Abstract: An improvement in a system for palletizing yarn packages or other cylindrical-core-wound goods includes molded plastic pallets, a first one of which supports a plurality of yarn spools thereon and a second one of which acts as a cover; the improved pallets including a centrally disposed tubular or cylindrical wall defining a gripping aperture having an inner diameter substantially equivalent to the inner diameter of the yarn tubes. So configured, during the stacking and unstacking of the yarn packages and pallets, the pallets may be lifted and transported by the same mechanical gripping device used to lift and transport the yarn packages.