A Pallet is a solid object containing a set amount of a given material. Most Pallets are used to refill certain machines with special materials that can only be found in Pallet form. The cargo container rests on a wooden or metal platform (the actual "Pallet") with large holes that enable lifting and moving the object from place to place.
Each Pallet in the base game contains a different material, and is used to refill different machines. The game provides Pallets of Seeds, Solid Fertilizer, Liquid Fertilizer, Pig Food, Pine Tree Saplings, Poplar Saplings, Potatoes, Sugar Beets and Wool. Each model contains a specific amount of material when it is first bought.
When a Pallet is pulled up next to the appropriate machine, that machine can "Refill" its internal tanks directly from the Pallet. It is often better to pull the Pallet to the machine, not vice versa.
Pallets are fairly light, and can be stacked en-masse on Bale Trailers for transport, typically with the help of a Loader and Pallet Fork. Cars can also carry a small number of Pallets, and in an emergency other vehicles and trailers can too.
Farming Simulator 17 offers 9 different types of Pallets, and each type carrying a set amount of one of the materials listed above. They differ in almost every aspect from one another. Most of these Pallets can be bought at the store, while others are manufactured on your farm. During a normal playthrough, you will likely need to purchase and/or transport dozens or even hundreds of Pallets, so learning to work with them is essential - whether you are planting fields, fertilizing crops, cutting down trees, or growing animals.
List of Pallets[]
Below are all 9 types of Pallets appearing in Farming Simulator 17. Of these, 6 can be bought at the local equipment store, while 3 others can only be manufactured on your farm. They are listed separately below.
Note: The mass of an empty pallet is currently unknown, nor is the mass of the pallet when full of cargo. However, the mass of the cargo itself is known, and listed below. If you can get any information about the mass of an empty Pallet, please add it.
Store-Bought Pallets[]
Below is a list of the 6 Pallets that can be bought in the base game. They can all be found in the "Pallets" category at the store.
| Name | Price | Cargo Type |
Capacity | Dimensions | Weight (full) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | Length | Height | |||||
| Lizard Seed BigBag | 900 | 
|
1,000 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 433 |
| Lizard Solid Fertilizer BigBag | 1,600 | 
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1,000 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 758 |
| Lizard Liquid Fertilizer Tank | 2,400 | 
|
2,000 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1,338 |
| Lizard Pig Food BigBag | 1,400 | 
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1,000 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 708 |
| Lizard Pallet Saplings | 40 | 
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20 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 440 |
| Lizard Poplar Saplings Pallet | 280 | 
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2,000 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1,213 |
Manufactured Pallets[]
Below is a list of 3 additional Pallets that cannot be bought. They can only be created on your farm, either by performing certain activities or by using certain machines:
| Name | Source | Cargo Type |
Capacity | Dimensions | Weight (full) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | Length | Height | |||||
| Wool Pallet | Sheep | 
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2,000 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 520 |
| Potato Pallet | Pallet Packer | 
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2,000 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1,143 |
| Sugar Beet Pallet | Pallet Packer | 
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2,000 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1,013 |
Buying Pallets[]
Most Pallets can only be bought at the local equipment store. These are Pallets that are needed in order to fill your machines. There is no way to lease a Pallet. When you inspect a Pallet model from the store menu, you'll immediately get the prompt to buy or cancel - no secondary information panel will pop up first.
Pallets are purchased one by one, and will appear out in the store's parking lot like any other equipment. When purchased, a Pallet is full of the material it is designed to contain (see list above).
Although machines can be brought to the parking lot to refill directly from the newly-bought Pallets, it is usually better to bring the Pallets to the machines, preferably en-masse (more on this below).
Manufacturing Pallets[]
The other three Pallets (see list above) cannot be purchased at all. Instead, they must be manufactured on your farm.
