Abstract: A pallet approachable by tines from at least two directions, the pallet having a plurality of substantially parallel beams each fixed in lateral juxtaposition to any neighboring beams, the beams being linked by a structure above a bottom surface, the arrangement providing spacings into which the beams can substantially nest from below to allow a base to base nesting of beams of different pallets or self nesting of the same pallet upon folding in half, thereby to provide a reduction in the overall volume of any pairing of pallets or any individual foldable pallet respectively, each of the beams (by a transverse opening through each beam) can accommodate a pair of forks from opposite horizontal directions. Eight embodiments are disclosed. One plain flat pallet, one which folds in half, some with extensions which telescope into the beams, one with a collapsible cage, and others with various forms of the beam elements and the structure for linking therebetween.