Lids and liners that fit the gaylord you already use

Matching the box

A lid closes the top of a gaylord and a liner lines the inside. Both are cut to a footprint: a lid for a 48 x 40 box does not close a 48 x 48. For an octabin the lid and the liner follow the eight-sided shape, so say if yours is octagonal. Typical footprints are 48 x 40, 48 x 48 and 48 x 45 inches.

What a liner does

Powders, fine regrind and anything that can sift or absorb moisture goes in a lined box. The liner also protects the box: corrugated can lose roughly half of its compression strength as humidity climbs from 50 to 90 percent, so a liner that keeps product moisture off the board helps the box last another trip.

What to ask

• Footprint and height, and rectangular or octagonal
• What goes inside, and whether it is dry, dusty or damp
• Count, so we can match lids and liners to the number of boxes
• Whether you want them with boxes from us or for boxes you already hold

Sizes are on the sizes page; the bottoms guide explains why partial bottoms pair with slip sheets or liners.

Lids that stay on

A lid is a flat piece of corrugated that covers the open top of a gaylord. Its job is to keep the load in during a forklift move and to carry the weight of the box stacked on top. A lid that is too small falls in; one that is too big will not seat. The footprint is the whole matching problem, which is why the request needs it before anything else.

Liners and what they protect against

A poly liner keeps dust, moisture or fine product away from the corrugated, and it keeps a flowable load from leaking through a seam. It also changes the box's reuse prospects: a lined box that carried food-grade material is a different thing to sell on than a box that carried parts. Say whether you want the liner in or out of the box when it arrives, and what it carried before.

Counting what you need

One lid and one liner per box is the usual ratio, but loads vary. A line that fills a box and ships it immediately needs a lid for each box; a line that stores boxes open for a shift may need none until the end. Decide how many boxes will be closed and sealed, and request lids to match. Liners are usually used once and discarded, so count a fresh one for every fill.

Where mismatches happen

The most frequent error is ordering lids by the wrong measurement. A lid is sized to the outside of the box, and the outside is larger than the inside by the thickness of the walls. Octabin lids are a different shape altogether. Quote the footprint of the box, not the inside dimensions, and say whether it is rectangular or octagonal.