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Recycled Pallet Grades: A Quick Guide
Recycled pallets offer great savings and are an environmentally friendly option. Prior to the 1980s very little recycling of wood pallets occurred but since then it has become a huge industry, making the environment greener while extending the life of pallets built from new lumber. At any given time, there are hundreds of millions of…
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Key Factors That Influence the Price of Wooden Pallets
Online stores and e-commerce have been disruptive forces in the retail sector, even before the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous estimates showed global retail sales were to reach $27.7 trillion by 2020, with the figure later revised down $23.4 trillion by Business Insider. Shipping plays a critical role in the recovery of different sectors…
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How to Decide Between Hardwood and Softwood Pallets
It is important to get the right kind of pallets for your business and while there are many options available when it comes to new pallets, hardwood and softwood pallets are the two main types. Hardwood pallets were the preferred choice for many years but quite a few pallets are built from softwoods these days,…
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What Is The Pallet Design System Software?
Coming up with pallet designs by hand or using a CAD system is a time-consuming task. Apart from that, it’s prone to over-design or errors. Once you are done designing the pallet, you will need to test the hand-drawn or CAD-designed finished product to ensure it meets your client’s needs. However, this process is somewhat…
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What to Know When Buying a Wood Pallet
Wood pallets are an inexpensive, sustainable, and easy-to-source solution for storage, shipping, and many other needs. If you’re thinking of reaching out to a pallet supplier, there are a few things you first need to know. This is because as versatile as wood pallets are, they may work great for one need but not for…
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6 Ways to Prevent Damage to Your Wooden Pallets
The pandemic continues to spur a radical shift from brick-and-mortar retail to e-commerce. Online retailers saw sales increase by 14.8% between February and April 2020 as compared to a similar period the previous year. The surge spills over to the pallet industry as companies strive to meet the increased demand in shipping. Your business needs…
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Recycled Wood Pallets Can Help Your Business and the Environment
Surely you have noticed wooden pallets for sale stacked behind hardware stores. You may have even used these pallets in your own business for forklift operation. But do you know that only a quarter of U.S. land is available for the production of timber resources for commercial products? Recycled wood pallets can reduce the impact…
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A Brief History of Wooden Pallets
Pallets have been such an important staple of the modern material handling and transport industry that it’s easy to assume they’ve always been in use. In reality, wood pallets as we know them today are less than 100 years old. In your search for the best heat treated pallets Tampa has to offer, why…
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Why are Pallet Prices Rising in Tampa and Atlanta?
If you buy new or recycled wood pallets you’ll surely have noticed an upward price trend over the last year. Depending on whether it’s new or recycled pallets some prices have nearly doubled! You may be wondering what’s causing the rise in prices in Tampa and Atlanta. First, if you’re buying new pallets they’ll typically…
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3 Factors That Affect the Quality of Wood Pallets
Right now, small businesses are considered by many to be the backbone of the American economy. And like any business, they need to consider how they are going to have goods shipped and packaged. In many cases, goods are shipped on wood pallets. Wood pallets, especially wood pallets Tampa and Atlanta based companies rely on,…
