GORUCK Ruck Plate 20LB

What decides this choice

The decisive specifications we could verify from the maker or our sources. Anything the maker does not publish stays out of this block and appears once in the full table below.

Plate weight: 20 lb
Material: Cast iron

Price

Price range: Mid-range; Our own grouping rather than a figure anybody stated. It moves when we move the boundaries, without the figure moving.
Recommended retail price: $79.00; Loaded with the catalogue; The figure we hold for this pack. No one has approved it, so nothing on file says when it was last checked.

Full specifications

Every specification the registry holds for this kind of gear is listed, including the ones the maker does not publish.

Specification	Value
Plate weight	20 lb
Material	Cast iron
Curved	Not listed by the maker
Thickness	0.8 in
Coating	Powder coat
Height	Not listed by the maker
Width	Not listed by the maker
Depth	Not listed by the maker
Made in	USA
Warranty	Lifetime

Figures come from manufacturer pages, editorial entry or our launch catalogue. Use the disclosure below when you want source and review detail for each row.

Source and review details

Specification	Where it came from	Checked by a person
Plate weight	Loaded with the catalogue This value arrived when the catalogue was first built, and no run proposed it.	No one has approved this value
Material	Loaded with the catalogue This value arrived when the catalogue was first built, and no run proposed it.	No one has approved this value
Curved	Not recorded Nothing on file says where this value came from. That is what we know rather than a placeholder for something better.	No one has approved this value
Thickness	Loaded with the catalogue This value arrived when the catalogue was first built, and no run proposed it.	No one has approved this value
Coating	Loaded with the catalogue This value arrived when the catalogue was first built, and no run proposed it.	No one has approved this value
Height	Not recorded Nothing on file says where this value came from. That is what we know rather than a placeholder for something better.	No one has approved this value
Width	Not recorded Nothing on file says where this value came from. That is what we know rather than a placeholder for something better.	No one has approved this value
Depth	Not recorded Nothing on file says where this value came from. That is what we know rather than a placeholder for something better.	No one has approved this value
Made in	Loaded with the catalogue This value arrived when the catalogue was first built, and no run proposed it.	No one has approved this value
Warranty	Loaded with the catalogue This value arrived when the catalogue was first built, and no run proposed it.	No one has approved this value

Packs that take this plate

Worked out from the measurements on both specification sheets rather than stated by either maker, so a pair nobody has measured yet is shown as unanswered and never as ruled out.

Bullet Ruck Classic - Ballistic Nylon Cordura

Empty weight

1.62 lb

Plate pocket height

11.8 in

Plate pocket width

10.5 in

Not enough measured to say
- Nobody has measured Height on the plate.
- Nobody has measured Width on the plate.
Basic Rucker

Empty weight

2.13 lb

Plate pocket height

—

Plate pocket width

—

Not enough measured to say
- Nobody has measured Plate pocket height on the pack.
- Nobody has measured Height on the plate.
- Nobody has measured Plate pocket width on the pack.
- Nobody has measured Width on the plate.
GR1 USA - Waterproof X-PAC

Empty weight

2.3 lb

Plate pocket height

—

Plate pocket width

—

Not enough measured to say
- Nobody has measured Plate pocket height on the pack.
- Nobody has measured Height on the plate.
- Nobody has measured Plate pocket width on the pack.
- Nobody has measured Width on the plate.
GR1

Empty weight

2.8 lb

Plate pocket height

—

Plate pocket width

—

Not enough measured to say
- Nobody has measured Plate pocket height on the pack.
- Nobody has measured Height on the plate.
- Nobody has measured Plate pocket width on the pack.
- Nobody has measured Width on the plate.
Rucker 4.0

Empty weight

3 lb

Plate pocket height

11.8 in

Plate pocket width

9.5 in

Not enough measured to say
- Nobody has measured Height on the plate.
- Nobody has measured Width on the plate.
GR2

Empty weight

3.9 lb

Plate pocket height

—

Plate pocket width

—

Not enough measured to say
- Nobody has measured Plate pocket height on the pack.
- Nobody has measured Height on the plate.
- Nobody has measured Plate pocket width on the pack.
- Nobody has measured Width on the plate.
HYPER RUCK

Empty weight

4 lb

Plate pocket height

15 in

Plate pocket width

11.5 in

Not enough measured to say
- Nobody has measured Height on the plate.
- Nobody has measured Width on the plate.

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Our reading of this pack

An editorial take written from the specifications on this page

A reading of the numbers above it, rather than a measurement we took or a ranking we gave.

In short

The Ruck Plate 20LB is a cast iron weight plate from GORUCK, designed to be carried inside a rucksack's plate pocket rather than worn on its own. The sheet confirms its weight, material, coating, thickness, country of manufacture and warranty term, but leaves its footprint and shape unstated.

What stands out

Weight is fixed and known at 20 lb, useful for anyone standardising a load.
Cast iron construction, a defined material rather than an unspecified metal blend.
Powder coat finish is specified, giving a known surface treatment.
Thickness is stated at 0.8 in, which matters for anyone checking plate pocket clearance.
Made in the USA, a stated origin rather than an omission.
Carries a lifetime warranty, the strongest warranty tier on the manufacturer's own scale.

What to watch

Height, width and depth are not published, so fit inside a specific pack's plate pocket cannot be confirmed from the sheet alone.
Whether the plate is curved or flat is not stated, which matters for anyone deciding how it will sit against the back.

Who this is for

This suits a buyer who already knows they want a 20 lb cast iron plate and cares about a stated US origin and a lifetime warranty, and who is not fussy about confirming exact pocket dimensions before buying. It is a poorer fit for anyone who needs to check plate pocket height and width against a specific rucksack first, or anyone with a preference for a curved plate, since neither is stated on this sheet.

Published under the byline Unedited machine draft, and no editor has rewritten it

Published on September 17, 2026

A language model drafted this piece from the specifications on this page, a named editor published it without rewriting it, and nobody at this publication has carried this pack.