Resources
Know the gear before you buy it
Practical knowledge for the people who specify and use plastic handling, organised the way you actually research it.
Spec the right gear for the job
Plain-English guides to choosing pallets, bins and crates by load, climate and use, written for procurement, operations and growers.
- What a timber bin really costs a potato grower →
- Steel bins vs plastic: rust, weight & real cost →
- Potato storage bins: the complete Australian guide →
- Why potatoes & onions need vented bins →
- How much produce fits in a bulk bin? →
- Renting vs owning produce bins & crates →
- Pooling vs buying plastic pallets →
- Stackable, nestable or folding crates? →
- Collapsible vs fixed bulk bins: the freight maths →
- How many produce bins per semi-trailer? →
- Second-hand vs new bulk bins: what to check →
- Vented vs solid bulk bins: which do you need? →
- How bin choice cuts post-harvest loss →
- The produce megabin, explained: sizes & real capacities →
- Choosing crates for a packhouse grading line →
- Bulk bag (FIBC) pallets: 1300 × 1100 vs 1165? →
- Field harvest bins vs packhouse bins →
- Mine-site dust: what a lid actually closes →
- One footprint or three? What a mixed fleet costs →
- Nine feet, three skids or a perimeter base →
- Storing empty produce bins off season →
Produce bin sizingRent vs ownVented vs solidFreight efficiency
How Australian operations actually use them
Real-world handling in the field and on site, what works in the Pilbara heat and through the harvest peak.
- Drill core tray handling: rig to core shed →
- Drill core tray sizes: NQ/HQ/PQ decoded →
- Curing & storing onions: how bin choice protects the crop →
- Carrot & root-veg handling: bin to wash line →
- Cool-room bin stacking: airflow, feet & how high is safe →
- Core shed layout: floor, aisles & retrieval time →
- Apple & pear bins: bin depth, drop height & bruising →
- RC chip trays & sample storage: palletising an archive →
- Laydown yard layout: ground, water & the empty stack →
- Find a product by spec →
Core-tray & sample handlingField bins to cold storeWash-line handlingMining + produce
The standards, in language you can use
Export rules, spill-containment capacity, load ratings and food-grade hygiene, what the standards mean for the gear you buy.
- The ISPM-15 exemption for plastic pallets →
- Pallet load ratings: static vs dynamic vs racking →
- IBC bund sizing: what AS 1940 actually requires →
- Spill containment on mine sites: AS 1940 & AS 3780 →
- AS 1940 vs AS 3780 vs AS 4084: which applies? →
- HDPE chemical compatibility for mine-site reagents →
- Plastic vs timber pallets for mining →
- Plastic vs timber export pallets →
- Food-grade plastic: HDPE, PP & HACCP →
- Hot-wash & sanitation SOP for produce bins →
- Why is the Australian pallet 1165 × 1165 mm? →
- Forklift abuse: which pallets survive a mine site →
- Bunded spill pallet vs bunded IBC: containing a mine leak →
- CHEP vs Euro vs Australian pallet sizes →
- Plastic pallets in the Pilbara: UV, heat & creep →
- Hygienic pallets: open deck, closed deck & washability →
- Pallet weight & manual handling: what can a person lift? →
- Pallet inspection & retirement: when to pull a deck →
- Bin traceability: lot codes, labelling & recall-readiness →
- Plastic pallets in the freezer: what cold does to a deck →
- Ventilation & ethylene: what a bin wall can’t fix →
- Tare drift: what a reusable bin does to net weight →
- Produce bin liners: when a liner undoes the bin →
Load ratings explainedAS 1940 / 3780 / 4084ISPM-15 exportHACCP-aligned handling
Plastic that comes back for another season
Reuse over single-use: how durable HDPE and PP handling out-lasts timber and stays out of landfill.
- Are plastic pallets recyclable? →
- Recycled vs virgin HDPE pallets: the honest trade-offs →
- Request a quote →
Reuse vs single-use timber100% recyclable HDPE / PPLifecycle & TCOEnd-of-life take-back
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