Illinois · Will County
Pallets in Joliet, IL.
Price a load into Joliet
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
Intake
Mixed cores straight off a collection run. Every one of these gets a grader's four-way decision before it goes anywhere.
355 mi
From our yard
About 5 hours 30 minutes to Chicago
700,000 (Will County)
Metro population
Will County
I-55
Primary route
I-55 · I-80 · I-355
Scheduled contract freight
Service tier
Illinois is a extended-tier market.
Local picture
What moves through Joliet.
The Elwood and CenterPoint intermodal complexes make this one of the highest pallet-turnover square miles in the country.
Joliet sits in Will County, served by I-55, I-80 and I-355. The local freight base is intermodal terminals, warehousing, petrochemicals, and that mix is what determines which pallet specification actually makes sense here rather than which one is cheapest on paper.
Joliet is served on scheduled contract freight from Columbus, roughly 355 miles away. That works for full trailer loads and program volume; for a few hundred units, a local yard will beat us and we will say so.
Industry base
- Intermodal terminals
- Warehousing
- Petrochemicals
Routes serving Joliet
- I-55
- I-80
- I-355
What ships in Illinois
Matching the spec to the work
What Joliet's industry base actually needs.
| Local sector | Usual grade | Footprint | The non-negotiable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermodal terminals | Mixed, ISPM-15 | Import footprints | Heat treatment and legible marking |
| Warehousing | Display or Grade B | 48×40, half, 36×36 | Appearance and consistent height |
| Petrochemicals | Heavy deck | 48×48, 42×42 | Concentrated load capacity and segregated returns |
Everything we do
Services for Joliet.
- Buy used palletsGraded stock, deliveredDetails
- Sell your palletsWe pay for whole coresDetails
- Pickup & removalScheduled or on-callDetails
- Pallet recycling99.4% diversion, documentedDetails
- Repair & remanRecovered lumber, not newDetails
- Custom & new buildsQuoted from a drawingDetails
- Freight & logisticsDelivered pricingDetails
- Managed programsOne invoice, one contactDetails
Questions
Pallets in Joliet.
Can you deliver pallets to Joliet?
Served on scheduled contract carriers rather than our own trailers. Economic for full trailer loads and program volume; less so for small orders. Joliet is about 355 road miles from our yard, about 5 hours 30 minutes to chicago.
Do you collect used pallets from Joliet?
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 Joliet?
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 Joliet depends on the distance above and the order size, which is why we quote delivered rather than FOB.
What is the local industry mix?
Intermodal terminals, Warehousing, Petrochemicals. That mix is what decides the specification — see the table above, and industries for the full detail on each sector.