| Footprint (W×D) | 1200 × 1000 mm |
|---|---|
| Deck height | 150 mm |
| Fork entry | 4-way entry |
| Rated load | 1200 kg |
| Deck | breathable deck |
What decides fuel a four-way deck choice?
The stored unit and the environment: a breathable deck for goods that shed water in transit or cool storage, a solid sheet where the load rides fine in the dry indoors — and the four-way entry where the truck works from more than one side.
Definition
A pallet is a flat, portable platform carrying unitised goods that a forklift or pallet truck lifts from any of its sides, forming the load unit the racking, shelving and trucks handle in common.
The pallet is the assumption under the whole system: beams are rated to a pallet span, trucks insert under a deck, racks store the unit. Getting the platform right — entry, deck, rated load — is what makes every other component’s number mean anything.
Why four-way matters more than it looks
A two-way pallet is picked and set only along its trusses, so a reaching truck must align with them every move; a four-way unit lets a truck enter from any side, which is the difference between a rack aisle planned to a fixed pitch and one the truck can resolve by approach. The deck is the second quiet decision: a solid sheet catches rain and dust in storage, a breathable deck sheds water, and both change how the same rated load behaves out of doors.
The pallet as the load unit
Everything downstream treats the pallet as one unit: the rack spans it, the beam is rated to it, the truck lifts it whole. Choosing the deck and entry is choosing how every one of those interfaces will be worked, and a mismatch — a solid deck under a drainage problem, a two-way unit in a narrow reach aisle — taxes the whole flow one small decision at a time.
All figures on this page are illustrative sample values, not measured specifications.