[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":314},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Fnestable\u002Ffootprints\u002F48x48":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":185,"sources":192,"related":202,"plate":241,"form":253,"scene":254,"path":255,"crumb":51,"ruler":256,"answer":257,"title":258,"h1":258,"description":257,"type":259,"schema":260,"reviewed":262,"crumbs":263,"jsonld":271},3,[6,20,29,38,65,72,152,160,167],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"What rides on a 48 x 48 in pallet",[9,15,18],{"t":10,"items":11},"ul",[12,13,14],"Chemicals and drums","Four 55-gallon drums with no overhang","Dense liquids in totes where a square base is steadier",{"t":16,"text":17},"p","A 48 x 48 in pallet exists for drums. Four 55-gallon drums sit on it without overhanging, which a 48 x 40 in pallet cannot do. PHS Plastic lists a 48 x 48 in stackable, the STK 207, at 4,000 lb dynamic and 30,000 lb static.",{"t":16,"text":19},"The square footprint is also steadier under a concentrated load. If the load sits on four points, a square base spreads the corners evenly, and the rating sheet should say whether it assumes that.",{"h2":21,"blocks":22},"Shape and size",[23],{"t":10,"items":24},[25,26,27,28],"Perimeter: 192.0 in (4,876 mm).","Diagonal corner to corner: 67.9 in (1,724 mm), which is the room a pallet needs to turn in an aisle.","Area: 1.486 square metres, 16.00 square feet.","Aspect: the long side is 1.000 times the short side, so the deck is square.",{"h2":30,"blocks":31},"In practice",[32,34,36],{"t":16,"text":33},"The square shape does two jobs. It lets four round drums sit in a 2 by 2 block with their rims inside the deck, and it makes a pallet that can be picked up from any of its four sides with the same footing. A rectangular pallet gives forks a long and a short direction; a square gives them none, which helps in a busy chemical store.",{"t":16,"text":35},"What the square does not do is nest more or weigh less. A larger deck means more plastic, and a pallet that must carry a concentrated drum load tends to be built stout. Count the empty return with the maker's figure before assuming a nestable in this size will behave like the common one.",{"t":16,"text":37},"A practical check is to place four empty drums on a sample pallet and look at the rims: if they sit inside the deck with a finger of clearance, the pallet suits drums, and if they touch the edge, the load will catch on every rack post it passes.",{"h2":39,"blocks":40},"Against its nearest footprints",[41,63],{"t":42,"head":43,"rows":49,"caption":62},"table",[44,45,46,47,48],"Footprint","Millimetres","Area, sq in","Area, sq ft","Against 48 x 40",[50,56],[51,52,53,54,55],"48 x 48 in","1219 x 1219","2,304","16.00","120.0 percent",[57,58,59,60,61],"48 x 45 in","1219 x 1143","2,160","15.00","112.5 percent","Inches converted at 25.4 mm. Area is length times width, ignoring corner cuts.",{"t":16,"text":64},"The table orders the closest four by area. A 48 x 48 in pallet is 2,304 sq in; the nearest listed footprint differs by 144 sq in. Footprint is the choice the container makes for you, and a small difference in area is a large difference to a rack beam or a drum.",{"h2":66,"blocks":67},"Counting the empty trailer",[68,70],{"t":16,"text":69},"Few makers print per-stack or per-trailer figures for a 48 x 48 in nestable, so this site does not invent them. Ask for the two numbers, enter them in the [calculator](\u002Fnest-calculator) under another footprint, and the trailers follow.",{"t":16,"text":71},"As an illustration of the arithmetic only: if a maker printed 1,500 per trailer, 2,400 returning pallets would need 2 trailers, 5,000 would need 4, and 10,880 would need 8. 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