26/08/2026
Three different numbers, one pallet - and specifications usually quote only the first.
Static load is what the pallet carries sitting on the floor. Dynamic load is what it carries while it is being moved, when the forks are under it and the load is shifting. Racking load is the hardest of the three: the pallet is supported only at its ends, the centre is unsupported, and deflection over time becomes the failure mode rather than a single dramatic break.
A pallet can be entirely adequate on the floor, acceptable on a forklift, and unsuitable in a racking system - with no visible difference between the three.
This is why deck board thickness, board spacing, stringer or block configuration and entry type are engineering decisions rather than catalogue options. They follow from which of the three conditions the pallet actually has to survive.
If your pallets are going into racking and the specification does not say so, that is worth correcting before the next order.