Kevin, your pallet tale reminds me of my mate who was a fitter for the local authority and often took wagons up for test to the local test station where there was an awkward zb however one day he spied some 2 or 3 pallets laying in the back of the drop sided body. He enquired what they were for and when told just scrap or firewood asked if he could have them. After that incident whenever my mate presented another wagon there were always a pallet or two on the back which resulted in not as much nit picking for the parties involved.
Cheers Leyland 600.