Grade A Pallets

The best pallet for any supply chain is a food grade plastic pallet.

Grade a pallets.

The igps plastic pallet pool provides a strong lightweight plastic pallet that is easily sanitized and not easily damaged. A grade pallets are more readily available but will have a more worn appearance than a premium a grade. Standard 04 a grade 2 way 48x40 gma style pallet. Grade a pallets include gma and gma type pallets from hardwood to pine with no block or half runner stringer repairs.

The specs on an a grade are more consistent than on a b grade pallet and will never have any block repairs to the stringers. Grade a pallets are suitable for display purposes in grocery stores or markets. The b grade pallets usually have one or more repaired stringers. 03 pallets may have plate and or corrugate repairs.

Many recyclers use subdivisions within the category to distinguish between pallets with a cleaner appearance typically composed of hardwood premium a grade 1a or food grade and those that are more worn and often made from pine a grade grade 1b or 1c or melon grade. 02 03 and 05 pallets may combine 6 and 4 lead boards. A c grade means that a pallet has been repaired numerous times and most of the stringers on a c grade pallet will have companion stringers while the deck boards will be inconsistent in size spacing and thickness. Standard a grade gma pallets grades 4 5 have limited stringer damage and are generally repaired with a corrugated metal plate or staples.

To switch to plastic pallets give our team a call at 1 800 884 0225 email a specialist at email protected or visit our contact page. While you can find new grade a plastic pallets at relatively low costs depending on your desired application they will cost more than the b grade version of the same pallet type. This is commonly referred to as a companion stringer block stringer and double stringer. The specs on an a grade are more consistent than on a b grade pallet and will never have any block repairs to the stringers.

The overall appearance is also better as a grade pallets are likely to have had shipment fewer. When acquiring pallets for your warehouse or distribution facility you should become familiar with the different grades of gma pallets. Pallets considered gma pallets regardless of grade are always 48 x 40 with the stringer length always being the 48 length. A grade pallets are more readily available but will have a more worn appearance than a premium a grade pallet.

A grade 3 or c grade is a pallet in poor condition and is typically accepted by few companies. The deckboard configuration is typically 7 top and 5 bottom boards with specific lead board sizes. Grade b typically this is a used pallet which has had stringer runner damage and has been repaired by attaching an additional runner along side the damaged one. The overall appearance is also better as an a grade pallets likely has had fewer cycles than a b grade.