1. A PALLET TRANSFER MECHANISM CAPABLE OF ALTERNATIVELY HANDLING BOTH SKIDSTACK AND NON-SKIDSTACK PALLETS, COMPRISING: (I) A PALLET MAGAZINE, (II) SEPARATING MEANS IN THE PALLET MAGAZINE, OPERABLE VERTICALLY TO SEPARATE A NON-SKIDSTACK PALLET FROM A STACK OF NON-SKIDSTACK PALLETS, (III) A STORAGE STATION, (IV) A FIRST POWERED CONVEYOR POSITION BETWEEN THE PALLET MAGAZINE AND THE STORAGE STATION AND ALTERNATIVELY OPERABLE, (A) TO CONVEY A SEPARATED NON-SKIDSTACK PALLET FROM THE PALLET MAGAZINE TO THE STORAGE STATION, AND (B) TO CONVEY AN ENTIRE STACK OF SKIDSTACK PALLETS FROM THE PALLET MAGAZINE TO THE STORAGE STATION, (V) A FURTHER STATION, (VI) SUPPORTING MEANS OPERABLE TO ENGAGE AND SUPPORT THE UPPERMOST SKIDSTACK PALLET OF A STACK OF SKIDSTACK PALLETS IN THE STORAGE STATION, (VII) A TRANSFER FRAME CARRYING THE SUPPORTING MEANS AND BEING RECIPROCABLE BETWEEN THE STORAGE STATION AND THE FURTHER STATION TO TRANSFER TO THE FURTHER STATION A SKIDSTACK PALLET ENGAGED AND SUPPORTED BY THE SUPPORTING MEANS, AND (VIII) A SECOND POWERED CONVEYOR POSITIONED BETWEEN THE STORAGE STATION AND THE FURTHER STATION AND OPERABLE TO CONVEY A NON-SKIDSTACK PALLET FROM THE STORAGE STATION TO THE FURTHER STATION.