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Kentucky · McCracken County

Pallets in Paducah, KY.

One of the busiest inland river ports in the country, where barge freight favours expendable platforms.
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 Paducah

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.

210 mi

From our yard

About 3 hours 15 minutes to Louisville

100,000

Metro population

McCracken County

I-24

Primary route

I-24 · US-45 · US-60

Own trailers, fixed lane

Service tier

Kentucky is a lane-tier market.

Local picture

What moves through Paducah.

One of the busiest inland river ports in the country, where barge freight favours expendable platforms.

Paducah sits in McCracken County, served by I-24, US-45 and US-60. The local freight base is river barge freight, manufacturing, logistics, 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 Kentucky, so a delivered quote to Paducah 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

  • River barge freight
  • Manufacturing
  • Logistics

Routes serving Paducah

  • I-24
  • US-45
  • US-60

What ships in Kentucky

Heat-treated export stock for Worldport lanes, heavy-deck for distilling, 48×45 automotive, GMA buffer stock for programme customers.

Matching the spec to the work

What Paducah'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 Paducah. Your own hazard analysis and racking govern.
Local sectorUsual gradeFootprintThe non-negotiable
River barge freightMixed, ISPM-15Import footprintsHeat treatment and legible marking
ManufacturingGrade A or B48×40Depends on whether the pallet comes back
LogisticsMixed, ISPM-15Import footprintsHeat treatment and legible marking

Questions

Pallets in Paducah.

Can you deliver pallets to Paducah?

We run our own equipment into this state on a repeating weekly or biweekly pattern, which is what keeps the delivered price competitive. Paducah is about 210 road miles from our yard, about 3 hours 15 minutes to louisville.

Do you collect used pallets from Paducah?

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 Paducah?

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

What is the local industry mix?

River barge freight, Manufacturing, Logistics. That mix is what decides the specification — see the table above, and industries for the full detail on each sector.

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