EUR6 / EPAL 6 Half Pallet
800 × 600 mm (31.5 × 23.6 in), 50% smaller than a EUR1 pallet.
- It has the lightest published weight of the 7 pallet standards where it is published: 9.5 kg, 13.5 kg less than the 48×40 (GMA).
- Two of them cover exactly one EUR1 footprint, so they mix with EUR1 loads without gaps.
- Only the 600×400 quarter pallet has a smaller footprint (0.24 m² against 0.48 m²).
- It fills the floor best in the EU box trailer (97.4%, 68 pallets) and worst in the 20ft open top (86.6%).
- It covers more of the floor than a EUR1 in 13 of the 20 units.
800 × 600millimetres31.5 × 23.6 in · 0.48 m² · 5.2 sq ft
800
600
Top view to scale, in mm
this palletEUR1 outline, for comparison
Specification
Size
- Height
- 154 mm
- Length ÷ width
- 1.333
144–163 across 2 sources
Build
- Weight
- 9.5 kg
- Boards / blocks
- 13 / 9
- Nails
- 69
- Code
- EPAL 6
- Standard
- EPAL (800 x 600 half pallet)
1 source
Loading metres (EU trailer)
- Lengthwise, 3 abreast
- 0.267 m per pallet
- Crosswise, 2 abreast
- 0.300 m per pallet
How many fit
Container or trailerFitShare of floor covered
- EU box trailer6897.4%
- 45ft pallet-wide container6797.2%
- 13.6 m curtainsider6896.6%
- mega trailer6896.6%
- 26 ft box truck3996.2%
- EU reefer trailer6696.0%
- 40ft high cube reefer5294.5%
- 53 ft dry van7993.4%
- 40ft container5593.4%
- 40ft high cube5593.4%
- 40ft open top5593.4%
- 40ft high cube open top5593.4%
- 48 ft dry van7293.2%
- 20ft reefer container2492.6%
- 48 ft flatbed7392.4%
- 53 ft flatbed8091.7%
- 48 ft step deck7291.2%
- 45ft high cube6090.4%
- 20ft container2586.6%
- 20ft open top2586.6%
How it compares
Floor used in a 40ft container — 2nd highest of 12
93.4%
84.9% · EUR11165×1165 (AU) · 96.0%
Footprint — 11th highest of 12
0.48 m²
0.24 m² · 600×400 quarter pallet1165×1165 (AU) · 1.36 m²
Related
Similar footprint
- 48×20 half pallet0.62 m²
- 600×400 quarter pallet0.24 m²
- EUR10.96 m²
Guides: Pallet sizes by region
Sources: CHEP, EPAL. Method