Louisiana · Calcasieu Parish
Pallets in Lake Charles, LA.
Price a load into Lake Charles
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.
920 mi
From our yard
About 14 hours 30 minutes
210,000
Metro population
Calcasieu Parish
I-10
Primary route
I-10 · I-210 · US-90
Project freight and sourcing
Service tier
Louisiana is a national-tier market.
Local picture
What moves through Lake Charles.
LNG and petrochemical construction generates very heavy one-way crated freight.
Lake Charles sits in Calcasieu Parish, served by I-10, I-210 and US-90. The local freight base is lng export, petrochemicals, 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 920 miles, Lake Charles 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
- LNG export
- Petrochemicals
- Port freight
Routes serving Lake Charles
- I-10
- I-210
- US-90
What ships in Louisiana
Matching the spec to the work
What Lake Charles's industry base actually needs.
| Local sector | Usual grade | Footprint | The non-negotiable |
|---|---|---|---|
| LNG export | Mixed, ISPM-15 | Import footprints | Heat treatment and legible marking |
| Petrochemicals | Heavy deck | 48×48, 42×42 | Concentrated load capacity and segregated returns |
| Port freight | Mixed, ISPM-15 | Import footprints | Heat treatment and legible marking |
Everything we do
Services for Lake Charles.
- 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 Lake Charles.
Can you deliver pallets to Lake Charles?
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. Lake Charles is about 920 road miles from our yard, about 14 hours 30 minutes.
Do you collect used pallets from Lake Charles?
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 Lake Charles?
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 Lake Charles depends on the distance above and the order size, which is why we quote delivered rather than FOB.
What is the local industry mix?
LNG export, Petrochemicals, Port freight. That mix is what decides the specification — see the table above, and industries for the full detail on each sector.