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How much sod is on a pallet

Sod is sold by the pallet, and a pallet is whatever the farm cuts it as — the same three sizes come up again and again, and the weight swings by half with the water in it.

How much sod is on a pallet? 400 to 500 square feet, most often 450 — 45 rolls of 2 × 5 ft or about 169 slabs. It weighs about 2,200 lb as delivered, 1,500 lb dry and up to 3,000 lb soaked.

How many square feet in a pallet of sod

Ask the farm which size they cut: the pallet count for a lawn changes by a quarter between a 400 and a 500.

Pallet	Square meters	Rolls (2 × 5 ft)	Slabs (16 × 24 in)	Covers a lawn of
400 sq ft	37.2 m²	40	150	20 × 20 ft
450 sq ft	41.8 m²	45	169	21 × 21 ft
500 sq ft	46.5 m²	50	187	22 × 22 ft

How much does a pallet of sod weigh

Pallet	Dry	As delivered (moist)	Soaked
400 sq ft	1,333 lb · 605 kg	1,956 lb · 887 kg	2,667 lb · 1,210 kg
450 sq ft	1,500 lb · 680 kg	2,200 lb · 998 kg	3,000 lb · 1,361 kg
500 sq ft	1,667 lb · 756 kg	2,444 lb · 1,109 kg	3,333 lb · 1,512 kg

Sod roll and piece sizes

Format	Size	Covers	Weighs, moist	Per 450 sq ft pallet
Roll, 2 × 5 ft	24 × 60 in	10 sq ft · 0.9 m²	49 lb · 22 kg	45
Slab, 16 × 24 in	16 × 24 in	2.67 sq ft · 0.2 m²	13 lb · 6 kg	169

How many pallets fit on a pickup or trailer

A pallet as delivered weighs about 2,200 lb. A half-ton pickup is rated for 1,500 to 2,000 lb, so a whole pallet is over its limit — haul the rolls loose instead, half a pallet at a time. A tandem-axle landscape trailer takes about 2 pallets, and a flatbed delivery truck 6.

How long can sod sit on a pallet

Air temperature	Lay it within
above 85 °F	12 hours
70–85 °F	24 hours
below 70 °F	48 hours

Stacked sod heats from the inside; a pallet that smells sour or feels warm in the middle is already dying. Order for the morning you will lay it. The sod calculator turns the lawn into pallets, rolls and weight.

Work out your pallets →

Pallet sizes and weights: Sod Solutions, Square Feet per Pallet (pallets of 400, 450 or 500 sq ft; 1,500–3,000 lb, up to 50% heavier when wet); The Grass Outlet, How Much Does a Pallet of Sod Weigh. Roll and slab sizes: 2 × 5 ft rolls of 10 sq ft and 16 × 24 in slabs, 45 rolls or about 169 slabs to a 450 sq ft pallet. Roll and slab weights are the moist pallet weight per square foot times their area. Vehicle loads: a half-ton pickup's 1,500–2,000 lb payload; about 5,000 lb payload on a 7,000 lb tandem-axle trailer and about 14,000 lb on a 26,000 lb non-CDL flatbed, divided by a moist pallet. Shelf life: Oklahoma State University Extension, How Storage Time and Harvest Season Impact the Success of Planting Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass Sod; Turf magazine on pallet heat; sod-grower guidance to lay within 24 hours. Accessed 2026-10-16.

Sod pallet questions

How many pieces of sod in a pallet?

169 slabs of 16 × 24 in on a 450 sq ft pallet, or 45 rolls of 2 × 5 ft.

How much does a roll of sod weigh?

About 49 lb fresh for a 2 × 5 ft roll cut from a 2,200 lb pallet, and a 16 × 24 in slab about 13 lb. Thinner-cut retail rolls weigh less — 15 to 30 lb — and dry sod can weigh a third less.

How many pallets of sod do I need for 1,000 square feet?

Three: 1,000 sq ft plus 5% for cuts is 1,050, and even on 500 sq ft pallets that is 2.1, which rounds up to 3. Buy loose rolls for the last part-pallet if the farm sells them.

Can I pick up a pallet of sod in a pickup truck?

A half-ton pickup is rated for about 1,500–2,000 lb and a moist pallet is 2,200 lb. Load rolls loose, half a pallet at a time, or have it delivered.

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