GORUCK Ruck Plate 30LB Long

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: 30 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: $99.00; 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	30 lb
Material	Cast iron
Curved	Not listed by the maker
Thickness	0.9 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 GORUCK Ruck Plate 30LB Long is a cast iron training plate finished with a powder coat, made in the USA and covered by a lifetime warranty. The sheet gives its weight as 30 lb and its thickness as 0.9 in, but does not state its height, width or depth, and does not say whether the plate is curved.

What stands out

At 30 lb, this sits toward the heavier end of common ruck plate weights, suiting buyers who want a fixed heavy load rather than a lighter or adjustable one.
Cast iron construction with a powder coat finish is a straightforward, commonly durable combination of material and coating.
A lifetime warranty is stated on the sheet, which is a meaningful backing for a metal plate.
Made in the USA is stated plainly on the sheet, which matters to buyers who weight country of origin.

What to watch

The sheet does not give height, width or depth, so buyers cannot check plate pocket fit against a specific pack without more information.
Whether the plate is curved to the back is not stated, which matters for anyone comparing comfort-relevant shape between plates.
At 0.9 in thick, buyers with narrow plate pockets have no dimensional data here to confirm clearance.

Who this is for

This plate suits a buyer who already knows their pack's plate pocket will take a 30 lb, 0.9 in thick cast iron plate and who values a stated lifetime warranty and US manufacture over other considerations. It is not well suited to a buyer trying to match plate to pocket by dimension alone, or one who needs to know before purchase whether the plate is curved, since the sheet is silent on both height/width/depth and curvature.

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.