Midwest · Project freight and sourcing
Pallets in Iowa, 610 miles from our gate.
Price a load into Iowa
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.
610 mi
From our yard
About 9 hours 30 minutes
IA
State
Midwest region · capital Des Moines
6
City markets
Each with its own page below.
I-80
Primary corridor
I-80 · I-35 · I-380 · US-20
What ships here
Iowa, in freight terms.
Iowa is an agricultural processing state operating at a scale that surprises people who have not seen it. Grain, ethanol, soybean crush and meat processing between them consume packaging in enormous volumes, and the seasonal curve is steep.
It is also past the economic radius for routine pallet supply from Ohio. Local recyclers along the I-80 corridor will beat our delivered cost on standard stock, and the correct answer for weekly supply is to use them.
Where a conversation with us makes sense is specification: heavy-deck platforms for dense agricultural product, engineered builds for equipment manufacturers, and program design for operations trying to get a handle on total pallet cost rather than unit price.
Local economy
What we send there
How we serve it
Freight corridors
- I-80
- I-35
- I-380
- US-20
City by city
6 markets in Iowa.
- Polk CountyDes Moines≈ 750,000Sits at the I-35/I-80 crossing, which makes it the natural distribution centre for the whole state.Local detail
- Linn CountyCedar Rapids≈ 275,000One of the largest corn processing concentrations in the world, and the loads are dense and heavy.Local detail
- Scott CountyDavenport≈ 385,000 (Quad Cities)Quad Cities equipment manufacturing needs engineered platforms for castings and assemblies, not standard footprints.Local detail
- Woodbury CountySioux City≈ 145,000Meat processing means wash-down zones, and wash-down zones mean plastic rather than wood in the critical areas.Local detail
- Black Hawk CountyWaterloo≈ 170,000Equipment components are among the most concentrated loads in agriculture and routinely exceed standard racked ratings.Local detail
- Johnson CountyIowa City≈ 175,000Healthcare-led demand, so hygiene and documentation matter more than unit price.Local detail
At a glance
The industry mix, by city.
| City | County | Metro | Corridors | Industry base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Des Moines](/locations/iowa/des-moines) | Polk County | ≈ 750,000 | I-35, I-80, I-235 | Insurance, Agricultural processing, Distribution |
| [Cedar Rapids](/locations/iowa/cedar-rapids) | Linn County | ≈ 275,000 | I-380, US-30, US-151 | Corn milling, Food ingredients, Avionics |
| [Davenport](/locations/iowa/davenport) | Scott County | ≈ 385,000 (Quad Cities) | I-80, I-74, I-280 | Agricultural equipment, River freight, Food processing |
| [Sioux City](/locations/iowa/sioux-city) | Woodbury County | ≈ 145,000 | I-29, US-20, US-75 | Meat processing, Agriculture, Rail |
| [Waterloo](/locations/iowa/waterloo) | Black Hawk County | ≈ 170,000 | US-20, US-63, I-380 | Agricultural equipment, Meat processing, Manufacturing |
| [Iowa City](/locations/iowa/iowa-city) | Johnson County | ≈ 175,000 | I-80, US-6, US-218 | Healthcare, Higher education, Manufacturing |
Everything we do
Services available in Iowa.
Questions
Buying pallets in Iowa.
Do you deliver to Iowa?
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 Iowa?
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 Iowa?
Custom heavy-deck builds and specification support; routine recycled supply is better sourced locally.
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.