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Its multi-use rating, 10,500 lb static and 3,100 lb dynamic with 2,700 lb racking, covers floor, forks and beams at modest figures.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Choosing between styles",[17,41],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":40},"table",[20,21,22],"Need","Style","Watch",[24,28,32,36],[25,26,27],"Conveyors and automation","Short multi-use, cruciform or runner base","Entry and fit",[29,30,31],"Rack storage","Rackable or multi-use with a racking load","Span",[33,34,35],"Lots of returns","Nestable","Racking rating",[37,38,39],"Heavy stacks","Stackable","Creep","",{"t":18,"head":42,"rows":47,"caption":56},[43,44,45,46],"Pallets to return","Nelson Company Nestable, stackable, rackable (1,800 per trailer)","Rehrig Pacific Standard-duty nestable (1,260 per trailer)","Rackable (540 per trailer)",[48,52],[49,50,50,51],"2,000","2","4",[53,54,51,55],"5,000","3","10","Trailers = pallets ÷ the maker's per-trailer figure, rounded up. An example of arithmetic, not a quote.",{"h2":58,"blocks":59},"Questions for the maker",[60],{"t":61,"items":62},"ul",[63,64,65,66],"Does it run on your conveyor?","What racking load and span?","What is the increment for returns?","Is the deck open or closed?",{"h2":68,"blocks":69},"How tall the empties stand",[70,72],{"t":10,"text":71},"Stack height is the other half of the return leg. For the Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestable, a stack of 4 stands 14.15 in and a stack of 22 stands 60.05 in, against 143.0 in un-nested.",{"t":18,"head":73,"rows":78,"caption":112},[74,75,76,77],"Pallets in the stack","Nested height, in","Un-nested height, in","Saved, in",[79,83,88,92,97,102,107],[51,80,81,82],"14.15","26.0","11.85",[84,85,86,87],"7","21.80","45.5","23.70",[55,89,90,91],"29.45","65.0","35.55",[93,94,95,96],"13","37.10","84.5","47.40",[98,99,100,101],"16","44.75","104.0","59.25",[103,104,105,106],"19","52.40","123.5","71.10",[108,109,110,111],"22","60.05","143.0","82.95","Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestable: 6.5 in tall, 2.55 in nest increment. Height = 6.5 + (n - 1) x 2.55.",{"h2":114,"blocks":115},"A beam load worked out",[116,118],{"t":10,"text":117},"Take a pallet with a 2,200 lb racking load. A loaded pallet of 1,158 lb uses 52.6 percent of it and leaves 1,042 lb; one of 2,776 lb is 576 lb over. 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Runners lie flat across rack beams but stop pallets from nesting.",[169,170],"Stretch wrap","Elastic film wound around a loaded pallet to hold the load together.",[172,173],"HDPE","High-density polyethylene, a tough resin used in many plastic pallets, valued for strength against its weight.",[175,176],"Pallet pooling","A rental model where a company owns the pallets and moves them between customers, instead of each customer buying its own.",[178,179],"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.",[181,182],"Recycled content","The share of a pallet moulded from reground plastic. Makers print it as a range, often by colour.",[184,185],"Cube utilisation","How well loaded freight fills the volume of a trailer or container. 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Runners give a flat, continuous contact; a cruciform or legs base gives.",{"path":206,"title":207,"blurb":208},"\u002Fnestable","Nestable Plastic Pallets by Footprint","Nestable plastic pallets sorted by footprint, rating and pallets per stack, with the empty-trailer count worked out.",{"path":210,"title":211,"blurb":212},"\u002Frackable","Rackable Plastic Pallets and Racking Load","Rackable plastic pallets carry a stated racking load across the beam gap. How to read it and which styles have one.",{"path":214,"title":215,"blurb":216},"\u002Findustries","Industries","Which pallet style food and beverage, pharma, automotive, chemical, export and warehouse buyers ask about.",{"path":218,"title":219,"blurb":220},"\u002Findustries\u002Fwarehouses-with-racking","Warehouses","Racks decide the order of questions. 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