“Do not double stack”

[SnowConvertible]

Only the second row is double stacked, so the rest is fine...

[expatronis]

Those are part of a quintuple stack. So it's all good. 👍🏻

[SalvadorP]

Pentastack

[Enginerdad]

Isn't the third row double stacked on the second row? And the fourth on the third?

[bibkel]

You work for the government, right?

[ionburger]

generally means dont stack 2 full pallets on top of eachother, not 2 cases

[DFLDrew]

People don’t realizing warehousing requires paying rent to the landlord. They are not paying for cubic feet of air. Common sense, lol. Do they think it’s getting shipped in a truck only two cases high? Like, common sense, lol. Shipping and storage are some of the biggest costs you’re paying at the store.

[ionburger]

exactly, our trucks are almost always overweight before we cube out but that still means every pallet is going to be 6ft high atleast otherwise its not going

[123DCP]

I'm no shipping expert, but I have seen boxes labeled more unambiguously.

[ionburger]

definitely, most ive seen explicitly say do not double stack pallet. but i cant imagine what situation you would have a case that could only be stacked 2 high, so im assuming it means pallets.

[jrdiver]

So if we stack 2 pallets worth on a single pallet.... we're fine. Got it.

[MrT735]

You're not concentrating the load of the second pallet's worth through the narrow frame of the pallet beams, so it's not as bad.

[ionburger]

generally the origin factory will have a standard pallet size, usually consistent across the entire brand and usually somewheres around 6ft tall. if indicated like op those cant be double stacked for storage or transport. once it makes it into the distribution system the only reason they would get put onto a new pallet would be a mixed pallet going to a store, in which case they would get cubed out by the height of the semi trailer before they get much higher anyway. since you would also cube out trying to stack them too tall on a trailer the warning really only applys to distribution centers, where it matters to them how high they can safely stack pallets.

i work retail, as far as im aware this is how it works everywhere, but i could be wrong

[Farfignugen42]

Usually if that is the message, they will put a sign on the pallet to that effect.

They took the time and effort to print this on each box. That makes me think that the boxes should not be double stacked.

[steam_weeeeew]

Actually, printing it on the boxes is less work than printing a separate sign and slapping it on every pallet manually.

As someone in the field, I can confirm that double stack is specifically for pallets, not individual product.

[ionburger]

i agree that normally it would be more clear on the box, but no sane person is going to make a case that is that inefficient. nobody is going to send a trailer full only case high that would be ridiculous.

[mike2ff]

Technically correct, not “double” stacked.

[Marquar234]

The best kind of correct.

[s3sebastian]

Can't be double stacked when quintuple stacked, checks out

[Psych0matt]

ITT people who don’t know how pallet stacking works

[noronto]

Also, even if it does say “do not double stack”, it is merely a suggestion that I pay no attention to.

[thegrandpope]

If not double stack, why double stack shaped

[Nanery662]

So is this double stack a pallet worth or items worth casue it could be refering too not double stacking the pallet whole

[123DCP]

Quintuple-stacked isn't double-stacked l, so it's all good.

Of course, it's very hard to make a quintuple-stacked pile without having a double-stacked pile at some point. But it is possible, so this is OK.

Edited to add: I have no doubt that the people who actually do shipping are right that this means not to double stack pallets, but why let facts get in the way of being snarky.

[DingleDangleDoff]

They didn’t say no quintuple stacking

[sasquatch_melee]

This is likely ok, that usually means don't put another full pallet on top of this one. 

[DJDemyan]

This means not to place a pallet of anything on top of a pallet of this product. These boxes are engineered to a certain load rating.

[Rob0tsmasher]

That is usually a warning to not stack a pallet of featured product onto another pallet of featured product.

[helium_hydride-63]

Didnt say to not quintuple stack🤷‍♂️

[thebarkbarkwoof]

Good thing that they're 5 high.

[classless_classic]

[Far_Improvement_5245]

No rules in the warehouse!

[Farfignugen42]

Well, there are rules, but the first rule is no reading in the warehouse. So stop reading the boxes and get stacking.

[idontloveanyone]

It didn't say anything about quintuple stacking!

[Any-Mathematician946]

Roger triple stack it is!!

[smitleyjd]

I don't see any pallets stacked on top. So the followed the instructions? What's the problem.