Each of the three non-bought Pallets can be acquired in a different method, and behave a little differently:
Wool Pallet[]
Wool Pallets are created automatically at your Sheep Pasture. This only happens if you own Sheep, and only if the sheep currently have Water to drink. Wool Pallets are created empty; the Wool is automatically added into them at a constant rate, relative to the number of Sheep you own and their current Productivity rating.
New Wool Pallets are created inside a small predefined area in front of the Sheep Pasture (the exact location may change from map to map). If there is any non-full Wool Pallet in that area, the game will first attempt to fill it up (to 2,000 Liters) before creating a new one. The progress towards filling the current Pallet can be viewed in the "Animals" menu.
You may remove Wool Pallets from the Sheep Pasture at any time, even if they aren't full yet. You may place non-full Pallets back in the designated area to allow them to continue filling.
If there is no room for new Wool Pallets in the designated area, and all existing pallets are full, the game will not create any more Wool. This makes it very important to remove Wool Pallets periodically to make room for more - even if you don't intend to sell the ones you have just yet.
Potato/Beet Pallet[]
Potato and Sugar Beet Pallets can be created only with the use of a Grimme RH 24-60, the only Pallet Packer available in the base game. They contain up to 2,000 Liters of the respective Crop.
To create a Potato or Sugar Beet Pallet, the machine must be loaded with the loose crop using a Loader, Conveyor Belt, or any other similar method. It cannot load itself. Once the crop is loaded, the machine must be set to "Enable Pallet Creation" 
Pallet Packer: Enable Create PalletDefault Buttons: 
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??. As soon as there is room next to the machine, it will create an empty pallet box, and begin filling it with the crop material. The Pallet can only contain the type of crop that was in the machine when the box was created - you cannot mix Potatos and Sugar Beets in the same pallet.
Packing Potatoes or Beets into Pallets is one way to store them neatly, as neither crop can be dumped into a Silo. When a sufficient number of Pallets have been collected, you can transport them to a Sale Point, or (with Potatoes only) use them to refill your Sowing Machines easily.
Transporting Pallets[]
Most types of Pallets can be used right where they were created (more on this below), but it is generally better to transport them to your machines rather than the other way around. A few types of Pallets have no use at all, and can only be sold - which means there's no choice but to transport them elsewhere.
Pallets are solid objects, and obey the game's physics like vehicles do. This means that technically, there are many different ways to move a Pallet from place to place, up to and including pushing it there with a vehicle. However, since each Pallet contains a relatively small amount of material, it is generally preferable to load a large number of Pallets onto a single vehicle or trailer, and transport them en-masse to their destination. This has several advantages which will be discussed further below.
Pallets can easily be loaded onto a Bale Trailer or Car, with the help of a Loader equipped with a Pallet Fork. This is a tool specifically designed to slide into the wooden part of the Pallet, in order to lift it up and place it down on the cargo platform. Skid Steer Loaders are typically best for this job, since they have the agility to slide the Pallet Fork into the Pallet's base with precision, and place it down on the platform with equal precision.
Other equipment may be used in place of a Bale Trailer or Car. You can technically place the Pallet on any vehicle that has room for it, such as a Log Transport or even a Low Loader. However Bale Trailers and Cars have several advantages: Their cargo platform is flat and stable, they are easy to load from most angles, and most importantly they have Tension Belts that can hold the Pallets in place during the journey. If a Pallet is allowed to fall off the platform during transit, getting it back on can be a headache; Correct use of Tension Belts eliminates that problem.
If you lack any transport suitable for the job, the best alternative is to lift the Pallet with a Loader's Pallet Fork, and simply drive it to the destination. Of course, this means transporting one Pallet at a time, resulting in a lot of tedious back-and-forth.
Note: Most pallet transports - particularly those with Tension Belts - can handle Pallets that are stacked on top of one another. It is generally best to limit the height of the stacks, to avoid unbalancing the transport and causing it to tip over. However, having two layers of Pallets on a single transport instantly doubles the number of pallets being transported, saving a lot of work in the long run. Read more on this in the article on Bale Trailers, which are most suitable for pallet stacking.
