[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":290},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Fguides\u002Fhow-many-nestable-pallets-fit-on-a-truck":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":184,"sources":185,"related":201,"plate":241,"form":242,"scene":241,"path":243,"crumb":244,"ruler":245,"answer":246,"title":247,"h1":247,"description":246,"type":248,"schema":249,"reviewed":251,"crumbs":252,"jsonld":259},3,[6,46,88,100,139,147,154],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"The numbers makers print",[9,43],{"t":10,"head":11,"rows":16,"caption":42},"table",[12,13,14,15],"Model","Per stack","Per trailer","Source",[17,22,27,32,35,38],[18,19,20,21],"PHS Plastic EXP 100","78","2,340","PHS Plastic",[23,24,25,26],"Nelson Company multi-use","60","about 1,800","Nelson Company",[28,29,30,31],"Rehrig Pacific standard-duty","not printed","1,260","Rehrig Pacific",[33,34,30,21],"PHS Plastic EXP 116","40",[36,29,37,31],"Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty","1,200",[39,40,41,31],"Rehrig Pacific rackable (does not nest)","n\u002Fa","540","Per-trailer figures are as each maker prints them; trailer lengths and stacking patterns can differ.",{"t":44,"text":45},"p","One supplier prints a 30-stack turned pattern for 48 x 40 pallets on a 53 ft dry van. 30 stacks of 78 is 2,340 and 30 stacks of 60 is 1,800, which is how those two figures arise. The 40-per-stack model at 1,260 works out to 31.5 stacks, so its maker evidently assumes a different pattern.",{"h2":47,"blocks":48},"The stack, in inches",[49,51],{"t":44,"text":50},"The nest increment sets how tall a stack of empties is. For the Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestable, 6.5 in tall with a 2.55 in increment, the table shows the height of stacks from 5 to 40.",{"t":10,"head":52,"rows":57,"caption":87},[53,54,55,56],"Pallets in the stack","Nested height, in","Un-nested height, in","Saved, in",[58,63,68,73,78,83],[59,60,61,62],"5","16.70","32.5","15.80",[64,65,66,67],"10","29.45","65.0","35.55",[69,70,71,72],"15","42.20","97.5","55.30",[74,75,76,77],"20","54.95","130.0","75.05",[79,80,81,82],"30","80.45","195.0","114.55",[34,84,85,86],"105.95","260.0","154.05","Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestable: 6.5 in tall, 2.55 in nest increment. Height = 6.5 + (n - 1) x 2.55.",{"h2":89,"blocks":90},"What the trailer count leaves out",[91,98],{"t":92,"items":93},"ul",[94,95,96,97],"Weight limits. A trailer full of 28.5 lb pallets weighs little, but a full count of heavier models adds up.","Doors and floor. A turned pattern needs the pallets to load without a wasted gap.","Height. The stack must clear the roof and sprinklers at the dock.","Reality. Pick a number from the maker, not from a hope.",{"t":44,"text":99},"Use the [nest calculator](\u002Fnest-calculator) to turn your count and a maker's figure into trailers.",{"h2":101,"blocks":102},"Trailers for your volume",[103,105],{"t":44,"text":104},"Suppose 2,970 empty pallets come back in a month. At the maker figures on file that is 3 trailers of Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestables (1,200 each), 2 of PHS Plastic's EXP 100 (2,340 each) or 6 of a rackable (540 each). 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An example of arithmetic, not a quote.",{"h2":140,"blocks":141},"Questions to put to the maker",[142],{"t":92,"items":143},[144,145,146],"Is the pallets-per-trailer number for nested empties, or for loaded pallets?","Is the nest increment measured on a new pallet, or one that has been in service?","Does a nested stack need a strap or wrap to ship, and who supplies it?",{"h2":148,"blocks":149},"From the dock",[150],{"t":92,"items":151},[152,153],"Hollow legs collect meltwater and grit; a rinse before nesting keeps stacks from sticking together.","Spare capacity at a depot makes nesting less urgent; scarce floor space makes it the whole argument.",{"h2":155,"blocks":156},"Words on this page",[157],{"t":158,"rows":159},"dl",[160,163,166,169,172,175,178,181],[161,162],"Cube utilisation","How well loaded freight fills the volume of a trailer or container. 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