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How many pallets/weight on average gor 48 flat.

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Atlaw4u, Sep 22, 2020.

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  1. Sep 22, 2020 #1
    Atlaw4u

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    "for a 48 flat."
    I'm trying to figure out a quote for a customer. Anyone have a ballpark average of how many pallets and the approximate weight for a load of pallets on a 48'?
     
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  3. Sep 22, 2020 #2
    God prefers Diesels

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    At 16 pallets per stack, that's 416 pallets. Just under 17,000 lbs.

    That's very ballpark, figuring a 40 lb pallet with stacks roughly 8' tall, and 26 stacks.
     
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  4. Sep 22, 2020 #3
    Razorwyr

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    also, what kind of pallets? Cheap wood pallets, CHEP pallets, or plastic pallets? CHEP are going to be heavier than the cheap pallets, i think the plastic pallets are a little lighter than the CHEP pallets are, but not sure.
     
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  5. Sep 22, 2020 #4
    Atlaw4u

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    They are wood.
     
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    Crude Truckin'

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    Chep pallets are blue
     
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  8. Sep 22, 2020 #6
    Atlaw4u

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    Thanks all. I've got enough info for a quote.
     
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    NorthEastTrucker

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  10. Sep 22, 2020 #8
    mpd240

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    Weight is not the issue with pallets. It’s wind resistance. It will pull harder than a 50000lbs of steel. Especially if there is any cross wind.
     
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  11. Sep 22, 2020 #9
    Razorwyr

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    Its a load of pallets.... so that number would be more like 200 +/- pallets, not 24
     
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    NorthEastTrucker

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    Either way the basis of each pallet weight is there so the math of stacks of 15 pallets by 24 (360 pallets) is there for the calculated load weight.
     
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