Storing Pallets[]
Pallets are useful as a form of storage for cargo. With some Pallets (e.g. a Lizard Liquid Fertilizer Tank), they are the only form of storage for the specific type of cargo they are carrying. Other Pallets provide an alternative to storing the cargo inside your machines, or in Piles on the ground.
Pallets make good storage because they contain a large quantity of cargo packed in a small, tidy box. They take up far less space than loose material Piles. Furthermore, they can easily be stored in tall stacks on top of one another (similarly to Bales), saving up even more space. A Skid Steer Loader with a Pallet Fork can handle the stacking and unstacking of Pallets rather easily, while a Telehandler can create and work with very tall stacks. As long as you can keep a tall stack stable, it will save you a whole lot of storage space.
Pallet stacks are not the best way to create a refilling point for machines, because the machine will likely refill from the bottom Pallets - which will disappear once it's empty, often causing the stack to collapse. If using tall stacks to store your refilling pallets, it's generally better to use a Loader get the top Pallet off the stack and place it on the ground (or use it immediately on a machine) instead.
Note that Pallet Stacking is an excellent way to store large quantities of Potatoes and Sugar Beets without taking much space, since these materials cannot be dumped into a Silo. Nonetheless, consider using a Train Station to store these crops instead, since that takes no space at all (and far less effort).
Filling Machines[]
Most Pallets in the game are used to refill your machinery with specific types of materials that they need. The best example are Sowing Machines, which can refill their Seed supply directly from Pallets.
In most cases, there are two different ways to fill machines from Pallets. The first method is Direct Refilling, which requires pulling the machine up to the Pallet (or vice versa) and hitting the Refill button RefillDefault Buttons: R ?? ??. The other method is to use a Loader to hold the Pallet over the machine, dumping its cargo into the machine's internal tank. Most machines allow both methods, but a few can only be refilled directly.
Note: Regardless of which method you use, if the Pallet becomes empty at any point, it will completely disappear. There is no practical reason to avoid this happening.
Direct Refill[]
Any machine that needs filling from a Pallet can do so directly, with no third-party equipment required. All you need to do is pull the machine up to the correct type of Pallet, within a distance of around 3.0 meters. An option to "Refill" will come up when the machine is sufficiently close. Hit the Refill button RefillDefault Buttons: R ?? ?? to start drawing cargo from the Pallet into the machine's internal tank. The filling will stop if the machine is full, if the Pallet is empty, or if the machine is moved away from the Pallet (or vice versa). You can also stop the filling process manually by hitting the Refill button again Stop RefillDefault Buttons: R ?? ??.
When determining whether direct filling is possible, the game simply checks to see whether the machine is within close proximity to any Pallet carrying a valid material. This means that instead of bringing the machine to the Pallet, you can bring the Pallet to the machine. For this reason, you can prepare a Bale Trailer or similar cargo-carrying equipment carrying a large number of Pallets, and tow it from one field to the next to refill your machines quickly. The transport can be towed by a fast vehicle in order to speed things up even more. This sort of set-up is very useful for any machine-filling Pallet type.
Filling from the Air[]
If the target machine has an opening at the top leading into its internal cargo bay (most do), then that machine can be filled with Pallets in a different way: By holding the Pallet over the machine, and allowing the Pallet's contents to pour into it. The technical name for this procedure, based on the game's data files, is "Filling from the Air".
The only advantage to using this method (over the Direct Refill option) is that the target machine does not need to be hooked up to any vehicle in order to be filled from the air. If no vehicle is currently available to come hook up to the machine and instruct it to reload, air-filling is a good alternative. There is no other benefit to air-filling over direct filling.
