A plastic pallet supplier that sizes orders in trailers

A maker sells its own range, and each maker's catalogue is written to show its own models. They rarely line up side by side. A marketplace lists many sellers but leaves the matching to you. A supplier sits between the makers and your dock and does the matching.

We do not claim the supplier route is cheaper or faster, because we state no prices or lead times. We claim it is clearer: one person reading the model sheets so you do not have to read all of them.

1. You send the ship-to ZIP, the footprint, the use and whether the order repeats.
2. We pick the model class that fits: nestable for the most pallets per trailer, a stackable or rackable where the job demands it.
3. We write the line: footprint, static load, dynamic load and racking load, resin, entry type.
4. We size the trailers using the maker's published count for that model, labelled as its example.
5. You confirm the model. On a standing supply the line is written down once and every later load matches it.

Entry matters as much as rating. A 4-way entry pallet takes forks or a jack on all four sides, which speeds loading and unloading. A 2-way pallet does not. Say what handles the pallet at both ends.

• The model name and the maker, in writing, on every line.
• Static load, dynamic load and racking load for that model. Racking is usually the lowest, and only designs made for racking carry one.
• The resin: HDPE or polypropylene, virgin resin or recycled content, and the colourant.
• The resin and colourant documents before the first truck, not after.
• A fire listing (FM 4996 or UL 2335) if your insurer or sprinkler design needs one.
• The maker's own trailer count, as an example, and the nest increment behind it.

A recurring account is the point of working with a supplier. Pallets that shuttle between known sites and come back make a closed loop, and a closed loop only works when the model repeats exactly. We write the spec once: footprint, ratings, resin, colour and marks. The next load matches the last, whichever trailer carries it.

Tell us in the form that the order is recurring and we quote it that way. We state no minimum quantity because no offer sheet exists to quote one from.

• The maker and model, not a size and a colour.
• Static, dynamic and racking load, with the word none where a model carries no racking rating.
• The resin, and whether it is virgin or recycled.
• Entry: two-way or four-way.
• The per-trailer count, with the maker's name beside it.
• The ship-to and the month.

A quote missing the model or the count is a price for an unspecified pallet. The lines above are what a receiving clerk reads at the dock, and the first thing the clerk checks when a delivery does not match the order.