Linear Feet Calculator
How much trailer length your LTL freight takes. Pallets load two across, so linear feet — not pallet count — is what carriers use for volume pricing and the truckload cutoff.
Enter the pallet count and length to see linear feet.
How linear feet works
A dry van is about 8 ft wide, so two standard pallets sit side by side. Freight travels in rows of two, and each row costs the length of its longer pallet. Linear feet is the total row length divided by 12 — an odd pallet takes a whole row on its own.
It matters because carriers price by space, not just weight: at about 7+ linear feet a shipment can qualify for volume pricing, and past ~12 ft it is usually a truckload. Two 48-inch pallets loaded 40-inch-side forward take less linear space than the same pallets turned — sometimes enough to change the price.
Get the linear feet AND the freight class
FreightPrep builds your pallets from boxes, then gives you linear feet, weight, NMFC class by density and a copy-ready LTL summary for FedEx Freight and other carriers — free, in your browser.