To fill a machine from the air, you'll need a Loader with a Pallet Fork or similar tool. Stick the Pallet Fork into the Pallet, and lift it over the machine that you wish to fill. If the cargo inside the Pallet is compatible with the machine, it will automatically start pouring out of the pallet directly into the machine's internal tank. This will only stop if the Pallet becomes empty, the machine becomes full, or you move the Pallet away from the machine (or vice versa).
Note that you cannot spill a Pallet's cargo accidentally on the ground with this method - the hole at the bottom of the Pallet will only open when it is over a compatible machine that has room for the cargo.
Note: Most air-fillable machines have a cover over their top. The cover must be removed or opened in order to fill such a machine. To do this, hook the machine up to a vehicle, and hit the "Open Cover" button Open CoverDefault Buttons: N ?? ??. You can close the cover after the machine is done filling using the same button, though this completely optional. Closing the cover while a Pallet is dumping its contents into a machine will automatically stop the dumping process.
Filling Animal Pens[]
The base game offers one type of Pallet - the Lizard Pig Food BigBag - that is not used to fill a machine, but rather the Feeding Trough at your Pig Sty. The Pig Food inside is actually a mix of several different types of crops that can be fed directly to pigs.
Filling the Feeding Trough is similar to Filling a machine from the Air, as explained above. Use a Loader to hold the pallet over the correct trough, and the material will simply spill out into the trough and be added to the Pigs' food storage.
Note however that you can use the Direct Refilling method when transferring the Pig Food Pallet's contents into a Tipper. Quite a lot of Pig Food can be stored in a single Tipper, and can easily be dumped into the Feeding Trough later directly from the Tipper.
Selling Pallets[]
The three Manufactured Pallets in the base game can all be taken for sale. The Wool Pallet in particular cannot be used in any other way - it can only be sold.
Selling a Pallet is as simple as bringing it to a Sale Point that accepts that Pallet's contents. Wool can only be sold at the Spinnery, whereas Potatoes and Sugar Beets can be sold at various locations.
The Pallet doesn't usually need to be unloaded from whatever transport is carrying it; The Pallet will be sold as soon as it enters the boundaries of the Sale Point. If this doesn't occur, it typically means that the Pallet is simply too far off the ground to be detected by the Sale Point's trigger. Either unload it from the transport, or find a way to lower it closer to the ground somehow.
Selling in Pallet form is slightly more profitable than selling the loose form of the same materials. This is because the entirety of the Pallet's contents are sold simultaneously, at the current market price; The price only has a chance to drop once the entire Pallet has been sold. This will only bring a very minor improvement in profits, however.
Dismantling Pallets[]
Storage in Pallets is typically very economic with regards to space. Pallets can be stacked on top of one another, and take up very little space even on their own. Twenty thousand liters of material that would otherwise make a huge Pile can be stored in a couple of 5-Pallet-tall stacks that barely take up any space.
Nonetheless, there may be situations where you might prefer to keep the materials in loose form, instead of in Pallet form. For one, Pallets tend to require a Loader to manipulate and move them around; Stacks can fall over very easily with a mere bump from a heavy machine or vehicle; And Pallets must be handled one by one, which can be time consuming and delicate work.
The game provides several methods to convert the material inside Pallets back into loose form. The easiest way is to pull a Tipper or other valid Container up to the Pallet, and use Direct Refill to transfer the contents into that container. This can be done with several Pallets one after another, until the container is full of cargo - and takes very little effort. The container can later unload its contents anywhere, creating a Pile. Some containers, such as an Auger Wagon, can then be used as a mobile filling point for other vehicles - effectively turning it into a huge Pallet of sorts. Conveyor Belts can also be used to turn some Pallets back into loose materials, using the Air Filling method.
This procedure is only possible with Pallets whose contents can be dumped on the ground at all. Pallets carrying Liquid Fertilizer, Wool, Pine Tree Saplings and Poplar Saplings do not qualify for this criteria, and cannot be converted.
Finally, note that the conversion is usually irreversible. Only Potato and Sugar Beet can be converted back from loose material into a Pallet, using a Pallet Packer.