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Portland is the yard. The network is the country.

Our own fleet runs a 180-mile radius from northwest Portland. Beyond that we quote through partner yards and freight — 51 states, 323 cities, and the same written standard everywhere.

51 states & DC 323 city pages Written quotes only
Outdoor pallet yard with mixed stacks, including marked pool pallets, under a cloudy sky
Outdoor sorting yard

Request a quote

Start with your ZIP code.

Tell us where you are and what you need. If somebody closer to you should handle it, we will say so — and if freight still makes sense, we will quote it.

Portland, OR · email only, no phone

A mailbox you actually read — this is how we reply.
US or Canada, 10 digits — format (503) 274-0900.
US ZIP or Canadian code.
Type freely or pick from the list.
Whole number — per month or one-time.

Required fields are marked *. We validate every entry, so a typo in your email or ZIP will be flagged before the request is sent. Read our privacy note.

  • 51states & DC covered
  • 323city pages
  • 180 miown-fleet radius
  • 1 daywritten quote turnaround

Region 01

West · 11 states

Our home region. Oregon, Washington and northern California are served by our own trucks wherever the lane maths works.

Region 02

Southwest · 4 states

Region 03

Midwest · 12 states

Region 04

Southeast · 12 states

Region 05

Northeast · 12 states

Closer to home

Process

How an out-of-state order actually happens

No sales team, no discovery call, no CRM sequence. We have no telephone, so everything below happens in writing and stays searchable afterwards.

  • What we need: footprint, grade, count, ZIP, and how the pallet is handled.
  • Nice to have: a photo, your dock height, whether you run forklifts or jacks.
  • Not needed: a purchase order, an account, or a phone conversation.
  1. 01

    You send the form

    Every form on this site is the same form and reaches the same yard team. Required fields are validated as you type, so a mistyped ZIP or email is caught before anything is sent.

  2. 02

    We check today's stock

    Used pallet availability moves daily. You get a real count and a real date rather than a list price that was true last quarter.

  3. 03

    A written quote, within one business day

    Price per unit by grade, freight itemised separately, delivery window, and any honest reservations we have about the specification you asked for.

  4. 04

    Delivery, count, paperwork

    Signed count sheet on arrival, weight ticket where relevant, and a diversion certificate for anything we collect for recycling.

PalletLinker published ratings. Quoted back to you in writing on every order. Racked figures assume edge support only, evenly distributed, no overhang.
PalletStaticDynamicRackedTareStack height
48×40 GMA Grade A8,000 lb2,800 lb2,200 lb33–37 lb3 high loaded
48×40 GMA Grade B6,500 lb2,200 lb1,500 lb30–36 lb2 high loaded
48×40 block, 4-way9,000 lb2,500 lb2,400 lb37–41 lb4 high loaded
EPAL / Euro 18,800 lb3,300 lb2,200 lb48–55 lb3 high loaded
42×42 beverage7,500 lb2,600 lb1,900 lb35–39 lb3 high loaded
48×48 drum9,500 lb3,000 lb2,300 lb40–45 lb2 high loaded
36×36 nursery deck4,500 lb1,400 lb900 lb24–28 lb2 high loaded
48×20 half pallet3,000 lb1,400 lb900 lb18–22 lb2 high loaded
Remanufactured 48×406,000 lb2,000 lb1,200 lb30–38 lb2 high loaded
Heavy skid 96×4816,000 lb12,000 lbNot for racking95–130 lb1 high

Money

How a pallet price is actually built

Four inputs, in descending order of importance. None of them is a list price, which is why we quote rather than publish.

Today's pool depth
How many units of that footprint and grade are physically in the yard this week. Used stock is not manufactured on demand.
Grade and screening
Grade A costs more than B because the yield is lower, not because the wood is different. Screened automation pools cost more again.
Freight
Always itemised separately. Paired loads — where your delivery rides with a collection — are priced lower because they genuinely cost us less.
Volume and commitment
A quarterly supply program fixes a price and reserves stock. Spot buying at peak is the most expensive way to buy pallets.
  • New 48×40 palletindex 100
  • Grade A recycled45–55
  • Grade B recycled30–40
  • Remanufactured25–35
  • Repairing your own40–55% of replacement

Indicative cost index against a new pallet of the same footprint. Purchase price is typically only 5–15% of a pallet's total cost per trip — freight weight, damage and receiving-dock rework are usually larger. The full arithmetic

  • 01

    Published specifications

    Grade definitions, dimensional tolerances and racked load ratings in writing. Most yards will not publish a racked figure at all.

