[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":307},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Fnestable\u002Fheavy-duty-nestable":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":177,"sources":181,"related":191,"plate":232,"form":248,"scene":249,"path":250,"crumb":251,"ruler":252,"answer":253,"title":254,"h1":255,"description":256,"type":257,"schema":258,"reviewed":260,"crumbs":261,"jsonld":268},2,[6,14,25,75,117,122,135,147],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"How heavy \"heavy duty\" gets",[9,12],{"t":10,"text":11},"p","Among nestables, heavy duty means a higher static and dynamic rating bought with a thicker section. Rehrig Pacific's heavy-duty 40 x 48 weighs 28.5 lb and is rated 10,000 lb static and 3,500 lb dynamic. PHS Plastic lists a nestable rated 15,000 lb static, the EXP 116, at 40 pallets per stack.",{"t":10,"text":13},"The step up costs in two places. Per trailer, Rehrig's heavy-duty fits 1,200 where its standard-duty fits 1,260. Per stack, PHS's 15,000 lb model nests 40 against 78 for the lighter one. Neither is large for a closed loop; both are real.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Rating is not rack rating",[17,19],{"t":10,"text":18},"The page for the Rehrig heavy-duty nestable lists no racking rating. Static is a rating at rest, evenly spread. Racking is across an open span between beams, and it is lower. For a rack, look at [rackable pallets](\u002Frackable) or at a multi-use model that prints a racking figure, like Nelson Company's, which lists 2,700 lb racking with 10,500 lb static.",{"t":20,"items":21},"ul",[22,23,24],"Ask for the racking load and the beam span it was rated on.","Ask for the temperature range if the pallets go through a freezer.","Ask whether the heavy-duty can be made with recycled content: Rehrig offers up to 30 percent in black and up to 10 percent in colour, and says it is RFID compatible.",{"h2":26,"blocks":27},"Trailers for your volume",[28,30],{"t":10,"text":29},"Suppose 4,600 empty pallets come back in a month. At the maker figures on file that is 4 trailers of Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestables (1,200 each), 2 of PHS Plastic's EXP 100 (2,340 each) or 9 of a rackable (540 each). The table runs the same sum for 6 volumes, from 4,600 to 24,160.",{"t":31,"head":32,"rows":40,"caption":74},"table",[33,34,35,36,37,38,39],"Pallets to return","Rehrig Pacific Heavy-duty nestable (1,200 per trailer)","Rehrig Pacific Standard-duty nestable (1,260 per trailer)","Nelson Company Nestable, stackable, rackable (1,800 per trailer)","PHS Plastic EXP 116 nestable (1,260 per trailer)","PHS Plastic EXP 100 nestable (2,340 per trailer)","Rackable (540 per trailer)",[41,47,53,59,64,69],[42,43,43,44,43,45,46],"4,600","4","3","2","9",[48,49,50,51,50,43,52],"8,510","8","7","5","16",[54,55,56,50,56,57,58],"12,430","11","10","6","24",[60,61,62,56,62,50,63],"16,340","14","13","31",[65,66,66,67,66,46,68],"20,250","17","12","38",[70,71,72,61,72,55,73],"24,160","21","20","45","Trailers = pallets ÷ the maker's per-trailer figure, rounded up. An example of arithmetic, not a quote.",{"h2":76,"blocks":77},"How tall the empties stand",[78,80],{"t":10,"text":79},"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":31,"head":81,"rows":86,"caption":116},[82,83,84,85],"Pallets in the stack","Nested height, in","Un-nested height, in","Saved, in",[87,91,95,99,103,107,111],[57,88,89,90],"19.25","39.0","19.75",[49,92,93,94],"24.35","52.0","27.65",[56,96,97,98],"29.45","65.0","35.55",[67,100,101,102],"34.55","78.0","43.45",[61,104,105,106],"39.65","91.0","51.35",[52,108,109,110],"44.75","104.0","59.25",[112,113,114,115],"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":118,"blocks":119},"A note on this page",[120],{"t":10,"text":121},"Heavy-duty nestables are bought by people who tried the standard kind and were let down once. Write down what went wrong the first time, such as a bowed deck on a rack or a cracked leg on a dock plate, and hold each candidate model against that note.",{"h2":123,"blocks":124},"Questions to put to the maker",[125],{"t":20,"items":126},[127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134],"What happens to the rating if a stack is stored outside in the sun?","How many empties can stand in one nested stack before the stack leans?","Does a nested stack need a strap or wrap to ship, and who supplies it?","Does the nest figure change with the deck type, open or closed?","Is the pallets-per-trailer number for nested empties, or for loaded pallets?","Is there a version of the model with a lower nest increment, and what does it give up?","Is the nest increment measured on a new pallet, or one that has been in service?","Where on the pallet is the model name moulded, so a returned stack can be matched to its sheet?",{"h2":136,"blocks":137},"From the dock",[138],{"t":20,"items":139},[140,141,142,143,144,145,146],"Forklift operators prefer stacks that stand square to the tines; a leaning stack gets re-stacked by hand.","Nesting pays only when pallets come back. A one-way shipment gains nothing from a deep nest except cheaper freight out.","Hollow legs collect meltwater and grit; a rinse before nesting keeps stacks from sticking together.","Warehouses with low ceilings find nested stacks fit under sprinkler lines that tall un-nested stacks would hit.","Return legs are often the cheapest freight a carrier hauls, which is why closed loops lean on the nest figure.","Mixing two models in one nested stack can fail: legs that differ by a fraction of an inch will wedge rather than seat.","A trailer loaded to the roof is limited by cube, not weight, which is why empties are priced by the trailer.",{"h2":148,"blocks":149},"Words on this page",[150],{"t":151,"rows":152},"dl",[153,156,159,162,165,168,171,174],[154,155],"Nest increment","The extra height each additional empty pallet adds to a nested stack, measured in inches. 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