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Pallet Calculator

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Estimates how many items or boxes fit on a standard pallet or how many pallets are needed for a shipment.

How To Use

How to use this calculator

Start with your values, or try a preset.

Step 1

Enter Item Length (inches), Item Width (inches), Item Height (inches), Pallet Length (inches), Pallet Width (inches), Available Pallet Height (inches), Items per Box, and Total Items to Ship in the units shown.

Step 2

Read Layers per Pallet, Items per Pallet (Widthwise), Items per Pallet (Lengthwise), Items per Layer, Items per Pallet, Pallets Needed, and Boxes per Pallet in the results panel. Results update as you change the inputs.

Step 3

Choose a preset to load an example, then adjust the values for your situation.

Worked Examples

Example calculations

See the inputs and their calculated results.

Small Boxes

Item Length (inches): 6; Item Width (inches): 6; Item Height (inches): 6; Pallet Length (inches): 48; Pallet Width (inches): 40; Available Pallet Height (inches): 48; Items per Box: 1; Total Items to Ship: 100

Layers per Pallet: 8; Items per Pallet (Widthwise): 6; Items per Pallet (Lengthwise): 8; Items per Layer: 48; Items per Pallet: 384; Pallets Needed: 1; Boxes per Pallet: 384

Standard Boxes

Item Length (inches): 12; Item Width (inches): 12; Item Height (inches): 12; Pallet Length (inches): 48; Pallet Width (inches): 40; Available Pallet Height (inches): 48; Items per Box: 1; Total Items to Ship: 100

Layers per Pallet: 4; Items per Pallet (Widthwise): 3; Items per Pallet (Lengthwise): 4; Items per Layer: 12; Items per Pallet: 48; Pallets Needed: 3; Boxes per Pallet: 48

Large Boxes

Item Length (inches): 24; Item Width (inches): 24; Item Height (inches): 24; Pallet Length (inches): 48; Pallet Width (inches): 40; Available Pallet Height (inches): 48; Items per Box: 1; Total Items to Ship: 100

Layers per Pallet: 2; Items per Pallet (Widthwise): 1; Items per Pallet (Lengthwise): 2; Items per Layer: 2; Items per Pallet: 4; Pallets Needed: 25; Boxes per Pallet: 4

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