How many Euro pallets fit on a 48ft Dry Van Trailer?
A 48ft Dry Van Trailer holds 36 Euro pallets on the floor, but its 21,000 kg payload runs out first — at 700 kg per loaded pallet you can only carry 30.
Floor (one layer)
36
Best mixed orientation, pallets touching.
Double-stacked
72
Only if each loaded pallet is under 1346 mm.
Payload allows
30
At 700 kg per loaded pallet.
Binding limit
Weight
Payload runs out before the floor does.
Weight runs out first
The floor of a 48ft Dry Van Trailer takes 36 Euro pallets, but its 21,000 kg (46,297 lb) payload is reached at 30 once each is loaded to 700 kg. Loading to the floor count would put you over the legal weight — plan to the smaller number, or to your own per-pallet weight.
The floor layout
36 pallets on the 14.63 m × 2.49 m (48′0″ × 8′2″) interior floor, seen from above.
The assumptions
- Pallet Euro pallet (1200 × 800 mm), deck 144 mm.
- Interior 14.63 m × 2.49 m × 2.69 m, payload 21,000 kg (46,297 lb).
- Loaded pallet assumed at 700 kg gross — the one figure that can't be derived from the vessel, so it is stated rather than buried.
- Maximum floor fit with pallets turned to their best orientation — the same basis as the widely quoted 11-in-a-20ft and 25-in-a-40ft figures. It is a geometric maximum: it assumes pallets touch, so allow a pallet or two fewer where a crew needs handling clearance, and check the door opening for the last row.
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