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Paperboard Slip Sheets for Pallets

Save money, space, and time by transitioning from traditional corrugated to heavy-duty paperboard slip sheets for pallets. As a leading slip sheet supplier, Southern Packaging offers high-quality solutions designed to protect your products during storage, handling, and shipping, while also reducing transport costs and improving supply chain efficiency.

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Heavy-Duty Paperboard

Made in the USA from recycled materials, our fiber slip sheets provide a durable, cost-effective packaging solution to protect palletized products on wooden pallets during storage, handling, and shipping. These slip sheets for pallets safeguard bagged products from punctures and tearing caused by pallet nails and deck boards. The high-strength fiber construction also offers moisture resistance, protecting products from ground exposure and helping to prevent mold and mildew.

Designed to work with push-pull systems, our slip sheet pallets provide excellent load stability, reduced freight costs, and space efficiency compared to corrugated options.

Features and Benefits

Suitable for loads up to 4,000lbs
Multiple paperboard types, as well as clay coated and uncoated styles
.08-.46 board point
Straight edge or rounded corners
7x number of sheets per pallet vs. corrugated slip sheets
Avg 30% less expensive than corrugated
Stock sizes available for immediate shipment
36x36 | 48x48 | 40x48 | 42x42

When comparing paperboard slip sheets to corrugated slip sheets, the difference in space savings is significant. Our paperboard slip sheets take up much less warehouse space, reducing overall storage costs while still providing excellent protection and anti slip performance for palletized goods.

Caliper	Sheets per Pallet	Pallets per Truckload	Sheets per Truckload
30pt Paperboard	1,500	20	30,000
22pt Paperboard	2,000	20	40,000
Corrugated B-Flute 120pt	400	56	22,400
Corrugated C-Flute 150pt	320	56	17,920

Volume Comparison

The space savings between paperboard and corrugated slip sheets stack up! Paperboard slip sheets take up significantly less warehouse space than traditional corrugated paper, leading to reduced warehousing costs and lower freight costs across your logistics network.

How to Measure:
Place the board between the micrometer to determine its caliper. For example, a 0.037 inch (37 pt) board can be measured to ensure you're using the correct thickness for your packaging requirements.

Accurate thickness selection helps ensure maximum load stability and durability in shipping.

Types of Paperboard Slip Sheets

Clay Coated SUS

Solid unbleached sulfate paperboard produced from at least 80% virgin unbleached, natural wood pulp. White on one side with superior strength, designed to withstand moisture.

Clay Coated Chipboard

Made from 100% recycled materials, clay coated chipboard is an economical alternative to SUS.

Uncoated SUS

Solid unbleached sulfate paperboard produced from at least 80% virgin natural wood pulp. Brown on both sides offering superior strength and durability.

Uncoated Chipboard

Made from 100% recycled materials, uncoated chipboard is designed to meet your strength and durability requirements.

Clay Coated Gypsum

A cost-effective and thin sheet option, clay-coated gypsum has caliper ranges from 0.08 to 0.11 pt, making it ideal for lightweight slip sheet applications.

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Measuring Slip Sheet Thickness

Slip sheet costs are determined by three factors: material type, board size, and board thickness. Using a micrometer, measure the board thickness to ensure you’re selecting the right slip sheet for your needs.

How to Measure:

Place the board between the micrometer to determine its caliper. For example, a 0.037 inch (37 pt) board can be measured to ensure you're using the correct thickness for your packaging requirements.

Partnering with Southern Packaging

Southern Packaging is a leading supplier of slip sheets, offering innovative packaging solutions to meet the product protection needs of manufacturers across a wide range of industries. Whether you’re aiming to protect palletized products during storage and shipping or enhance efficiency in container loading, we provide high-quality, weight-efficient options tailored to your business.

Extensive Inventory: 600,000+ sheets in stock, available in SUS, chipboard, and gypsum
Fast Delivery: Stock sizes ship immediately, minimizing downtime
Custom Orders: Slip sheets made to your specifications in as little as two weeks
Vendor-Managed Inventory: Keep operations efficient with just-in-time delivery
Trusted Nationwide: Our pallet slip sheets offer durability, cost savings, and protection trusted by leading manufacturers

Choosing Southern Packaging means partnering with a company known for exceptional quality, fast lead times, and scalable packaging solutions tailored to your business.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a slip sheet and what is it used for?

A slip sheet is a thin, rigid sheet made of paperboard, plastic, or corrugated material that replaces a traditional wooden pallet as the base for a palletized load. It's used to support, protect, and move products during storage, handling, and shipping - typically with a push-pull attachment on a forklift rather than the forks themselves.

What is the difference between a slip sheet and a pallet?

A pallet is a rigid, three-dimensional structure - typically wood or plastic - that a forklift lifts directly using its forks. A slip sheet is a flat sheet, usually about the thickness of heavy cardboard, that sits under the load and is loaded and unloaded using a push-pull forklift attachment instead of forks. Because slip sheets take up far less space than pallets, they allow more sheets per pallet load and more pallets per truckload - our 30pt paperboard slip sheets fit 1,500 sheets per pallet and 30,000 sheets per truckload, compared to roughly 400 sheets per pallet and 22,400 per truckload for 120pt corrugated slip sheets.

How do slip sheets work with a push-pull system?

A push-pull system is a forklift attachment that grips the tab or edge of a slip sheet and either pushes the load off the sheet during unloading or pulls the load onto the sheet during loading - eliminating the need to lift the load with forks. This makes slip sheets a practical pallet alternative for facilities equipped with push-pull attachments, offering the load stability of a traditional pallet system while reducing material costs and warehouse space requirements. Our paperboard slip sheets are designed to work with standard push-pull systems for efficient, stable handling.

What weight can a paperboard slip sheet hold?

Our paperboard slip sheets are rated to support loads up to 4,000 lbs. The right board thickness (caliper) for your load depends on the weight and stability requirements of your specific product - using a micrometer to confirm caliper ensures you're selecting the correct thickness for your application.

What's the difference between clay-coated and uncoated slip sheets?

Clay-coated slip sheets have a smooth, coated surface - white on one side for Clay Coated SUS, offering superior moisture resistance and a clean surface suited for printed branding. Uncoated slip sheets, like Uncoated SUS, are brown on both sides and prioritize strength and durability over surface finish. Both are available in SUS (solid unbleached sulfate) paperboard for maximum strength, or chipboard made from 100% recycled materials as a more economical option.

Do plastic slip sheets exist, and why choose paperboard instead?

Plastic slip sheets do exist and are sometimes used in applications requiring greater durability or resistance to moisture and repeated handling. However, paperboard slip sheets offer meaningful advantages for most industrial shipping applications: they're significantly lighter, more cost-effective - our paperboard options run an average of 30% less expensive than corrugated alternatives - and made from recycled materials, supporting sustainability goals without sacrificing load protection. For single-use or high-volume shipping applications, paperboard slip sheets typically deliver better overall value than plastic.