[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":73},["ShallowReactive",2],{"c:\u002Fcompare\u002Fcp3-vs-cp9":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":7,"description":54,"extension":55,"left":56,"meta":57,"navigation":58,"noindex":59,"path":60,"related":61,"reviewed":64,"right":65,"seo":66,"sources":67,"stem":71,"__hash__":72},"compare\u002Fcompare\u002Fcp3-vs-cp9.md","EPAL CP3 vs CP8 vs CP9","EPAL CP3, CP8 and CP9 are all 1140 × 1140 mm. CP3 is 138 mm high with 15 boards, 9 blocks and 81 nails. CP9 is 156 mm high with 24 boards, 9 blocks and 102 nails. CP8 is 156 mm high with 28 boards, 12 blocks and 116 nails. The CP type marking on the pallet settles it.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":46},"minimark",[10,15,19,23,26,30,33,37],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"quick-test","Quick test",[16,17,18],"p",{},"Measure height: 138 mm means CP3. At 156 mm, count blocks: 12 means CP8, 9 means CP9. Then confirm with the CP type marking on the block, which names the type directly.",[11,20,22],{"id":21},"build-compared","Build compared",[16,24,25],{},"EPAL lists the CP3 with 15 boards, 9 blocks and 81 nails, and the CP9 with 24 boards, 9 blocks and 102 nails. The CP9 is 18 mm taller and has nine more boards on the same 1140 × 1140 mm footprint, so it is the heavier-built of the two. EPAL does not publish weights, so we cannot say by how much.",[11,27,29],{"id":28},"what-epal-publishes","What EPAL publishes",[16,31,32],{},"EPAL's CP pages list dimensions, boards, blocks, nails and markings. They do not list weight or safe working load, so this site does not either.",[11,34,36],{"id":35},"loading","Loading",[16,38,39,40,45],{},"1140 mm is too wide to fit two across in a 2,352 mm container, so these pallets go one across with gaps. Our load tables for CP3 show the effect: lower floor utilisation than either euro footprint. Compare the ",[41,42,44],"a",{"href":43},"\u002Fload\u002Fcp3-in-40ft-high-cube","CP3 table for a 40 ft high cube"," with the EPAL 1 table for the same box.",{"title":47,"searchDepth":48,"depth":48,"links":49},"",2,[50,51,52,53],{"id":13,"depth":48,"text":14},{"id":21,"depth":48,"text":22},{"id":28,"depth":48,"text":29},{"id":35,"depth":48,"text":36},"Three EPAL CP pallets share the 1140 × 1140 mm footprint. Height, boards, blocks and nails tell them apart.","md","epal-cp3-pallet",{},true,false,"\u002Fcompare\u002Fcp3-vs-cp9",[62,63,43],"\u002Fpallets\u002Fepal-cp8-pallet","\u002Fmarkings\u002Fcp-type-marking","2026-10-27","epal-cp9-pallet",{"title":5,"description":54},[68,69,70],"epal-cp3","epal-cp8","epal-cp9","compare\u002Fcp3-vs-cp9","M6yyxpLeIncOKTapj5dB3NWJ6oGK0r_a23v64TbLOKg",1793132283617]