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Hospitality and construction distribution.
Food processing and regional wholesale.
Grain handling and rail transload.
Rubber and polymer handling with heavy load ratings.
State logistics and warehouse corridor on I-87.
The state's freight crossroads and main DC market.
Lehigh Valley distribution with constant pallet churn.
Consolidation point for nearly all inbound packaging.
Research equipment crating and laboratory freight.
Paper converting with exacting pallet flatness needs.
Data-centre and government construction freight.
Craft beverage and specialty manufacturing.
Food processing and university freight.
Enormous DC capacity and very fast pallet turnover.
Intermodal rail and warehousing.
Paper products and medical distribution.
State logistics and regional wholesale.
Distribution parks serving the Front Range.
Technology manufacturing and craft beverage.
Oil-field equipment skids and table-grape packing.
Port freight, roll-on cargo and export crating.
Forest products and regional distribution.
Granite handling with very heavy skids.
Petrochemical drum pallets with high load ratings.
Distribution serving the Omaha metro.
Border-adjacent freight and cross-dock operations to BC.
High-desert brewing and outdoor-goods manufacturing east of the Cascades.
Retail-supplier packaging standards and audits.
Light manufacturing and textiles.
Refining, agriculture and the state's biggest freight node.
Hospitality and seafood distribution.
Light manufacturing and regional freight.
Steel handling with heavy load ratings.
Energy-sector logistics and state freight.
Distribution and retail logistics.
Semiconductor and consumer-goods logistics in the Treasure Valley.
Biotech crating and seafood distribution with clean specs.
Manufacturing and automotive components.
Fast-growing light manufacturing and photonics.
Food co-ops and furniture manufacturing.
Manufacturing and metro distribution.
Manufacturing with custom crate demand.
Food science and light manufacturing.
Food wholesale and craft manufacturing.
Border freight and food manufacturing.
Craft beverage and food distribution.
Mining supply with heavy skid and crate demand.
Laboratory and research equipment crating.
Industrial distribution and rail transload.
State logistics and small-batch manufacturing.
Oil-field equipment and heavy skid fabrication.
Grain milling and food ingredient handling.
Semiconductor fabs with ESD and cleanroom packaging rules.
Container freight with export stamping demand.
Chemical packaging with heavy load ratings.
Financial-corporate logistics plus deep DC capacity.
Automotive assembly with returnable racks.
Warehousing and light manufacturing.
Rail-served distribution and data-centre construction freight.
Deep pools, fast turnover and the tightest grading standards anywhere.
Why buy here
| Pallet | Static | Dynamic | Racked | Tare | Stack height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48×40 GMA Grade A | 8,000 lb | 2,800 lb | 2,200 lb | 33–37 lb | 3 high loaded |
| 48×40 GMA Grade B | 6,500 lb | 2,200 lb | 1,500 lb | 30–36 lb | 2 high loaded |
| 48×40 block, 4-way | 9,000 lb | 2,500 lb | 2,400 lb | 37–41 lb | 4 high loaded |
| EPAL / Euro 1 | 8,800 lb | 3,300 lb | 2,200 lb | 48–55 lb | 3 high loaded |
| 42×42 beverage | 7,500 lb | 2,600 lb | 1,900 lb | 35–39 lb | 3 high loaded |
| 48×48 drum | 9,500 lb | 3,000 lb | 2,300 lb | 40–45 lb | 2 high loaded |
| 36×36 nursery deck | 4,500 lb | 1,400 lb | 900 lb | 24–28 lb | 2 high loaded |
| 48×20 half pallet | 3,000 lb | 1,400 lb | 900 lb | 18–22 lb | 2 high loaded |
| Remanufactured 48×40 | 6,000 lb | 2,000 lb | 1,200 lb | 30–38 lb | 2 high loaded |
| Heavy skid 96×48 | 16,000 lb | 12,000 lb | Not for racking | 95–130 lb | 1 high |
Decision table
Including the two we do not sell. Cost index is against a new wooden pallet of the same footprint.
| Option | Cost index | Trips | Repairable | Carbon per use | Best for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade A recycled | 45–55 | 9–14 then repair | Yes | 3.1 kg | Almost everything | Colour varies; tare varies by a few pounds |
| Grade B recycled | 30–40 | 7–11 then repair | Yes | 3.1 kg | One-way, floor stacking, closed loops | Lower racked rating (1,500 lb) |
| Remanufactured | 25–35 | 5–8 | Yes | 4.8 kg | One-way on a budget | Visibly mixed boards; 1,200 lb racked |
| New wooden | 100 | 15–20 then repair | Yes | 14.2 kg | Tight tolerances, audits, odd sizes | Pays for appearance you may not need |
| Plastic | 500–1,000 | 30–100 | No | High embodied, low per-use | Wash-down, deep freeze, pharma | Cracks end its life; not repairable |
| Rental pool | Per-trip fee | Managed | By operator | Operator's figure | Exchange networks, retail mandates | Pallets 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
Questions
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Next step
One form, one business day, a written answer from the people who grade the wood.