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USDA APHIS regulates wood packaging material; plastic is outside it.",{"t":16,"head":17,"rows":23,"caption":48},"table",[18,19,20,21,22],"Footprint","Millimetres","Area, sq in","Area, sq ft","Against 48 x 40",[24,30,36,42],[25,26,27,28,29],"Euro 1200 x 800 mm","1199 x 800","1,487","10.33","77.4 percent",[31,32,33,34,35],"1200 x 1000 mm","1199 x 1001","1,860","12.91","96.9 percent",[37,38,39,40,41],"1100 x 1100 mm","1100 x 1100","1,875","13.02","97.7 percent",[43,44,45,46,47],"48 x 40 in","1219 x 1016","1,920","13.33","100.0 percent","Inches converted at 25.4 mm. Area is length times width, ignoring corner cuts.",{"h2":50,"blocks":51},"The nesting angle",[52,55],{"t":53,"text":54},"p","Even one-way pallets travel empty at least once, from the maker to the loading dock. A nestable cuts that trip. For 9,000 pallets, the heavy-duty nestable needs 8 trailers and a rackable 17, which is the difference between a light delivery and a heavy one.",{"t":16,"head":56,"rows":61,"caption":71},[57,58,59,60],"Pallets to return","Rehrig Pacific Heavy-duty nestable (1,200 per trailer)","PHS Plastic EXP 100 nestable (2,340 per trailer)","Rackable (540 per trailer)",[62,67],[63,64,65,66],"4,500","4","2","9",[68,69,64,70],"9,000","8","17","Trailers = pallets ÷ the maker's per-trailer figure, rounded up. An example of arithmetic, not a quote.",{"h2":73,"blocks":74},"Next",[75],{"t":76,"items":77},"ul",[78,79,80],"The [export hub](\u002Fexport) lists the style pages.","The [footprint pages](\u002Fexport\u002Ffootprints) cover each region's size.","The [ISPM 15 guide](\u002Fguides\u002Fispm-15-and-plastic-pallets) explains the wood rule.",{"h2":82,"blocks":83},"How tall the empties stand",[84,86],{"t":53,"text":85},"Stack height is the other half of the return leg. For the Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestable, a stack of 6 stands 19.25 in and a stack of 18 stands 49.85 in, against 117.0 in un-nested.",{"t":16,"head":87,"rows":92,"caption":127},[88,89,90,91],"Pallets in the stack","Nested height, in","Un-nested height, in","Saved, in",[93,98,102,107,112,117,122],[94,95,96,97],"6","19.25","39.0","19.75",[69,99,100,101],"24.35","52.0","27.65",[103,104,105,106],"10","29.45","65.0","35.55",[108,109,110,111],"12","34.55","78.0","43.45",[113,114,115,116],"14","39.65","91.0","51.35",[118,119,120,121],"16","44.75","104.0","59.25",[123,124,125,126],"18","49.85","117.0","67.15","Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestable: 6.5 in tall, 2.55 in nest increment. Height = 6.5 + (n - 1) x 2.55.",{"h2":129,"blocks":130},"A stack worked out",[131,133],{"t":53,"text":132},"Take a stackable rated 30,000 lb static. The bottom pallet carries the pallets above it, so with each loaded pallet weighing 3,520 lb it can hold 8 above, a stack of 9. With 7,562 lb per pallet it can hold 3 above. This is a ceiling on a flat floor for a still stack, not a promise for a stack that moves or waits.",{"t":16,"head":134,"rows":139,"caption":164},[135,136,137,138],"Loaded pallet, lb","Pallets above the bottom","Stack height","Load on the bottom pallet, lb",[140,143,147,150,154,157,160],[141,69,66,142],"3,520","28,160",[144,145,69,146],"4,027","7","28,189",[148,94,145,149],"4,534","27,204",[151,152,94,153],"5,041","5","25,205",[155,152,94,156],"5,548","27,740",[158,64,152,159],"6,555","26,220",[161,162,64,163],"7,562","3","22,686","Example for an assumed 30,000 lb static rating; use the maker's figure for the exact model.",{"h2":166,"blocks":167},"Words on this page",[168],{"t":169,"rows":170},"dl",[171,174,177,180,183,186,189,192],[172,173],"ISPM 15","An international standard on treating and marking wood packaging material. Plastic is outside it.",[175,176],"UL","Underwriters Laboratories, a safety testing body that publishes fire test standards, including one for storage pallets.",[178,179],"GMA pallet","The 48 by 40 inch North American standard, named for the Grocery Manufacturers Association that popularised it.",[181,182],"Dynamic load","The weight a pallet holds while it is moved by a forklift, pallet jack or conveyor. It is lower than static because motion adds shock.",[184,185],"One-way pallet","A light pallet built to carry cargo to a destination and stay there, often used in export.",[187,188],"HDPE","High-density polyethylene, a tough resin used in many plastic pallets, valued for strength against its weight.",[190,191],"Cube utilisation","How well loaded freight fills the volume of a trailer or container. 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