GORUCK Ruck Plate 30LB Standard

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: $89.00; 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	1.4 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 Standard is a 30-pound cast iron plate with a powder-coat finish, made in the USA and covered by a lifetime warranty. The sheet gives a thickness of 1.4 inches but does not state the plate's height, width or depth, nor whether it is curved.

What stands out

At 30 lb, this is a fixed weight suited to buyers who want a set load rather than an adjustable one.
Cast iron construction with a powder-coat finish is stated plainly on the sheet.
Made in the USA, per the manufacturer's own listing.
Backed by a lifetime warranty, which is unusual on this category of item.

What to watch

The sheet does not give height, width or depth, so fit inside a specific pack's plate pocket cannot be confirmed from this listing alone.
Whether the plate is curved or flat is not stated, which matters for anyone checking it against a pack's pocket shape.
At a fixed 30 lb, there is no lighter or heavier version described on this sheet for buyers who want to size up or down.

Who this is for

This suits a buyer who has already decided on a 30-pound load and wants a cast iron plate with a powder-coat finish and a lifetime warranty, and who does not need to check exact external dimensions before buying. It is not suited to a buyer who needs to confirm plate pocket fit by height and width, or who needs to know whether the plate is curved, since the sheet is silent on both.

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.