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How many pallets fit in a truck?

If you want to transport a large amount of goods from A to B, this is usually done on pallets by truck.
Of course, in order to work cost-efficiently, the sender is faced with the question of how many pallets you get into a truck.
To get this value out, you need the following information:

  • Which pallets are used
  • With which type of truck the pallets are transported

Tip: At the end of the post, you will find a table with an overview of the truck types and how many pallet sets are available.

Pallet types

In Europe, mainly Euro pallets measuring 1200 x 800 mm are used. In plant and mechanical engineering industrial pallets are used. These have a dimension of 1200 x 1000 mm.

Truck types

In principle, a distinction is made between the following types:

  • Motor vehicles with and without trailers
  • Trucks with swap body
  • Semitrailer trucks

Depending on the type, the length of the loading area, therefore, the number of pallet spaces changes.

However, they all have one thing in common, the width of the cargo area of 2.45 m. This is optimized for Euro pallets and industrial pallets so you can place two pallets side by side to save space.

Overview of truck types with pallet spaces

Truck typeDimensions
(Length x Width x Height)
Euro pallet spacesIndustrial pallet spacesPayload
Truck 7,5 t
Icon lkw motorwagen 7 5t
6,00 x 2,45 x 2,40 m15122,8t
Truck 9 t
Icon lkw motorwagen 9t
7,20 x 2,45 x 2,40 m17143,5t
Truck 12 t
Icon lkw motorwagen 12t
7,20 x 2,45 x 2,70 m17146,0t
Trailer for 12 t
Icon lkw anhaenger 12t
6,00 x 2,45 x 2,40 m15127,0t
Truck 18 t
Icon lkw motorwagen 18t
7,20 x 2,45 x 2,40 m171410,0t
Trailer for 18 t
Icon lkw anhaenger 18t
8,10 x 2,45 x 2,50 m201613,5t
Truck 26 t
Icon lkw motorwagen 26t
7,30 x 2,45 x 2,40 m181412,0t
Swap body truck 40t
Icon lkw wechselbrueckenzug
2 x (7,30 x 2,45 x 2,40 m)362824,0t
Semitrailer 40t
Icon lkw sattelzug
13,6 x 2,45 x 2,70 m342625,0t

How many CBM fit in a container?

20'ft container: 26-28 CBM
40'ft container: 56-58 CBM
40'ft HQ container: 60-68 CBM
45'ft HQ container: about 78 CBM

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