  • 02

    Hand graded, four-hour triage

    Two graders per line, flipped and sounded. Every inbound load is triaged within four working hours so nothing rots in a mystery pile.

  • 03

    Zero landfill, measured

    Weighed in, weighed out, reconciled monthly. Zero pounds landfilled in 2025, with a certificate you can hand to an auditor.

  • 04

    Everything in writing

    No phone line by choice. Every price, date and commitment lives in an email you can search, forward and hold us to.

  • 05

    Repair before replacement

    A repair bay, a kiln, a de-nailer and a grinder on site. Repairing a pallet avoids roughly 11 kg CO₂e and costs you half of new.

  • 06

    Traceable by stamp

    Every unit carries a Pallet Passport ID burned into a stringer. Type it in and read its species, cycles, repairs and carbon ledger.

Questions

What people ask about nationwide supply

What is the minimum order or pickup?

No hard minimum for collection at the yard — come and take four pallets on a Saturday morning if you like. For delivery it is 50 units inside Portland metro and 150 outside it, because the truck has to earn its diesel. Outside our 180-mile fleet radius we quote through partner yards and freight, with the lane itemised.

How fast can this happen?

Standard 48×40 Grade A and B stock: same day for pickup, next day for metro delivery. Block pallets one to three days. Custom builds five to nine business days; engineered runs two to three weeks. Heat treatment is same day for booked batches and 48 hours standard. Written quotes always come back within one business day.

Why is there no phone number anywhere?

Because verbal quotes get remembered differently by different people. Since 2018 every price, date and commitment we make exists in an email you can search and forward. Most customers dislike it for about a month and then prefer it. Everything else happens in person at 3821 NW St Helens Rd, Portland, OR 97210.

Can I inspect before committing?

Please do. Visit the yard by email arrangement — closed-toe boots required, hi-vis provided — or ask for photographs of the actual pool your order would come from. We would rather lose an order than have a customer discover a surprise on their dock.

What documentation comes with it?

A written quote, a signed count sheet by grade, a weight ticket where material is weighed, heat-treatment certificates for treated batches (archived seven years), and a monthly diversion certificate for anything we collect for recycling — measured pounds kept out of landfill, which is the figure your ESG report actually needs.

What will you refuse to do?

Take methyl-bromide fumigated, chemically contaminated or fire-damaged wood. Buy marked rental-pool pallets, which belong to their operator. Promise same-day delivery outside the metro. Or quote a grade we do not think will survive your handling — we will specify downward and explain why.

Long reads

From the journal · written in the yard

Everything else on this site

Freight

What fits in what

Pallet counts per vehicle and container, so you can sanity-check a quote before you accept it.

Empty pallets, stacked, with typical safe stack heights. Loaded counts are governed by your product, not by the pallet.
EquipmentFloor positions (48×40)Empty pallets stackedNotes
53' dry van30up to ~560The standard North American trailer
48' dry van26up to ~500Still common on regional lanes
48' flatbed26up to ~520Our workhorse for yard-to-yard moves
53' curtain-sider30up to ~560Weather protection with side access
26' box truck, lift-gate12up to ~240Urban docks with no forklift
40' ocean container20up to ~400ISPM-15 marking required
40' high-cube container20up to ~460Extra height, same floor
20' ocean container10up to ~200Heavy, dense loads
40 yd hook-lift containern/a~90 loose coresFor standing recycling bins

Pallet freight is almost always weight-constrained before it is cube-constrained, which is why tare weight is a real cost line. How we price a lane

Decision table

Five ways to get a pallet, compared honestly

Including the two we do not sell. Cost index is against a new wooden pallet of the same footprint.

Indicative figures for a 48×40 footprint in the Pacific Northwest, 2026. Rental pool economics vary by contract and are deliberately shown as a range.
OptionCost indexTripsRepairableCarbon per useBest forWatch out for
Grade A recycled45–559–14 then repairYes3.1 kgAlmost everythingColour varies; tare varies by a few pounds
Grade B recycled30–407–11 then repairYes3.1 kgOne-way, floor stacking, closed loopsLower racked rating (1,500 lb)
Remanufactured25–355–8Yes4.8 kgOne-way on a budgetVisibly mixed boards; 1,200 lb racked
New wooden10015–20 then repairYes14.2 kgTight tolerances, audits, odd sizesPays for appearance you may not need
Plastic500–1,00030–100NoHigh embodied, low per-useWash-down, deep freeze, pharmaCracks end its life; not repairable
Rental poolPer-trip feeManagedBy operatorOperator's figureExchange networks, retail mandatesPallets are not yours; losses are chargeable

We sell the first four and supply plastic where a wash-down line genuinely needs it. We do not operate a rental pool, and we will not buy marked pool pallets from you — they belong to their operator. Full comparisons

Worked example

Cost per trip, calculated properly

A real comparison for a plant shipping 600 pallets a month on a weight-sensitive lane. Copy the method, not the numbers.

