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Missouri · Boone County

Pallets in Columbia, MO.

Sits directly on I-70 halfway between the two hubs, which makes it a natural consolidation stop.
Warehouse aisle lined on both sides with tall stacks of used wood pallets on a polished concrete floor, roof lights overhead
Inside the buildingThe sort aisle at half past seven. Graded stock on the left, waiting to be worked on the right.

Price a load into Columbia

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.

Warehouse interior with pallets sorted by type — natural wood, blue pooled units, black plastic and EPAL stamped stacks

Segregation

Sorted by type, not by convenience. Pooled units go back to the pool; plastic runs a separate stream entirely.

420 mi

From our yard

About 6 hours 30 minutes to St. Louis

210,000

Metro population

Boone County

I-70

Primary route

I-70 · US-63

Scheduled contract freight

Service tier

Missouri is a extended-tier market.

Local picture

What moves through Columbia.

Sits directly on I-70 halfway between the two hubs, which makes it a natural consolidation stop.

Columbia sits in Boone County, served by I-70 and US-63. The local freight base is higher education, healthcare, insurance, and that mix is what determines which pallet specification actually makes sense here rather than which one is cheapest on paper.

Columbia is served on scheduled contract freight from Columbus, roughly 420 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

  • Higher education
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance

Routes serving Columbia

  • I-70
  • US-63

What ships in Missouri

48×48 and 42×42 drum stock for the chemical corridor, 48×40 GMA for distribution, custom heavy-deck builds.

Matching the spec to the work

What Columbia'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 Columbia. Your own hazard analysis and racking govern.
Local sectorUsual gradeFootprintThe non-negotiable
Higher educationGrade A or B48×40Depends on whether the pallet comes back
HealthcareGrade A or B48×40Depends on whether the pallet comes back
InsuranceGrade A or B48×40Depends on whether the pallet comes back

Questions

Pallets in Columbia.

Can you deliver pallets to Columbia?

Served on scheduled contract carriers rather than our own trailers. Economic for full trailer loads and program volume; less so for small orders. Columbia is about 420 road miles from our yard, about 6 hours 30 minutes to st. louis.

Do you collect used pallets from Columbia?

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 Columbia?

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

What is the local industry mix?

Higher education, Healthcare, Insurance. That mix is what decides the specification — see the table above, and industries for the full detail on each sector.

Other Missouri markets

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