Pallet Sizes and How Many Pallets Fit Each Vehicle
Getting pallets delivered at the right price starts with the right vehicle. Floor space sets how many pallets fit, and payload sets how heavy they can be.
UK Standard Pallet
1200 × 1000 mm
The most common pallet in UK warehousing and manufacturing. Slightly wider than a Euro pallet, so fewer fit across a van floor.
Euro Pallet
1200 × 800 mm
The standard for retail distribution and European freight. The pallet counts in the table below are based on Euro pallets.
Non Standard Loads
Any size
Half pallets, oversized pallets, stillages and crates. Give us the footprint, height and weight and we will plan the vehicle around them.
Palletised haulage scales, and so do we. A single urgent pallet goes on the smallest vehicle that carries it safely, whether that is a large van taking two or three pallets or a Luton with a tail lift. Part loads of four to fourteen pallets suit our rigid fleet, and full loads of up to 26 euro pallets run on a curtainsider artic. When you brief us with the pallet count, the weights and the dimensions, we specify the right vehicle rather than forcing your freight into whatever is available, and your pallets travel secured and spaced correctly rather than crammed to fill a trailer.
Heavy pallets often hit the payload limit before the floor is full. A Luton van takes five pallets of floor space but only around 1,000 kg in total, so five full pallets of 200 kg each is its limit. Heavier pallets move up to a 7.5 tonne or 18 tonne lorry.
Every pallet delivery is priced on the vehicle the load needs and the journey, with the rate agreed up front, so you pay for the capacity the job needs. There is no per pallet network surcharge and no hub fee, because your pallets never go through a hub.
