Buy Wooden Skids

Wooden Skids have no bottom boards. They are comprised of top deck boards and stringers often used as a permanent foundation for heavy equipment.

The difference between skids and pallets is what is beneath the top deck. Typically skids have four feet underneath the top loading deck, where as a pallet has three or four stringers across the length of the pallet in either direction.

The pallets vs skids question comes up often with clients. The terms pallets and skids are often used interchangeably but there is a distinct difference between the two. So what is the difference between pallets vs skids?

Skids

Skids have no bottom boards. They are comprised of top deck boards and stringers. A wooden skid is often used as a permanent foundation for heavy equipment. Also, a skid can be dragged more easily than a pallet. Because of this, #skids were popular during the second world war to transport supplies because the lack of bottom boards meant the skids could be dragged through sand.