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This is arithmetic for comparison only, and the rating that counts is the maker's.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Shape and size",[17],{"t":18,"items":19},"ul",[20,21,22,23],"Perimeter: 200.0 in (5,080 mm).","Diagonal corner to corner: 71.2 in (1,809 mm), which is the room a pallet needs to turn in an aisle.","Area: 1.590 square metres, 17.11 square feet.","Aspect: the long side is 1.273 times the short side.",{"h2":25,"blocks":26},"In practice",[27,29],{"t":10,"text":28},"The beverage pallet is bigger than the common one because the product is: cases of cans and bottles stack in patterns that fill a 56 x 44 in deck without overhang, and a bottler's lines are built around it. A smaller pallet would waste the pattern and a larger one would not fit the line.",{"t":10,"text":30},"Beverage stacks are tall and heavy, which is why the static rating of 30,000 lb on one maker's model matters. But the stack sits for days in a warehouse, so creep is the second question. Ask the maker how long the rating holds, and whether it was taken warm or cold.",{"h2":32,"blocks":33},"The area, next to the common size",[34],{"t":35,"head":36,"rows":42,"caption":55},"table",[37,38,39,40,41],"Footprint","Millimetres","Area, sq in","Area, sq ft","Against 48 x 40",[43,49],[44,45,46,47,48],"56 x 44 in beverage","1422 x 1118","2,464","17.11","128.3 percent",[50,51,52,53,54],"48 x 40 in","1219 x 1016","1,920","13.33","100.0 percent","Inches converted at 25.4 mm. 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A multiple above 1.000 means 56 x 44 in beverage has more deck than the footprint named.",{"h2":136,"blocks":137},"Questions for the maker",[138],{"t":18,"items":139},[140,141,142],"Static load for the stack height","Deck type for bottle cases","Whether your racking or conveyors take the footprint",{"h2":144,"blocks":145},"A note on this page",[146],{"t":10,"text":147},"Because the pallet is large and heavy when loaded, a bottler usually fits handling aids around it: slip guards, tie sheets and corner posts. The pallet does only part of the job of keeping a tall case stack upright.",{"h2":149,"blocks":150},"From the dock",[151],{"t":18,"items":152},[153,154],"Creep is slow. 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