Grade B gaylord boxes

Grade B is the used grade most buyers end up with. The box shows its age: scuffs, minor creasing, old labels, the odd taped flap. It is sound, though. It is the grade that fits internal moves, scrap, regrind, returns and light parts, and the one our default Stack Check example uses.

What it looks like

Visible scuffs, minor creasing at the corners, old labels or tape; walls straight; no soft spots; the bottom sound.

How high it stands

Grade B is the grade where a wall count matters. A 3‑wall Grade B box that does not stack on a dock can stack as a 4‑wall, because the starting rating is higher.

A worked example

3‑wall Grade B boxes at 500 lb a box, in a heated warehouse for 30 days, come out as "two high". Move the same boxes to a covered outdoor stack and the answer becomes "do not stack". The box did not change; the place did.

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The grade most requests land on

Grade B is the working grade. It has seen a trip or two, shows wear and still stacks in a heated room. Most of the loads on this site, from regrind to parts to packaging, are sensible in Grade B. Ask for it when the load is moderate and the place is dry, and step up to A when either changes.

What Grade B shows and what it hides

A Grade B box shows its history on the outside: scuffs, minor creasing, a faded label, a corner that has been bumped. What the grade says it does not show is structural weakness; a box with a crushed corner or a soft wall is a Grade C or lower. Planning three quarters of the original strength is the conservative figure used here, and it leaves a margin for the fact that surface wear and internal wear do not always match.

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