[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":239},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Fheavy-duty\u002Findustrial":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":153,"sources":154,"related":170,"plate":191,"form":192,"scene":191,"path":193,"crumb":194,"answer":195,"title":196,"h1":197,"description":198,"type":199,"schema":200,"reviewed":202,"crumbs":203,"jsonld":209},3,[6,14,28,33,76,118,123],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"What \"industrial\" asks of a pallet",[9,12],{"t":10,"text":11},"p","Industrial use means steel parts, drums, bulk bags and bins that sit on a pallet through a forklift ride. That moves the question from static to dynamic. Static is the pallet at rest; dynamic is the pallet on forks, a pallet jack or a conveyor, and it is lower. On PHS Plastic's 48 x 40 stackables the range is 2,500 to 5,000 lb dynamic against 3,000 to 30,000 lb static, so a pallet can be rated 30,000 lb at rest and far less in motion.",{"t":10,"text":13},"A 48 x 48 in pallet like PHS's STK 207, rated 4,000 lb dynamic and 30,000 lb static, holds four 55-gallon drums without overhang. The footprint makes the load stable; the dynamic rating says what the forks can lift.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Things to confirm with the maker",[17,24],{"t":18,"items":19},"ul",[20,21,22,23],"Dynamic load and the way it was tested: forklift, pallet jack or conveyor.","Whether the load assumed is evenly spread. Drums on a pallet are not a spread load; they are four points.","Entry. PHS lists 4-way entry on all but one of its stackables; a pallet that forks enter from two sides only restricts how you can move it.","Creep. A heavy load held a long time can deform plastic. Static is not a licence to leave it.",{"t":25,"title":26,"text":27},"note","Chemical and fire","If the pallets store chemicals or sit in a sprinklered area, ask whether the model is listed under FM 4996 or UL 2335. Unlisted plastic pallets can raise the commodity hazard class. See [fire rated pallets](\u002Ffire-rated).",{"h2":29,"blocks":30},"Industrial and the empty return",[31],{"t":10,"text":32},"A heavy pallet seldom nests. If the pallets go back empty, count the trailers: a stackable that does not nest takes full height, and a nestable heavy duty like Rehrig Pacific's 10,000 lb static model still nests at 2.55 in. Industrial users who run a loop often pick the heaviest nestable that clears the load, and keep stackables for the legs that do not return.",{"h2":34,"blocks":35},"A stack worked out",[36,38],{"t":10,"text":37},"Take a stackable rated 30,000 lb static. The bottom pallet carries the pallets above it, so with each loaded pallet weighing 2,995 lb it can hold 10 above, a stack of 11. With 7,037 lb per pallet it can hold 4 above. This is a ceiling on a flat floor for a still stack, not a promise for a stack that moves or waits.",{"t":39,"head":40,"rows":45,"caption":75},"table",[41,42,43,44],"Loaded pallet, lb","Pallets above the bottom","Stack height","Load on the bottom pallet, lb",[46,51,56,60,64,68,72],[47,48,49,50],"2,995","10","11","29,950",[52,53,54,55],"3,502","8","9","28,016",[57,58,53,59],"4,009","7","28,063",[61,62,58,63],"4,516","6","27,096",[65,66,62,67],"5,023","5","25,115",[69,70,66,71],"6,030","4","24,120",[73,70,66,74],"7,037","28,148","Example for an assumed 30,000 lb static rating; use the maker's figure for the exact model.",{"h2":77,"blocks":78},"A beam load worked out",[79,81],{"t":10,"text":80},"Take a pallet with a 2,000 lb racking load. A loaded pallet of 1,004 lb uses 50.2 percent of it and leaves 996 lb; one of 2,622 lb is 622 lb over. Rack engineers also apply their own safety margins, so treat the figure as a ceiling.",{"t":39,"head":82,"rows":86,"caption":117},[41,83,84,85],"Share of the racking load","Left over, lb","Within the rating?",[87,92,96,100,104,109,113],[88,89,90,91],"1,004","50.2 percent","996","yes",[93,94,95,91],"1,207","60.4 percent","793",[97,98,99,91],"1,410","70.5 percent","590",[101,102,103,91],"1,713","85.7 percent","287",[105,106,107,108],"2,016","100.8 percent","-16","no",[110,111,112,108],"2,219","110.9 percent","-219",[114,115,116,108],"2,622","131.1 percent","-622","Example for an assumed 2,000 lb racking load; the maker's span and test method apply.",{"h2":119,"blocks":120},"Industrial use in plain terms",[121],{"t":10,"text":122},"Industrial heavy duty usually means long service with rough handling: forklifts that spear the deck, conveyors that scrape the base and loads that arrive uneven. The useful question for each model is which of those it was designed for, and the sheet rarely says, so ask the maker which handling was assumed when the rating was set.",{"h2":124,"blocks":125},"Words on this page",[126],{"t":127,"rows":128},"dl",[129,132,135,138,141,144,147,150],[130,131],"Pallet pooling","A rental model where a company owns