Midwest · Scheduled contract freight
Pallets in Illinois, 355 miles from our gate.
Price a load into Illinois
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
Loaded
About 330 units, two high, roughly 15,000 lb in a trailer rated for three times that. Pallet loads cube out long before they gross out.
355 mi
From our yard
About 5 hours 30 minutes to Chicago
IL
State
Midwest region · capital Springfield
6
City markets
Each with its own page below.
I-70
Primary corridor
I-70 · I-80 · I-55 · I-57 · I-90 · I-294
What ships here
Illinois, in freight terms.
Chicago is the single most important freight node in North America. Every Class I railroad meets there, the intermodal complex at Joliet and Elwood handles container volumes that dwarf most seaports, and the warehouse belt along I-80 runs almost continuously from Joliet to the Indiana line.
For pallets that means enormous supply and fierce competition. There are excellent recyclers in the Chicago market and we will say plainly that for routine weekly supply inside Cook and Will counties, one of them will usually beat our delivered price. Freight from Columbus is a real number and we do not pretend otherwise.
Where we do compete is program volume, specialty footprints that Chicago yards do not hold in depth, and the downstate corridor along I-70 and I-55 — Effingham, Decatur and the agricultural processing belt — where we are frequently closer than a Chicago supplier is.
Local economy
What we send there
How we serve it
Freight corridors
- I-70
- I-80
- I-55
- I-57
- I-90
- I-294
City by city
6 markets in Illinois.
- Cook CountyChicago≈ 9.6 millionDeep local supply means we usually compete on program volume and specialty footprints rather than on spot 48×40.Local detail
- Will CountyJoliet≈ 700,000 (Will County)The Elwood and CenterPoint intermodal complexes make this one of the highest pallet-turnover square miles in the country.Local detail
- Winnebago CountyRockford≈ 340,000A growing air cargo hub, which brings ISPM-15 questions with it more often than the rest of the state.Local detail
- Peoria CountyPeoria≈ 400,000Heavy equipment components need engineered platforms rather than standard footprints, usually built to a drawing.Local detail
- Sangamon CountySpringfield≈ 210,000Sits on I-55 roughly halfway between St. Louis and Chicago, which makes it a sensible consolidation stop on a downstate run.Local detail
- Champaign CountyChampaign≈ 230,000Agricultural processing here follows a hard seasonal curve, and booking autumn volume matters more than in most markets.Local detail
At a glance
The industry mix, by city.
| City | County | Metro | Corridors | Industry base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Chicago](/locations/illinois/chicago) | Cook County | ≈ 9.6 million | I-90, I-94, I-55 | Intermodal rail, Food processing, Chemicals, Distribution |
| [Joliet](/locations/illinois/joliet) | Will County | ≈ 700,000 (Will County) | I-55, I-80, I-355 | Intermodal terminals, Warehousing, Petrochemicals |
| [Rockford](/locations/illinois/rockford) | Winnebago County | ≈ 340,000 | I-90, I-39, US-20 | Aerospace components, Machine tools, Air cargo |
| [Peoria](/locations/illinois/peoria) | Peoria County | ≈ 400,000 | I-74, I-474, US-24 | Heavy equipment, Agricultural processing, River freight |
| [Springfield](/locations/illinois/springfield-il) | Sangamon County | ≈ 210,000 | I-55, I-72, I-155 | State government, Healthcare, Agriculture |
| [Champaign](/locations/illinois/champaign) | Champaign County | ≈ 230,000 | I-57, I-72, I-74 | Agricultural research, Food processing, Higher education |
Everything we do
Services available in Illinois.
Questions
Buying pallets in Illinois.
Do you deliver to Illinois?
Served on scheduled contract carriers rather than our own trailers. Economic for full trailer loads and program volume; less so for small orders.
What is the minimum order into Illinois?
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 Illinois?
48×40 GMA for program volume, specialty and custom footprints, heavy-deck stock for the downstate agricultural processing belt.
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.
Nearby states
- Tennessee385 mi · Scheduled contract freightRead
- New York320 mi · Scheduled contract freightRead
- District of Columbia400 mi · Scheduled contract freightRead
- Maryland410 mi · Scheduled contract freightRead
- Missouri420 mi · Scheduled contract freightRead
- North Carolina430 mi · Scheduled contract freightRead