pallet

thumb|A classic wooden pallet, with a glove for scale|alt=A wooden pallet with a glove on it thumb|A plastic skid with nine legs, which can be lifted from all four sides. This type of transport is commonly called a pallet, but since it has no bottom, it is technically a skid.|alt=A plastic skid thumb|A metal pallet with removable beams, in this case for firewood|alt=Metal pallets with removable beams, several of which are filled with firewood thumb|Automated palletizer of bread with industrial [[KUKA robots at a bakery in Germany|alt=A row of automated palletizers]] thumb| Galvanization|galvanized steel pallet. Galvanized steel pallets are fireproof and rust resistant.|alt=A galvanized steel pallet thumb|A truckload of used wooden pallets in California|alt=An eighteen-wheeler carrying used wooden pallets

A pallet (also called a skid) is a flat transport structure, which supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, a pallet jack, a front loader, a jacking device, or an erect crane. Many pallets can handle a load of . While most pallets are wooden, pallets may also be made of plastic, metal, paper, and recycled materials.