Illustrative. Your lane rate, damage rate and disposal cost will differ — the point is that unit price is the smallest line in the table.
LineNew palletGrade A recycledGrade B recycledNote
Unit purchase price (index)1005035The only number most procurement systems compare
Trips before repair15–209–147–11New lasts longer; it also costs twice as much
Purchase cost per trip (index)5.64.33.8Price divided by trips
Tare weight36 lb35 lb33 lbRecycled fir is often lighter than new hardwood
Freight weight penaltyBaselineNeutral−3 lb/unitOnly matters on weight-limited lanes
Expected damage rate0.3%0.3%0.4%Graded stock behaves; ungraded stock does not
Receiving rejectionsRareRareOccasionalGraded + written tolerance removes most of this
End-of-life cost000We collect and pay or collect free — never a disposal fee
Documentation valueNoneDiversion certificateDiversion certificateReportable ESG outcome at no extra cost
  • Purchase price share of total cost5–15%
  • Freight weight share~30%
  • Damage & rework share~38%
  • Handling labour share~20%

Build this yourself

One row per option, six columns: unit price, tare weight, expected trips, damage rate, rejection risk, disposal cost. Multiply out across annual volume. It takes an afternoon, the cheapest unit price almost never wins, and we will happily help build it — including with numbers that do not favour us.

The full article

Timing

The pallet year in the Pacific Northwest

Supply and price both move with the seasons. Knowing the shape of the year is worth more than negotiating hard in October.

MonthWhat the region is doingPool depthWhat to do
JanuaryEverything quiet; recycling inflow steadyDeepBest buying window of the year. We stockpile now
FebruaryRepair bay catching upDeepLock quarterly pricing; book spring nursery stock
MarchNursery season beginsTightening on 36×36Spring stock should already be reserved
AprilNursery peak; landscaping startsTight on nursery decksMulch and bedding demand rises sharply
MayNursery winding downNormalisingGood month for custom builds and crate projects
JuneBerry harvestNormalWatch for short-notice agricultural requests
JulyBerries, early stone fruitNormalForecast your October number now
AugustPre-harvest build-upNormalising downHarvest slots allocated this month
SeptemberHazelnut and grape harvest beginsTightReserved stock only. Spot buyers struggle
OctoberPeak harvest; cider applesTightest of the yearDo not start here. Everyone calls at once
NovemberHarvest ends; rain beginsRecoveringGrading gets stricter; covered storage fills
DecemberRetail peak, agriculture stopsDeep againMulch demand collapses, biomass rises

Reference

Standards, bodies and who decides what

Pallets sit under a surprising number of overlapping rules. Here is who writes them and what they actually govern.

ReferenceWho maintains itWhat it governsDoes it bind a used pallet sale?
ISPM-15IPPC, under the UN FAOTreatment and marking of solid wood packaging in international tradeYes, for export
GMA footprint (48×40)Industry convention, originally grocery manufacturersA footprint, not a quality levelNo — it is a size
EPAL / EUREuropean Pallet AssociationEuro pallet construction, repair and brandingYes, if sold as EPAL
ISO 6780International Organization for StandardizationPrincipal pallet footprints worldwideNo
ASTM D1185 / D1083ASTM InternationalTest methods for pallet performanceNo, but ratings reference them
PDS (Pallet Design System)Virginia Tech / NWPCAEngineering-grade load modellingNo — a design tool
NWPCA uniform standardsNational Wooden Pallet & Container AssociationCommon grade vocabularyVoluntary
OSHA 1910.176US Dept of LaborSafe storage, stacking and housekeepingYes, in your building
Oregon EPR (SB 582)Oregon DEQProducer responsibility for packaging; wood is in scope for reportingIncreasingly, yes
FSMA / food safety plansUS FDAPackaging as a food-contact hazard considerationVia your audit, yes

The gap in that list is the interesting part: no authority grades used pallets. That is why a written supplier specification — ours is published here — is the entire quality system in this industry.

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