Sell 45 x 45 plastic pallets

45 x 45 at a glance

Footprint

45 x 45 in (1140 x 1140 mm)

Typical use

CP9 chemical standard; bags, boxes, drums; container cubing

Example (STK 754)

Dynamic 3,100 lb, static 6,300 lb

What a buyer reads in a 45 x 45 lot

A buyer reads a 45 x 45 lot as chemical-trade stock. The footprint is also chosen for container cubing, which is why shippers sometimes retire it when a route changes. A sample 45 x 45 stackable model lists 3,100 lb dynamic and 6,300 lb static, a lower static rating than a 48 x 48 drum pallet.

CP9 is the name the trade gives to the chemical-industry 1140 x 1140 mm standard. If your paperwork says CP9, put it in the message.

Who sells 45 x 45 pallets

• ChemicalHow this industry's lot is read
• PharmaceuticalHow this industry's lot is read

Send this with a 45 x 45 lot

• The CP9 or standard name if you know it
• Whether the pallets are loop pallets or bought one-way
• Stack height and whether they lean
• Photos of the deck, since square decks flex at the centre

Put the footprint, the count and the ZIP into the pile sorter first. It rules the lot sold, returned or scrapped, then hands the same answers to the form below.

Words you will meet

Static load

Weight a pallet carries at rest, or the bottom pallet carries when stacked. The highest of the three ratings.

Racking load

Weight a pallet carries bridging an open span in unsupported racking. Often the lowest rating.

Stackable

Loaded pallets can sit on top of each other, up to the static rating.

CP9

A chemical-industry pallet standard, 1140 x 1140 mm.

Dynamic load

Weight a pallet carries while moving on a forklift, pallet jack or conveyor.

Captive pallet

A pallet owned and kept inside one company or loop.

Multi-trip pallet

A pallet designed to be returned and reused many times.

UL 2335

UL fire-test standard for storage pallets, with an idle pallet test and a commodity storage test.

GMA pallet

The 48 x 40 in North American standard footprint.

Nest ratio

How many empty pallets fit in the height of one.

Rackable

Rated to sit on rack beams, with a stated racking load.

Pooling

Renting pallets from a company that owns, tracks and collects them instead of buying.

Closed loop

Pallets that travel between known sites and come back, so they are never lost to a downstream user.

One-way pallet

A cheaper pallet shipped with the load and not expected back.

RFID

Radio tag moulded or fixed into a pallet so it can be tracked.

FM 4996

FM Approvals standard that rates a pallet as equal to wood in fire tests.

Who asks, and what they need

Chemical and drum shippers

48 x 48 and 45 x 45 pallets for drums and bags; chemical resistance.

Retailers that collect pooled or one-way pallets

Stacks of marked and unmarked pallets left by suppliers; need to know which can be sold and which belong to a pool.

Food and beverage distributors and bottlers

Clean, odour-free, washable pallets; open or closed deck; 56 x 44 beverage and 48 x 40 sizes; often asks about food-contact paperwork.

What the sources say

• Static capacity is the highest of the three ratings; racking is often the lowest; dynamic is always lower than static. (nelsoncompany.com)
• Nelson Company defines dynamic capacity as the load a pallet carries in motion, always below static; static as the load at rest and the bottom pallet's limit in a stack; racking as the load across an open rack span, often the lowest and given only for pallets designed for it. (nelsoncompany.com)
• Only pallets designed for unsupported racking carry a racking rating. (nelsoncompany.com)
• Rehrig Pacific's 40 x 48 rackable pallet weighs 44.2 lb with a dynamic rating of 4,000 lb, static 10,000 lb and edge rack 2,000 lb. (rehrigpacific.com)
• Rehrig Pacific's 40 x 48 standard-duty nestable pallet weighs 26.5 lb with a static rating of 10,000 lb and dynamic 3,000 lb. (rehrigpacific.com)
• PHS lists 48 x 40 stackable plastic pallets with dynamic ratings of 2,500 to 5,000 lb and static ratings of 3,000 to 30,000 lb. (phsinc.com)
• That Nelson model is under 5 in tall, which the page says suits air freight, and works with automation and most roller conveyors. (nelsoncompany.com)
• A used Nelson 48 x 40 x 6.3 in HDPE one-piece pallet weighs 49 lb with 30,000 lb static, 5,000 lb dynamic and 2,200 lb racking ratings. (nelsoncompany.com)
• PHS Plastic lists 19 nestable 48 x 40 and other-footprint models with dynamic ratings from 1,102 to 3,500 lb and static ratings from 2,204 to 15,000 lb, so 'nestable' spans light export pallets to heavy-duty stackers. (phsinc.com)
• Rehrig Pacific's 40 x 48 heavy-duty nestable pallet is 48.25 x 40.25 x 6.5 in, weighs 28.5 lb, is rated 10,000 lb static and 3,500 lb dynamic, has a 2.55 in nest increment and 1,200 units per 53 ft trailer; the page lists no racking rating. (rehrigpacific.com)
• The Port of New York and New Jersey was the nation's second-busiest port for loaded containers in 2025, per the Port Authority's full-year volume release as reported by Air Freight News. (airfreight.news)
• Fastmarkets estimates 3.7 billion pallets were in circulation in the US in 2025, and that annual pallet production rose from about 800 million before the pandemic to nearly one billion afterward. (fastmarkets.com)
• A Nelson 48 x 40 x 4.8 in nestable, stackable, rackable polypropylene pallet weighs 18.0 lb with ratings of 10,500 lb static, 3,100 lb dynamic and 2,700 lb racking, and is listed as ISPM 15 exempt. (nelsoncompany.com)
• That Nelson model lists about 60 pallets per stack and 1,800 per truck. (nelsoncompany.com)
• Rehrig Pacific's 40 x 48 rackable pallet is high-pressure injection molded co-polymer polypropylene, with 540 per 53 ft trailer. (rehrigpacific.com)
• PHS lists a 48 x 48 stackable pallet (STK 207) at 4,000 lb dynamic and 30,000 lb static. (phsinc.com)

• Nelson Company: common plastic pallet sizes
• Nelson Company: capacity ratings explained

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