Used EUR pallets

The grey colour of a pallet, being a result of the natural wood ageing process, does not affect pallet quality.

It is permitted to use pallets with boards cracked, provided that the edges of the cracks do not come apart (a crack may extend along the entire length of the board).

It is permitted to use pallets with a small wane, without bark, as shown in the picture.

It is permitted to use pallets with unreadable or damaged markings on a block, provided that the corresponding block on the other side is marked correctly and is legible

Repaired pallets can be used as long as the repair is certified by a repairing nail. The wooden components used for the process must be new and undergo mandatory heat treatment.

Where a middle block has been replaced, the new block should not have marks burned into it, but only a repair nail hammered in. The right-hand block should have a EUR logo with a dot in an oval. The left-hand block should have an EPAL logo with a dot in an oval (this also applies to repaired railway pallets, e.g. CD. MAC etc.)

It is permitted to use pallets having their outer boards chipped, provided that the depth of the chipping does not exceed 2 cm and no more than 1 nail is visible.

It is permitted to use pallets with middle and side stringer boards cracked on condition that the stringer board has its entire surface rested on the blocks underneath.

Skip (wane, chips broken off) in stringer boards (middle and side ones).

Chipped boards exposing 2 or more nails

Poor general condition, for example:

- permanent contamination (e.g. oil, cement, grease);
- use of impermissible structural elements – boards, blocks, nails;
- improper positioning of the elements, e.g. a block moved relative to the boards