a pallet container includes a bottom pallet and a thin - walled inner container , made of thermoplastic material and resting on the bottom plate , for storing and transporting liquid or free - flowing goods . closely surrounding the plastic container is a lattice tube frame which includes vertical and horizontal tubular rods welded to one another and which is securely fixed to the bottom plate . in order to improve the lattice tube frame durability while maintaining sufficient stacking load - bearing capacity , at least the vertical tubular rods have regions of low tubular profile height and high tubular profile height , wherein the regions of low tubular profile height are uniformly linear and positioned outside the intersections , and the regions of high tubular profile height are positioned in an area of the intersections .