Posted By Brando Hi RBW I've not come across any "official" guidance on this issue. The site I currently work for, a large retailer, has set a maximum height of 20 pallets ( stacked outside ). No idea how they came to this mind you. I seem to remember a case a couple of years back involving a death at a storage yard where a stack of pallets fell - but can't find the article. Can anyone out there remember the case / company involved?? Brando

Posted By David Bannister Hi RBW100, are your pallets inside or outside? Do you have sprinklers installed? Aside from stability considerations wooden pallets present a very high fire challenge, should one start and spread to pallets. If within a sprinklered building you may well find that the maximum safe height will be related to the design capability of the system (typically 2.1m if designed to "Ordinary Hazard"). If no sprinklers then still keep the stacks to minimum size. If outside it is also good practice to keep to minimum heights, 10 m clear of the buildings and well clear of perimeter fences. Your fire insurers will give more definitive advice and may even impose a limit requirement on you.

Posted By Stefan Daunt Having worked in distribution for 16 years, we always stacked pallets in 20's also. It made it easier when backloading them as the stack only had to be split in half to aquire the vehicle loading height. One consideration is mast heights of the FLT's, as trucks with short masts would have to lift more pallets up and down, possibly exceeding the height of the load guard.