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Indiana · Allen County

Pallets in Fort Wayne, IN.

US-30 and US-24 make it a natural consolidation point for freight moving between Chicago and the Ohio lanes.
Outdoor pallet yard with mixed used pallets in natural, blue and red, stacked beside a warehouse under a cloudy sky
IntakeMixed cores straight off a collection run. Every one of these gets a grader's four-way decision before it goes anywhere.

Price a load into Fort Wayne

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.

A single tall stack of mixed used pallets standing on a warehouse floor with a forklift and daylight beyond

One stack

Fifteen high and square. A stack that leans is a stack somebody has to touch twice.

175 mi

From our yard

About 2 hours 45 minutes

425,000

Metro population

Allen County

I-69

Primary route

I-69 · I-469 · US-24 · US-30

Own trailers, fixed lane

Service tier

Indiana is a lane-tier market.

Local picture

What moves through Fort Wayne.

US-30 and US-24 make it a natural consolidation point for freight moving between Chicago and the Ohio lanes.

Fort Wayne sits in Allen County, served by I-69, I-469, US-24 and US-30. The local freight base is metal fabrication, defence electronics, food processing, and that mix is what determines which pallet specification actually makes sense here rather than which one is cheapest on paper.

We run our own equipment into Indiana, so a delivered quote to Fort Wayne is a real number rather than a brokered guess. We run our own equipment into this state on a repeating weekly or biweekly pattern, which is what keeps the delivered price competitive.

Industry base

  • Metal fabrication
  • Defence electronics
  • Food processing

Routes serving Fort Wayne

  • I-69
  • I-469
  • US-24
  • US-30

What ships in Indiana

48×40 GMA in volume; remanufacturing for orphaned 3PL fleets; heavy-deck and long custom builds for the northern steel and RV corridors.

Matching the spec to the work

What Fort Wayne'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 Fort Wayne. Your own hazard analysis and racking govern.
Local sectorUsual gradeFootprintThe non-negotiable
Metal fabricationGrade A, returnable48×45, customDimensional consistency and repairability
Defence electronicsNew, documentedBuilt to drawingMaterial history and tight tolerance
Food processingGrade A, odour-sorted48×40Moisture under 19% and known provenance

Questions

Pallets in Fort Wayne.

Can you deliver pallets to Fort Wayne?

We run our own equipment into this state on a repeating weekly or biweekly pattern, which is what keeps the delivered price competitive. Fort Wayne is about 175 road miles from our yard, about 2 hours 45 minutes.

Do you collect used pallets from Fort Wayne?

Yes, on our own equipment. Whole 48×40 cores have real resale value and we pay per unit on pickup; mixed and broken loads move on a removal fee. See sell your pallets.

What do pallets cost in Fort Wayne?

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 Fort Wayne depends on the distance above and the order size, which is why we quote delivered rather than FOB.

What is the local industry mix?

Metal fabrication, Defence electronics, Food processing. That mix is what decides the specification — see the table above, and industries for the full detail on each sector.

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