[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":75},["ShallowReactive",2],{"c:\u002Fcompare\u002Fepal-6-vs-epal-7":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":7,"description":56,"extension":57,"left":58,"meta":59,"navigation":60,"noindex":61,"path":62,"related":63,"reviewed":67,"right":68,"seo":69,"sources":70,"stem":73,"__hash__":74},"compare\u002Fcompare\u002Fepal-6-vs-epal-7.md","EPAL 6 vs EPAL 7 half pallet","EPAL 6 and EPAL 7 are both 800 × 600 mm half pallets weighing about 9.5 kg. EPAL 6 is all wood, 144 mm high, with 9 blocks, 69 nails and a 750 kg safe working load. EPAL 7 is 163 mm high with 3 wooden blocks, a plastic block, 6 steel angle brackets and 21 tubular rivets, rated 500 kg.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":47},"minimark",[10,15,19,23,26,30,33,37,40,44],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"construction","Construction",[16,17,18],"p",{},"EPAL 6 is a scaled-down block pallet: 13 boards, 9 blocks, 69 nails. EPAL 7 uses 13 boards and 42 nails, but only 3 wooden blocks, plus a plastic block, six 3 mm steel angle brackets and 21 tubular rivets.",[11,20,22],{"id":21},"ratings","Ratings",[16,24,25],{},"EPAL 6 is rated 750 kg safe working load. EPAL 7 is rated 500 kg in shelving racks or when moved by forklift. Both allow 1,500 kg on the bottommost pallet in a stack of laden pallets on a solid, even floor.",[11,27,29],{"id":28},"markings","Markings",[16,31,32],{},"On EPAL 7 the EPAL marks are embossed into the steel spacers. On EPAL 6 they are branded into wooden blocks. Both carry the IPPC mark, the licence number with year and month, and the control staple.",[11,34,36],{"id":35},"where-each-is-used","Where each is used",[16,38,39],{},"EPAL describes the EPAL 6 as a display pallet for the sales area and the EPAL 7 as popular in food and drink, discount stores and retail, suited to the point of sale.",[11,41,43],{"id":42},"a-size-correction","A size correction",[16,45,46],{},"Some secondary sources list the EPAL 7 as 600 × 400 mm. EPAL's own page lists 800 × 600 mm, and that is the figure used throughout this site.",{"title":48,"searchDepth":49,"depth":49,"links":50},"",2,[51,52,53,54,55],{"id":13,"depth":49,"text":14},{"id":21,"depth":49,"text":22},{"id":28,"depth":49,"text":29},{"id":35,"depth":49,"text":36},{"id":42,"depth":49,"text":43},"The two 800 × 600 mm EPAL half pallets compared. Wooden blocks against steel brackets, ratings, height and marking.","md","epal-6-half-pallet",{},true,false,"\u002Fcompare\u002Fepal-6-vs-epal-7",[64,65,66],"\u002Fpallets\u002Fepal-6-half-pallet","\u002Fpallets\u002Fepal-7-half-pallet","\u002Fmarkings\u002Fepal-steel-spacer-mark","2026-10-27","epal-7-half-pallet",{"title":5,"description":56},[71,72],"epal-6","epal-7","compare\u002Fepal-6-vs-epal-7","LN5A3jjQ-SESdms15awPUWVB9wbAvHhIfMzSKF0GKQU",1793132283632]