Using typical 4'x4' pallets, you can fit two rows of 13 pallets in a 53' box van, and can stack them however high your payload permits you to within 110 inches (the typical inside height of such a trailer).
Typical retail trade distribution and logistics is supported by the use of 40" x 48" pallets. A typical 53 foot trailer will fit two rows of 15 pallets if the pallets are turned. It makes it more difficult to load and unload in that typical 40" x 48" pallets are designed to be lifted from the smaller of the two widths - 40" side. The pallets can not be lifted from the 48" side using common pallet jack lift equipment - pump jacks and/or battery operated jacks. Ease of loading and unloading can be best supported by the use of counter-balance or sit-down fork trucks granted that the height of the mask permits entry into the trailer.
Yes, If load the pallets sideways and double stack them you can fit 60 pallets on a 53' trailer
Trailer 53' - 110" high - 2 rows of 15 stacked 18 high for a total of 540 pallets
Trailer 53' - 110" high - 2 rows of 15 stacked 18 high for a total of 540 pallets
26 standard size pallets
26
The dimensions of a 53 foot trailer are a length of 6.3m, a height of 0.94m and a width of 1.02m.
I don't know if I'm reading this right, but, from how you put your dimensions, I gather the pallets are: 72 inches long 26 inches wide 79 inches high It sounds wrong, but I'm going to go with that notion. If those dimensions are correct, you'd be able to fit 24 pallets in the truck (eight pallets lengthwise by three pallets wide - you only have enough inside height for one pallet). A typical 53 foot trailer is 53 feet long by 102 inches wide (however, usable floor space may only be 96 inches), and has an inside height of 110 inches.
53 foot
About 40,000 pounds worth, which is enough to fill a 53-foot trailer to about three feet deep. It would be silly to use a 53-foot trailer for a load like that, so they'd use a short trailer.
26 skids (standard 40x48) side by side total. if you are willing to load pallet side way you can load up to 30 pallets. Assuming all pallets are not stackable.
53 foot
That's how long the trailer is. The Surface Transportation Assistance Act, which brought the 53-foot trailer into being, required that "53" be put on a 53-foot trailer so people would know it was longer than the then-standard 48-foot trailer, and it would need to swing wider in turns.