ATB, Col.
 
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