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We count about 400 cubic feet per furnished room and about 65 cubic feet per pallet stacked to 4ft, add your spare-room buffer, and compare with usable volumes: 10ft ≈ 500, 20ft ≈ 1,050, 40ft ≈ 2,150 and 40ft high-cube ≈ 2,450 cubic feet (a bit under the full inside volume, because loads never fill every inch). Pallets also need floor space: 5 in a 10ft, 10 in a 20ft and 20 in a 40ft. These are estimates — see our size guide for exact dimensions.
As a rough guide, the furniture and boxes of 1–2 rooms per 10ft of length when packed well, so a 20ft fits a 1–2 bedroom home and a 40ft a 3–4 bedroom home.
About 10 standard U.S. pallets (48" × 40") on the floor of a 20ft and 20–21 in a 40ft, single-stacked.
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