Stackable Pallets, 48 x 48 in Footprint

The square base for four drums. A 48 x 48 in stackable covers 16.00 sq ft and is judged by the load on the bottom pallet.

48 x 48 in stackable

Inches: 48 x 48
Millimetres: 1219 x 1219
Area: 16.00 sq ft
Against 48 x 40: 120.0 percent

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Stackable pallets at 48 x 48 in

PHS Plastic's STK 207 is a 48 x 48 in stackable rated 4,000 lb dynamic and 30,000 lb static. It holds four 55-gallon drums without overhang. The square deck suits chemical stores, where the stack is the product.

Stackables do not nest, so their empties stand at full height. For scale, a 30,000 lb static rating spread over the 2,304 sq in of a 48 x 48 in deck is 13.0 lb per sq in; the same rating on a 48 x 40 in deck is 15.6 lb per sq in. This is arithmetic for comparison only, and the rating that counts is the maker's.

Shape and size

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.

In practice

A 48 x 48 in stackable is a drum pallet first and a general pallet second. Four 55-gallon drums fit without overhang, and the deck is square so the load is carried at four points rather than along a line. Check whether the dynamic rating is stated with drums as the load, because drum weight is concentrated in a way a carton load is not.

In a chemical store the pallet is part of the fire picture. A square plastic deck under a stack of drums raises the question of sprinkler class, and the answer lives in the listing for the exact model. Ask for it before the pallets arrive, not after the inspector does.

The area, next to the common size

Inches converted at 25.4 mm. Area is length times width, ignoring corner cuts.
Footprint	Millimetres	Area, sq in	Area, sq ft	Against 48 x 40
48 x 48 in	1219 x 1219	2,304	16.00	120.0 percent
48 x 40 in	1219 x 1016	1,920	13.33	100.0 percent

48 x 48 in against the other sizes

Area is length times width. A multiple above 1.000 means 48 x 48 in has more deck than the footprint named.
Compared with	Inches	Millimetres	Area, sq in	48 x 48 in as a multiple	Area gap, sq in
48 x 40 in	48 x 40 in	1219 x 1016 mm	1,920	1.200	+384
48 x 45 in	48 x 45 in	1219 x 1143 mm	2,160	1.067	+144
45 x 45 in	45 x 45 in	1143 x 1143 mm	2,025	1.138	+279
43 x 43 in	43 x 43 in	1092 x 1092 mm	1,849	1.246	+455
42 x 42 in	42 x 42 in	1067 x 1067 mm	1,764	1.306	+540
Euro 1200 x 800 mm	47.2 x 31.5 in	1199 x 800 mm	1,487	1.550	+817
1200 x 1000 mm	47.2 x 39.4 in	1199 x 1001 mm	1,860	1.239	+444
56 x 44 in beverage	56 x 44 in	1422 x 1118 mm	2,464	0.935	-160
48 x 32 in	48 x 32 in	1219 x 813 mm	1,536	1.500	+768
1200 x 1200 mm	47.2 x 47.2 in	1199 x 1199 mm	2,228	1.034	+76
1165 x 1165 mm	45.9 x 45.9 in	1166 x 1166 mm	2,107	1.094	+197

Questions for the maker

Dynamic rating with drums
Lip or drip edge on the deck
Fire listing for the store

From the dock

Forklift tines catch deck edges; closed decks with chamfered edges suffer less from rough entry.
Pallet jacks need clear entry on the bottom; feet and runners that block a wheel make a slow dock.

Words on this page

HDPE: High-density polyethylene, a tough resin used in many plastic pallets, valued for strength against its weight.
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.
Pallet jack: A hand or powered truck with two forks, used to move a pallet short distances.
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.

Questions people ask

Does a 48 x 48 in stackable nest?

Generally not. Count the empty return with the maker's per-trailer figure in the calculator.

Tell us the footprint and how many stacks you move.

We work out the empty trailer, then take the request for a load.

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