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Work the stack through, as the [stack height guide](\u002Fstackable\u002Fstackable-pallets-guide) shows.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Where nesting still works",[17,19],{"t":10,"text":18},"At this rating, a nestable keeps most of its nest. Rehrig Pacific's nestables are rated at 10,000 lb, above this band, but lighter models from other makers sit inside it and nest closer. The trade is gentle: a bit of rating for a bit of stack height.",{"t":20,"head":21,"rows":26,"caption":39},"table",[22,23,24,25],"Pallets to return","Rehrig Pacific Standard-duty nestable (1,260 per trailer)","Rehrig Pacific Heavy-duty nestable (1,200 per trailer)","Rackable (540 per trailer)",[27,31,35],[28,29,29,30],"3,000","3","6",[32,33,33,34],"6,000","5","12",[36,37,37,38],"12,000","10","23","Trailers = pallets ÷ the maker's per-trailer figure, rounded up. An example of arithmetic, not a quote.",{"h2":41,"blocks":42},"Loads that are not spread",[43],{"t":44,"title":45,"text":46},"note","Concentrated loads","A rating assumes the load is spread. Four drums, a machine on feet or a stack of bricks puts the weight on small areas, and the sheet number overstates what the deck takes.",{"h2":48,"blocks":49},"How tall the empties stand",[50,52],{"t":10,"text":51},"Stack height is the other half of the return leg. For the Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestable, a stack of 10 stands 29.45 in and a stack of 28 stands 75.35 in, against 182.0 in un-nested.",{"t":20,"head":53,"rows":58,"caption":93},[54,55,56,57],"Pallets in the stack","Nested height, in","Un-nested height, in","Saved, in",[59,63,68,73,78,83,88],[37,60,61,62],"29.45","65.0","35.55",[64,65,66,67],"13","37.10","84.5","47.40",[69,70,71,72],"16","44.75","104.0","59.25",[74,75,76,77],"19","52.40","123.5","71.10",[79,80,81,82],"22","60.05","143.0","82.95",[84,85,86,87],"25","67.70","162.5","94.80",[89,90,91,92],"28","75.35","182.0","106.65","Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestable: 6.5 in tall, 2.55 in nest increment. Height = 6.5 + (n - 1) x 2.55.",{"h2":95,"blocks":96},"A stack worked out",[97,99],{"t":10,"text":98},"Take a stackable rated 8,000 lb static. The bottom pallet carries the pallets above it, so with each loaded pallet weighing 3,118 lb it can hold 2 above, a stack of 3. With 7,160 lb per pallet it can hold 1 above. This is a ceiling on a flat floor for a still stack, not a promise for a stack that moves or waits.",{"t":20,"head":100,"rows":105,"caption":124},[101,102,103,104],"Loaded pallet, lb","Pallets above the bottom","Stack height","Load on the bottom pallet, lb",[106,110,113,116,118,120,122],[107,108,29,109],"3,118","2","6,236",[111,108,29,112],"3,625","7,250",[114,115,108,114],"4,132","1",[117,115,108,117],"4,639",[119,115,108,119],"5,146",[121,115,108,121],"6,153",[123,115,108,123],"7,160","Example for an assumed 8,000 lb static rating; use the maker's figure for the exact model.",{"h2":126,"blocks":127},"Where this band tends to disappoint",[128],{"t":10,"text":129},"Plants step into this band from the light one and keep their habits, then find a rack bay or a long wait in a warm store asks more than a static figure suggests. The cure is a trial with the real loaded weight, in the real building, before the order for a trailer of pallets is placed.",{"h2":131,"blocks":132},"A note on this page",[133],{"t":10,"text":134},"This band rewards a weighing exercise. Put a typical loaded pallet on a scale, add a margin for wet cartons and uneven spacing, then see which models in the band still leave headroom. Skipping the weighing is the commonest reason this band disappoints.",{"h2":136,"blocks":137},"Words on this page",[138],{"t":139,"rows":140},"dl",[141,144,147,150,153,156,159,162],[142,143],"UL","Underwriters Laboratories, a safety testing body that publishes fire test standards, including one for storage pallets.",[145,146],"Cube utilisation","How well loaded freight fills the volume of a trailer or container. Taller or wider-than-floor pallets waste cube.",[148,149],"Dynamic load","The weight a pallet holds while it is moved by a forklift, pallet jack or conveyor. 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