Will a wood pallet fit into my rangers bed with the bed liner in ??

[Gary DuBois]

I want to use my 2002 ranger fx4 off road to help at the puyallup food bank but im wondering if a standard wood pallet will fit in my ranger bed with the factory bed liner in.



Thank You Very Much,
Sincerely Gary DuBois

 

[Brain75]

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There are a dozen "standard" sizes here in the US.... after reading the chart go out and measure the inside of your bed between wheel wells (narrowest part) and figure you need at least 4" extra reasonable clearance (2" on each side for the minimum wage fork lift operator to shove it in half crooked).

 

[ekrampitzjr]

Sometime back I measured the distance between the wheel arches in the bed in my 2011 at just over 40". A standard US pallet is 40" by 48", so you should just be able to fit one between the arches. This is assuming you're putting it in the bed by hand and not with a forklift, which could be risky.

An alternative would be to stack a few smaller pallets between the arches to get above the arches, then using a forklift should be good. Tie everything down after it's placed in the bed.

 

[Shran]

Pallets fit in my '88 and '94 and they both have plastic bedliners but they just barely fit.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Depends on the pallet, but even if you set the pallet in by hand, not all forklift drivers are very good so you’ll definitely want space and not a snug fit.

I would either find a source for a pallet that would fit with room to spare or stack a couple pallets to get high enough to clear the wheel arches. Of those, find a pallet that fits. A standard pallet may be too tight but there are plenty of oddball sized ones out there that companies throw or give away

 

[Curious Hound]

If you get to choose the pallet, choose one that fits or choose one that's close and trim it to fit. As others have mentioned, there are many sizes and more than one size is considered "standard". It depends who you're talking to.

If you're intention is to let them set loaded pallets in your truck with a forklift, I would discourage that. First, they may have multiple pallet sizes loaded and you won't get to pick and choose. Second, many forklift drivers, even heavily experienced drivers are not extremely accurate. You run a very real risk of the forklift hitting your open tailgate before the load is properly positioned in the truck. You will have a dinged up tailgate before the words "Whoah! Stop!" Even get from your brain to your tongue. The desire to help is admirable. But be forewarned. Damage is imminent.

 

[bobbywalter]

standard pallets fit.


back in the bon fire days...i could haul 46 pallets to the party.

tailgate down two piles of three between the wells. four piles of ten split on that.

with a bedliner.

even with hd springs it was woobly going through the woods on the twotracks

 

[pjtoledo]

I would take the tailgate off during loading. also don't put a tall load in there.
Rangers get a bit tippy if you have a 4 foot tall load back there.
unless your initials are BW

 

[scotts90ranger]

Yeah, some pallets fit, some are tight... I think the dimension that fits between the wheel wells is the wrong one for loading with a forklift... A good forklift operator will set the pallet on the bed and be able to push with the forks if it'll fit, I don't bother taking the tailgate off when I do that. I haul a lot of empty pallets home from work and for those I'm usually lazy and stack them on edge from the front of the bed to the tailgate which means I don't have to tie anything down...

So the answer is it's a definite maybe...

 

[superj]

Not in a stepside, just for your info. Nothing fits in a stepside but girls in bikinis

 

[Gary DuBois]

Not in a stepside, just for your info. Nothing fits in a stepside but girls in bikinis

Hell Yeah for girls in bikinis good thinking dude =)

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Not in a stepside, just for your info. Nothing fits in a stepside but girls in bikinis

I approve this message… but…

 

[ekrampitzjr]

If the facility is going to load a pallet with a forklift, a stand-up "reach" lift works better for loads into and out of a pickup than does a regular sit-down lift meant for loading/unloading semi trailers. I used a reach lift many times at work with pickups with no danger to the truck tailgate while it was down.

 

[sgtsandman]

Probaby on the pallet. I would remove the tailgate before the forklift driver gets near the truck or you are begging for a damaged tailgate. The forklift driver won't feel it until it is too late.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

If the facility is going to load a pallet with a forklift, a stand-up "reach" lift works better for loads into and out of a pickup than does a regular sit-down lift meant for loading/unloading semi trailers. I used a reach lift many times at work with pickups with no danger to the truck tailgate while it was down.

I’ve watched the reach lift guys smash into stuff too. It really comes down to operator skill. The reach lifts (and I have seen the reach feature on regular forklifts, it’s just not common at all) make the task a little easier, but a poor operator is still dangerous.

I’m not the fastest forklift operator, but I’m pretty good with one and by slowing down when you’re working something you have an opportunity to be very smooth and precise. I will admit to bumping the tailgate of my F-150 with a forklift once (it was dark and poor lighting plus I was trying to hurry because I was hauling stacks of pallets out of an old job at the end of my shift). I was still moving slow enough and watching close enough that I touched the tailgate but didn’t actually damage the tailgate.