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Parts suppliers move heavy loads in a loop with a customer, so dynamic load and a sound return plan matter together. It tends to lean on heavy-duty stackable pallets, nestable on the empty return, usually in 48 x 45 in or 48 x 40 in, and to ask about the dynamic load, since parts travel on forklifts and conveyors all day.",{"h2":118,"blocks":119},"The empty return",[120,122],{"t":10,"text":121},"An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 70 warehouses in its five largest ZIP codes in Detroit sent back 500 empty pallets in a week, that would be 35,000 pallets. 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