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The parts that turn a pallet into a container
A collar, a lid and a base is a reusable box that folds flat. For a lot of operations it quietly replaces both crating and stretch wrap.
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RePallet Co. stocks pallet collars, top caps and lids, corner board, edge protectors, slip sheets and strapping at its Denver yard. Collars fit standard 48" x 40" and Euro footprints and stack to any height in 200 mm increments.
The accessory range exists to keep goods on a reusable base instead of a single-use crate — usually at a third of the cost and with a fraction of the waste.
The range
Pallet collars
Hinged timber frames that turn a flat pallet into a walled box. Stack for height, fold flat for return.
Open02Top caps & lids
Plywood or boarded lids that close a collared stack and let you stack loads on top of loads.
OpenCorner board
Laminated paper angle that stops strapping cutting into cartons and adds vertical compression strength.
Edge protectors
Plastic and moulded-fibre profiles for high-value or soft-cornered goods.
Slip sheets
Fibreboard and plastic sheets for push-pull handling where a pallet's height or weight is the problem.
Strapping & banding
Polyester, polypropylene and steel banding, plus buckles, seals and the tensioners to fit them.
Two dedicated pages go deeper on the items customers ask about most: pallet collars and top caps and lids.
Collars versus crates versus stretch wrap
Most operations default to stretch wrap because it is cheap per load. Over a year, in a closed loop, that default is usually wrong — and the waste is entirely visible in your bin.
| Stretch wrap | Collar system | One-way crate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost per load | $1.40 – $2.60 | $0.90 amortised | $34 – $90 |
| Reusable | No | Yes, 40+ cycles | Occasionally |
| Protection | Containment only | Impact and crush | Highest |
| Return freight | n/a | Folds flat, 1/6 volume | Bulky |
| Waste per year | ≈ 340 kg film | ≈ 0 | 400 crates |
| Access to goods | Cut and re-wrap | Open one collar | Uncrate |
| Best for | Ad-hoc outbound | Repeat internal loops | Export, high value |
Strapping, banding and load containment
Banding is the accessory people think about least and specify worst. The wrong material either fails in transit or cuts into the product it is supposed to protect.
| Material | Break strength | Elongation | Best for | Avoid on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polypropylene (PP) | Low | High | Light bundling, lots of 20 pallets | Heavy or shifting loads |
| Polyester (PET) | High | Moderate, recovers | Heavy loads that settle in transit | Sharp unprotected edges |
| Woven cord | High | High | Awkward shapes, field repair | Automated applicators |
| Steel | Highest | Very low | Rigid heavy freight, machinery | Loads that compress |
| Stretch film | n/a | n/a | Containment of cartons | Structural restraint |
The elongation point
A load of cartons settles in transit. Steel banding does not recover, so it goes slack and the load moves. Polyester stretches under load and pulls back as the load settles, keeping tension. That is why PET beats steel on most palletised freight even though steel is stronger — and why steel is right for a rigid machine that will not compress.
Slip sheets and when to abandon pallets entirely
A slip sheet is a thin fibreboard or plastic sheet with a lip, moved by a push-pull attachment on a forklift. It replaces the pallet completely.
| Pallet | Slip sheet | |
|---|---|---|
| Height added to the load | 5" – 6" | 0.03" – 0.06" |
| Weight added | 33 – 40 lb | 0.5 – 2 lb |
| Unit cost | $5.50 – $13.50 | $0.90 – $3.20 |
| Handling equipment | Any forklift | Push-pull attachment required |
| Racking | Yes | No — needs a pallet or a deck |
| Container fill | Good | Excellent — several more layers |
| Reusable | Yes | Plastic yes, fibreboard rarely |
| Best for | General freight and storage | Ocean export, high-volume single lanes |
The deciding factor is almost always whether the receiver has a push-pull attachment. If they do, and you are shipping full containers on a repeat lane, slip sheets can add two or three layers of product per container. If they do not, a slip sheet is an expensive way to create a problem at the far end.
Building a reusable packaging loop
Collars, lids and a pallet make a reusable box. Whether it saves money depends entirely on the return leg, and the arithmetic is worth doing properly before committing.
- Count the loop. How many units are in circulation, how long a full cycle takes, and what fraction come back. That last number is the whole business case.
- Price the return freight. Collars fold to about a sixth of working volume, which is the reason the maths often works. If the return leg is empty anyway, it is free.
- Budget for attrition. Assume 5 to 12% loss per year even in a controlled loop. Below about 88% return rate, single-use packaging usually wins.
- Plan the repair. Hinges are consumable and boards get broken. Budget roughly $2.50 per collar per year.
- Mark ownership. Stencilled collars come back; anonymous ones get absorbed into somebody else's operation.
- Review after one year. Real return rate against the assumed one. Most first-year assumptions are optimistic by 10 to 15 points.
Questions people actually ask
Do collars fit any pallet?
How high can I stack collars?
Can I buy used collars?
Do you sell stretch wrap?
What tension should banding be applied at?
Do you sell the tensioning tools?
Can corner board be recycled?
Are collars suitable for export?
What about pallet nets and shrink hoods?
Let's keep your pallets in the loop
Whether you have 40 broken cores behind the dock or need 4,000 Grade A pallets a month, the conversation starts the same way.