48×40 pallets when that size is the right deck
We build 48×40 when the load and the dock actually want that footprint. We do not sell a cheap stock GMA off a cart. New wood, spec’d to the weight. West Springfield, 202 Day St.
When 48×40 is right
The existing rack or trailer pattern is already 48×40. Mixed outbound with other standard decks — you are matching a footprint the dock already knows. The load fits without hanging or stacking air.
When custom is cheaper
The part is long, tall, or point-loaded. A 48×40 makes you buy extra board or extra freight. Overbuilding extra lumber is not safer; spec to the load. Fork pattern or stack height is the real constraint. We check that with computerized load analysis.
What you get
New stringer or block, 2-way or 4-way. If it exports: NeLMA ISPM 15 heat-treat, no fumigation. No used. No reman. No price on this page.
Hours and plant
Springfield Lumber
202 Day St, West Springfield, MA 01089
413-747-7900
One plant. Monday–Thursday 6:30am–4pm. Friday 6:30am–2pm. Call before you roll in.
We deliver into the ten cities already listed on /locations/.
Standard 48×40 pallets, built new
The 48×40 is the standard GMA footprint: 48″ stringer length by 40″ deck-board length. It fits most racking, trailers, and grocery and retail docks. We build it two ways. Stringer pallets use three 48″ stringers and are usually 2-way entry, or partial 4-way with notched stringers. They’re the most common, cost-effective choice. Block pallets sit on nine blocks for true 4-way entry. They’re stiffer for heavy, automated, or pallet-jack-heavy floors.
Every 48×40 we build is new wood only, with no used or remanufactured pallets. We chop, resaw, build, and heat treat in our own plant at 202 Day St, West Springfield, MA. Heat-treated ISPM-15 pallets are available for export, with the HT stamp and no fumigation. We size the deck boards, stringers, and fasteners to your load, not to a catalog. Call 413-747-7900 or send your load weight and how it ships for a quote.
Frequently asked questions
What size is a standard 48×40 pallet?
48″ long (stringer direction) by 40″ wide (deck-board direction). It’s the most common pallet footprint in North America, and we build it new to your load.
Stringer or block, which 48×40 do I need?
Stringer is right for most loads and 2-way handling. Block gives true 4-way entry and more stiffness for heavy or automated handling. Tell us the weight and how it moves, and we’ll spec it.
Can you heat treat 48×40 pallets for export?
Yes. We heat treat in house to ISPM-15 and stamp every pallet we heat treat. Put “export” and the destination country on your quote request.
Get a quote
Call 413-747-7900 or send the spec to Get a quote. Weight, how it ships, stringer or block if you know.
