Best truck to load pallets?
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Duck
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Whats the third dimension of the pallets?Hi,
I’m looking at getting a Mitsubishi fuso 2006 model or something very similar to load 1165mmx1165mm wooden pallets. Can anyone recommend similar or better and affordable style trucks to get this task done? Goal is 100 or more pallets per load.
Thanks
This is easy math. Just gotta have all 3 dimensions
Electric Chicken
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Depends how tall the pallets are and how tall the box is for how long it needs to be. At 97" inside height you're going to get about 36 pallets per 4 feet of box length.
- Dimensions: 1165mm x 1165mm (square).
- Height: Generally 150mm
gearjammer
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screw the metric system try inches and feet
- Dimensions: 1165mm x 1165mm (square).
- Height: Generally 150mm
My aussieness got in the way apologies.
- Dimensions: 48.866 inches x 48.866 inches (square).
- Height: Generally 5.9 inches
Duck
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Are you in Australia looking for a truck there, or in the USA looking for one?
It might make a difference. I know different countries have different dimensional standards.
But here's what AI gave me when I asked it about box trucks in the USA. It's all in imperial units.
And it didn't say if the "truck size" was total vehicle length or just the cargo box.
It was the height I was looking for though.
The largest two, it says 84 - 97".
84 in = 213.36 cm
97 in = 246.38
That's a difference of one pallet in height on each stack.
So, going with 84" (213.36cm), if the pallets are 15 cm tall, I guess that means you can stack them 14 high but it'll be a tight squeeze.
A 16 foot box with that interior height should should mathematically be able to hold 112 pallets, in eight stacks of 14. I'd just go with stacks of 13 to make it easier to load without damaging the fragile roof, which would be 104 pallets.
And if a hand pallet truck is going to be in the back too, I'd go with an 18 foot box.
That being said, I don't know anything about the Mitsubishi Fuso other than they're all over the place here in the USA. But I've never driven one.
Most of us on here drive tractor-trailer rigs with 53 foot (16.15 m) length trailers.
in Aus looking for a truck in aus. Not looking for something massive but a flat bed around 7 feet wide by 15 feet long as thats the max size truck ive driven. Goal been 100 pallets per load or more.
Duck
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You'll need a deck width 8 feet wide and 16 long or you'll have overhang.
Any truck in particular you can suggest apart from what ive experienced with driving (mitsubishi fuso canter flat bed)
gearjammer
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I hauled pallets when I was 18 it was a 26 FT flat bed that could haul 10 stacks total
4.3meters or approx 14.1 feet is the general.
Then you have livestock carriers that can operate up to 4.6m or 15.1 feet.
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gearjammer
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if you use a 26 footer you will have 2 feet free so get a small cage, put a couple of chickens in it and call yourself a livestock carrier
Duck
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Is 4.6m the AU national standard for regular trucks that don't need special permits?
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