How would you translate a wooden skid into Spanish?

Question

these are the short, wooden, rectangular objects used to support heavy cargo as it transported with a crane or construction vehicle.

Answer 1

paleta de madera = wood skid / pallet.

Answer 2

a skid or a wooden pallet?

previous thread on wooden pallets

Wooden pallet

plastic pallet

wooden palette

Thanks for the link - LateToDinner, Jul 15, 2010

Answer 3

Tarima de madera would be the ranslation to wooden pallet. Skid would apply for "calza" that would be a piece of wood on the corners of the wooden pallet to avoid the movement of the cargo.

Answer 4

Here in Southern California they've commandeered the English word for pallet:

Un pálet de madera