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Pallets in San Diego, CA.

Cross-border maquiladora programmes run returnable fleets across the Otay Mesa crossing daily.
A single tall stack of mixed used pallets standing on a warehouse floor with a forklift and daylight beyond
One stackFifteen high and square. A stack that leans is a stack somebody has to touch twice.

Price a load into San Diego

Quantity, footprint and ZIP. You will get a written quote with the grade, the freight and the window — or an honest referral if we are the wrong supplier for this lane.

  • 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

We reply by email, so this needs to be a working address.

US or Canadian 10-digit number. Formats itself as you type.

Two-letter code or full name.

US ZIP (43217) or Canadian postal code (K1A 0B1).

Whole units, digits only.

No phone number required from us — we quote by email so you have the numbers in writing.

Outdoor yard in bright sunshine with tall stacks of clean EPAL-stamped pallets beside a Shipping and Receiving door under a clear blue sky

Outbound

Banded, counted and staged against the door. Stacks of fifteen, double-banded, the way a forklift expects them.

2200 mi

From our yard

About 33 hours to Los Angeles

3.3 million

Metro population

San Diego County

I-5

Primary route

I-5 · I-8 · I-15 · I-805

Project freight and sourcing

Service tier

California is a national-tier market.

Local picture

What moves through San Diego.

Cross-border maquiladora programmes run returnable fleets across the Otay Mesa crossing daily.

San Diego sits in San Diego County, served by I-5, I-8, I-15 and I-805. The local freight base is cross-border manufacturing, biotechnology, defence, port freight, and that mix is what determines which pallet specification actually makes sense here rather than which one is cheapest on paper.

At roughly 2200 miles, San Diego is outside the range where hauling routine stock from Ohio makes economic sense. What does travel is specification: engineered builds, export crating and program design, where the value sits in the drawing rather than in the wood.

Industry base

  • Cross-border manufacturing
  • Biotechnology
  • Defence
  • Port freight

Routes serving San Diego

  • I-5
  • I-8
  • I-15
  • I-805

What ships in California

Specification and program design; engineered builds. Routine stock is emphatically a local purchase.

Matching the spec to the work

What San Diego's industry base actually needs.

Different sectors want opposite things from the same rectangle of wood. These are the rules we apply locally.
Applied to the sectors listed for San Diego. Your own hazard analysis and racking govern.
Local sectorUsual gradeFootprintThe non-negotiable
Cross-border manufacturingMixed, ISPM-15Import footprintsHeat treatment and legible marking
BiotechnologyNew, documentedBuilt to drawingMaterial history and tight tolerance
DefenceNew, documentedBuilt to drawingMaterial history and tight tolerance
Port freightMixed, ISPM-15Import footprintsHeat treatment and legible marking

Questions

Pallets in San Diego.

Can you deliver pallets to San Diego?

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. San Diego is about 2200 road miles from our yard, about 33 hours to los angeles.

Do you collect used pallets from San Diego?

Collection at this distance only works on volume — a full trailer of sorted cores, or a program arrangement. For smaller quantities a regional recycler is the right call. See sell your pallets.

What do pallets cost in San Diego?

Recycled 48×40 GMA has run roughly $7.50 to $12.00 for Grade A and $5.00 to $8.50 for Grade B in our home market, before freight. Delivered pricing to San Diego depends on the distance above and the order size, which is why we quote delivered rather than FOB.

What is the local industry mix?

Cross-border manufacturing, Biotechnology, Defence, Port freight. That mix is what decides the specification — see the table above, and industries for the full detail on each sector.

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