[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":67},["ShallowReactive",2],{"c:\u002Fcompare\u002Fepal-2-vs-epal-3":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":7,"description":48,"extension":49,"left":50,"meta":51,"navigation":52,"noindex":53,"path":54,"related":55,"reviewed":59,"right":60,"seo":61,"sources":62,"stem":65,"__hash__":66},"compare\u002Fcompare\u002Fepal-2-vs-epal-3.md","EPAL 2 vs EPAL 3","EPAL 2 and EPAL 3 share the 1200 × 1000 mm footprint but are different pallets. EPAL 2 is 162 mm high, about 35 kg, with 17 boards, 133 nails, a base frame for conveyors and a 1,250 kg safe working load. EPAL 3 is 144 mm high, about 30 kg, with 13 boards and 84 nails and a 1,500 kg safe working load.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":40},"minimark",[10,15,19,23,26,30,33,37],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"the-counter-intuitive-rating","The counter-intuitive rating",[16,17,18],"p",{},"EPAL 2 is the heavier build but has the lower published safe working load: 1,250 kg against 1,500 kg for EPAL 3. Its bottommost-pallet stacking limit is also lower, 4,250 kg against 4,500 kg. EPAL describes the EPAL 2 as made for the heaviest industrial loads because its base frame lets it run on chain or roller conveyors; the rating figures are EPAL's own.",[11,20,22],{"id":21},"telling-them-apart","Telling them apart",[16,24,25],{},"Measure the height first: 162 mm against 144 mm. Then look underneath: the EPAL 2 has the full base frame. EPAL lists the EPAL 2 as length 1,200 × width 1,000 mm and the EPAL 3 as length 1,000 × width 1,200 mm, which reflects how the boards run.",[11,27,29],{"id":28},"board-thickness","Board thickness",[16,31,32],{},"EPAL 3 deck boards may be as thin as 17 mm, while EPAL 2 boards are 22–24 mm. That is the main reason the EPAL 3 is 5 kg lighter.",[11,34,36],{"id":35},"in-a-container","In a container",[16,38,39],{},"The footprint is the same, so floor counts in our load tables are identical. The difference shows up in stacks of empties: at 162 mm, fewer EPAL 2 pallets fit under the door height than EPAL 3 pallets at 144 mm.",{"title":41,"searchDepth":42,"depth":42,"links":43},"",2,[44,45,46,47],{"id":13,"depth":42,"text":14},{"id":21,"depth":42,"text":22},{"id":28,"depth":42,"text":29},{"id":35,"depth":42,"text":36},"Both are 1200 × 1000 mm EPAL pallets. How the EPAL 2 and EPAL 3 differ in height, weight, boards, nails, load rating and use.","md","epal-2-pallet",{},true,false,"\u002Fcompare\u002Fepal-2-vs-epal-3",[56,57,58],"\u002Fpallets\u002Fepal-2-pallet","\u002Fpallets\u002Fepal-3-pallet","\u002Fload\u002Fepal-2-in-40ft-high-cube","2026-10-27","epal-3-pallet",{"title":5,"description":48},[63,64],"epal-2","epal-3","compare\u002Fepal-2-vs-epal-3","Aa6N6pfNetgOCpuwJRFZDqTEOVYiW8iZp4encD9tt8Q",1793132283630]