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Pallets in Charleston, SC.

One of the fastest-growing container ports on the east coast, with aerospace assembly alongside it.
A single tall stack of mixed used pallets standing on a warehouse floor with a forklift and daylight beyond
One stackFifteen high and square. A stack that leans is a stack somebody has to touch twice.

Price a load into Charleston

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.

Outdoor yard in bright sunshine with tall stacks of clean EPAL-stamped pallets beside a Shipping and Receiving door under a clear blue sky

Outbound

Banded, counted and staged against the door. Stacks of fifteen, double-banded, the way a forklift expects them.

545 mi

From our yard

About 8 hours 30 minutes

830,000

Metro population

Charleston County

I-26

Primary route

I-26 · I-526 · US-17 · US-52

Scheduled contract freight

Service tier

South Carolina is a extended-tier market.

Local picture

What moves through Charleston.

One of the fastest-growing container ports on the east coast, with aerospace assembly alongside it.

Charleston sits in Charleston County, served by I-26, I-526, US-17 and US-52. The local freight base is container port, aerospace assembly, chemicals, tourism, and that mix is what determines which pallet specification actually makes sense here rather than which one is cheapest on paper.

Charleston is served on scheduled contract freight from Columbus, roughly 545 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

  • Container port
  • Aerospace assembly
  • Chemicals
  • Tourism

Routes serving Charleston

  • I-26
  • I-526
  • US-17
  • US-52

What ships in South Carolina

Automotive footprints and returnable fleet support, engineered crating for aerospace, remanufacturing of port footprints.

Matching the spec to the work

What Charleston'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 Charleston. Your own hazard analysis and racking govern.
Local sectorUsual gradeFootprintThe non-negotiable
Container portMixed, ISPM-15Import footprintsHeat treatment and legible marking
Aerospace assemblyGrade A, returnable48×45, customDimensional consistency and repairability
ChemicalsHeavy deck48×48, 42×42Concentrated load capacity and segregated returns
TourismDisplay or Grade B48×40, half, 36×36Appearance and consistent height

Questions

Pallets in Charleston.

Can you deliver pallets to Charleston?

Served on scheduled contract carriers rather than our own trailers. Economic for full trailer loads and program volume; less so for small orders. Charleston is about 545 road miles from our yard, about 8 hours 30 minutes.

Do you collect used pallets from Charleston?

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 Charleston?

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

What is the local industry mix?

Container port, Aerospace assembly, Chemicals, Tourism. That mix is what decides the specification — see the table above, and industries for the full detail on each sector.

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