West · Project freight and sourcing
Pallets in California, 2200 miles from our gate.
Price a load into California
Give us the quantity, the footprint and the ZIP. We will quote the pallets and the freight together — or tell you plainly that somebody closer should do it.
- Written quotes, usually inside one business day
- Loads from 100 pallets to full 53' trailers
- We buy as readily as we sell — tell us which way it flows
One stack
Fifteen high and square. A stack that leans is a stack somebody has to touch twice.
2200 mi
From our yard
About 33 hours to Los Angeles
CA
State
West region · capital Sacramento
6
City markets
Each with its own page below.
I-5
Primary corridor
I-5 · I-10 · I-15 · I-80 · I-710 · SR-99
What ships here
California, in freight terms.
California is the largest and most sophisticated pallet market in North America, with a recycling industry to match. Nobody should be buying routine stock from Ohio and we would never suggest it.
What is worth understanding about California is that it operates under packaging and waste regulations that are stricter than anywhere else in the country, and those rules increasingly shape national supplier behaviour. If you are designing a pallet programme that has to work everywhere, designing it to California requirements is usually the efficient path.
The Central Valley agricultural market is the other thing worth knowing: seasonal volume on a scale that dwarfs anything in the Midwest, with ventilation and hygiene requirements that make the footprint choice genuinely technical rather than commercial.
Local economy
What we send there
How we serve it
Freight corridors
- I-5
- I-10
- I-15
- I-80
- I-710
- SR-99
City by city
6 markets in California.
- Los Angeles CountyLos Angeles≈ 12.9 millionAdjacent to the largest container complex in North America, with the deepest recycled supply anywhere.Local detail
- Los Angeles CountyLong Beach≈ 12.9 million (LA metro)Container destuffing on a scale that generates foreign footprints faster than anywhere else in the country.Local detail
- San Francisco CountySan Francisco≈ 4.6 millionExtremely constrained urban delivery, which pushes toward smaller formats and scheduled windows.Local detail
- Fresno CountyFresno≈ 1.0 millionCentral Valley packing at a scale that dwarfs Midwest agriculture, with a steep seasonal curve.Local detail
- Sacramento CountySacramento≈ 2.4 millionWhere Central Valley agriculture meets the I-5 and I-80 distribution corridors.Local detail
- San Diego CountySan Diego≈ 3.3 millionCross-border maquiladora programmes run returnable fleets across the Otay Mesa crossing daily.Local detail
At a glance
The industry mix, by city.
| City | County | Metro | Corridors | Industry base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Los Angeles](/locations/california/los-angeles) | Los Angeles County | ≈ 12.9 million | I-5, I-10, I-110 | Port freight, Apparel, Food distribution, Entertainment logistics |
| [Long Beach](/locations/california/long-beach) | Los Angeles County | ≈ 12.9 million (LA metro) | I-405, I-710, SR-91 | Container port, Petroleum, Logistics |
| [San Francisco](/locations/california/san-francisco) | San Francisco County | ≈ 4.6 million | I-80, I-280, US-101 | Technology, Food distribution, Port freight |
| [Fresno](/locations/california/fresno) | Fresno County | ≈ 1.0 million | SR-99, SR-41, SR-180 | Agricultural processing, Food packing, Distribution |
| [Sacramento](/locations/california/sacramento) | Sacramento County | ≈ 2.4 million | I-5, I-80, US-50 | Agriculture, Distribution, State government |
| [San Diego](/locations/california/san-diego) | San Diego County | ≈ 3.3 million | I-5, I-8, I-15 | Cross-border manufacturing, Biotechnology, Defence, Port freight |
Everything we do
Services available in California.
Questions
Buying pallets in California.
Do you deliver to California?
Reachable on project freight and through our sourcing network. For routine weekly supply, a yard closer to you will almost certainly beat us on delivered cost, and we will say so.
What is the minimum order into California?
A full trailer, roughly 330 units, for the freight to make sense. Below that, buy locally — you will be better off.
What footprints move most in California?
Specification and program design; engineered builds. Routine stock is emphatically a local purchase.
Can you quote a custom build here?
Yes, anywhere. Custom and engineered work is quoted from a drawing and shipped as project freight, and the distance economics are completely different from routine stock. See custom builds.