A 24 ct. box of Ramen Noodles has dimensions of 15" x 12" x 12" or a volume of 1.25 cubic feet.
u/Goldencaramel pointed out that I need to take in account for the pallets.
Pallets are 40" x 48" x 5" roughly. If the floor of the trailer has dimensions as listed above, you can fit 14 pallets lengthwise, and 2 width-wise. On the pallet itself, you can stack roughly 3 boxes of Ramen width-wise (40/12 = 3.33), 3 length-wise (48/15 = 3.2), and 4 height wise in order to be able to stack 2 pallets high in the truck (4*12 = 48). This gives the pallet, with the product a height of 53". Given the height of a trailer is 107.375", you can stack two pallets on top of each other with this packing method.
Therefore, you can fit 56 (14 x 2 x 2) pallets, each carrying 36 (3 x 3 x 4) boxes of Ramen into the truck
This means the maximum number of 24 ct. boxes of Ramen you can fit in a 53' trailer with pallets is 2016 (56 x 36)
These boxes sell at ~$12 at my local BJ's which means that the trailer would have a consumer value of about $24,192 (2016 * $12)
Now according to several people, you wouldn't stack pallets containing a product so fragile on top of one another. Also, according to a fellow freight broker, you can only fit 26 pallets in a trailer.
Re-do the math for a more "real-world" cost estimate and you come out to:
I wish noodles were that cheap still, those things are getting expensive recently, at least here in Finland they're like twice the price they used to be, if not more depending on brand.
If they were Nongshim ramyun, that's more like $4 per 4pack. Probably the best brick style ramyun available! I got in to it after getting in to a debate regarding the best ramen on the market. I believed Maruchan was the far superior ramen. Until someone told me about Nongshim ramyun. Picked some up, now I can't even eat Maruchan anymore.
BTW, Maruchan, Nongshim are definitely made in USA, they're not shipped from China. I think Top Ramen might be as well. They're also made in Korea and stuff, but the ones you buy in US are made in US.
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thewitt33 on November 3rd, 2017 at 23:43 UTC »
This is from a previous post and user u/srappe:
Given a standard 53' trailer:
According to http://www.wbmcguire.com/links/Guides/TruckTrailerGuide.pdf, A 53' trailer has interior dimensions of 47'6" x 98.5" x 107.375" and a capacity of 3,489 cubic feet.
A 24 ct. box of Ramen Noodles has dimensions of 15" x 12" x 12" or a volume of 1.25 cubic feet.
u/Goldencaramel pointed out that I need to take in account for the pallets.
Pallets are 40" x 48" x 5" roughly. If the floor of the trailer has dimensions as listed above, you can fit 14 pallets lengthwise, and 2 width-wise. On the pallet itself, you can stack roughly 3 boxes of Ramen width-wise (40/12 = 3.33), 3 length-wise (48/15 = 3.2), and 4 height wise in order to be able to stack 2 pallets high in the truck (4*12 = 48). This gives the pallet, with the product a height of 53". Given the height of a trailer is 107.375", you can stack two pallets on top of each other with this packing method.
Therefore, you can fit 56 (14 x 2 x 2) pallets, each carrying 36 (3 x 3 x 4) boxes of Ramen into the truck
This means the maximum number of 24 ct. boxes of Ramen you can fit in a 53' trailer with pallets is 2016 (56 x 36)
These boxes sell at ~$12 at my local BJ's which means that the trailer would have a consumer value of about $24,192 (2016 * $12)
Now according to several people, you wouldn't stack pallets containing a product so fragile on top of one another. Also, according to a fellow freight broker, you can only fit 26 pallets in a trailer.
Re-do the math for a more "real-world" cost estimate and you come out to:
2636$12 = $11,232
Deltamon on November 4th, 2017 at 03:26 UTC »
I wish noodles were that cheap still, those things are getting expensive recently, at least here in Finland they're like twice the price they used to be, if not more depending on brand.
Draqur on November 4th, 2017 at 04:34 UTC »
How do we know what kind of ramen these are?
If they were Nongshim ramyun, that's more like $4 per 4pack. Probably the best brick style ramyun available! I got in to it after getting in to a debate regarding the best ramen on the market. I believed Maruchan was the far superior ramen. Until someone told me about Nongshim ramyun. Picked some up, now I can't even eat Maruchan anymore.
BTW, Maruchan, Nongshim are definitely made in USA, they're not shipped from China. I think Top Ramen might be as well. They're also made in Korea and stuff, but the ones you buy in US are made in US.