the pallets and moves them between customers, instead of each customer buying its own.",[133,134],"Recycled content","The share of a pallet moulded from reground plastic. Makers print it as a range, often by colour.",[136,137],"Static load","The weight a pallet holds while standing still on a flat floor, spread evenly across the deck. It is the highest of the three ratings.",[139,140],"Nest increment","The extra height each additional empty pallet adds to a nested stack, measured in inches. A small increment means a short stack.",[142,143],"UL","Underwriters Laboratories, a safety testing body that publishes fire test standards, including one for storage pallets.",[145,146],"Footprint","The length and width of a pallet deck. It is chosen to fit the container, the drum, the bag or the receiving rack.",[148,149],"Closed loop","A route where pallets return to the sender after delivery, so the empty trip is a standing cost.",[151,152],"GMA pallet","The 48 by 40 inch North American standard, named for the Grocery Manufacturers Association that popularised it.",[],[155,158,161,164,167],{"label":156,"url":157},"PHS Plastic, stackable plastic pallets","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.phsinc.com\u002Fpallet\u002Fplastic-pallets\u002Fstackable\u002F",{"label":159,"url":160},"PHS Plastic, nestable plastic pallets","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.phsinc.com\u002Fpallet\u002Fplastic-pallets\u002Fnestable\u002F",{"label":162,"url":163},"Rehrig Pacific, 40 x 48 heavy-duty nestable pallet","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rehrigpacific.com\u002Fsupply-chain\u002Fproducts-and-solutions\u002F40-x-48-heavy-duty-nestable-pallet",{"label":165,"url":166},"ICC Building Safety Journal, cellulose or plastic","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.iccsafe.org\u002Fbuilding-safety-journal\u002Fbsj-technical\u002Fcellulose-or-plastic-its-not-just-about-shopping-bags\u002F",{"label":168,"url":169},"Nelson Company, capacity ratings for plastic pallets explained","https:\u002F\u002Fnelsoncompany.com\u002Fblog-post-capacity-ratings-for-plastic-pallets-explained.cfm",[171,175,179,183,187],{"path":172,"title":173,"blurb":174},"\u002Fheavy-duty","Heavy duty","Heavy duty plastic pallets sorted by static, dynamic and racking load, with the style trade-off for each band.",{"path":176,"title":177,"blurb":178},"\u002Fheavy-duty\u002Fby-load","Heavy Duty Pallets by Static Load","Four static load bands for heavy duty plastic pallets, from light stacks to 18,000 lb and over.",{"path":180,"title":181,"blurb":182},"\u002Findustries\u002Fchemical-and-drum-shippers","Chemical and drums","Chemical shippers choose the footprint from the container: 48 x 48 in holds four 55-gallon drums, 45 x 45 in is the CP9 standard. Then static load and fire.",{"path":184,"title":185,"blurb":186},"\u002Fnest-calculator","Nest calculator","Pick a footprint and style, enter stacks, and see how many nestable pallets fit an empty 53 ft trailer against loaded ones.",{"path":188,"title":189,"blurb":190},"\u002Frequest","Request a Load of Plastic Pallets","Send the footprint, style and quantity of plastic pallets you need, and what the pallet will do, to start a request.",null,false,"\u002Fheavy-duty\u002Findustrial","Industrial","For dense loads and forklift work, read dynamic first: it is what the pallet carries in motion, and it is always lower than static.","Heavy Duty Industrial Plastic Pallets","Heavy duty industrial plastic pallets","Heavy duty industrial plastic pallets for dense loads and forklift work: what rating to read and what to check with the maker.","product",[201],"Product","November 12, 2026",[204,207,208],{"path":205,"name":206},"\u002F","Home",{"path":172,"name":173},{"path":193,"name":194},{"@context":210,"@graph":211},"https:\u002F\u002Fschema.org",[212,221,229],{"@type":201,"@id":213,"name":196,"url":214,"description":198,"inLanguage":215,"isPartOf":216,"publisher":218,"category":220,"brand":-1},"https:\u002F\u002Fnestableplasticpallets.com\u002Fheavy-duty\u002Findustrial#product","https:\u002F\u002Fnestableplasticpallets.com\u002Fheavy-duty\u002Findustrial","en-US",{"@id":217},"https:\u002F\u002Fnestableplasticpallets.com\u002F#website",{"@id":219},"https:\u002F\u002Fnestableplasticpallets.com\u002F#org","Plastic pallets",{"@type":222,"@id":219,"name":223,"url":224,"email":225,"areaServed":226},"Organization","Nestable Plastic Pallets","https:\u002F\u002Fnestableplasticpallets.com\u002F","info@nestableplasticpallets.com",{"@type":227,"name":228},"Country","United States",{"@type":230,"itemListElement":231},"BreadcrumbList",[232,235,238],{"@type":233,"position":234,"name":206,"item":224},"ListItem",1,{"@type":233,"position":236,"name":173,"item":237},2,"https:\u002F\u002Fnestableplasticpallets.com\u002Fheavy-duty",{"@type":233,"position":4,"name":194,"item":214},1794519997672]