Reinforced plastic pallet

A pallet comprising:

• top and bottom decks supported in spaced apart relationship by a plurality of post assemblies, the top and bottom decks and the post assemblies manufactured from a plastic material;
• and
• a reinforcement assembly encapsulated within at least one of the top or bottom deck, the reinforcement assembly including:
• at least one reinforcement rod having opposed ends;
• and
• a plurality of reinforcement caps, each reinforcement cap having
• an outer member defining a closed end and an open end;
• and
• an inner compensation structure within the outer member and defining a stop surface spaced from the outer member open end such that an initial open area is defined within the outer cap member and a respective rod end is received in the initial open area and wherein the inner compensation structure is configured to deform to accommodate a relative position change between the cap member and the reinforcement rod end.