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Pallets in Virginia, 465 miles from our gate.

Served on scheduled contract carriers rather than our own trailers. Economic for full trailer loads and program volume; less so for small orders.
View into a loaded trailer stacked to the roof with wood pallets, rear doors open to blue sky
LoadedAbout 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.

Price a load into Virginia

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

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 aisle lined on both sides with tall stacks of used wood pallets on a polished concrete floor, roof lights overhead

Inside the building

The sort aisle at half past seven. Graded stock on the left, waiting to be worked on the right.

465 mi

From our yard

About 7 hours 15 minutes

VA

State

South region · capital Richmond

6

City markets

Each with its own page below.

I-95

Primary corridor

I-95 · I-81 · I-64 · I-77 · I-85

What ships here

Virginia, in freight terms.

Virginia's freight picture is dominated by the Port of Virginia at Norfolk, which handles container volumes second only to New York on the east coast, and by the I-81 corridor running the length of the Shenandoah valley — a distribution route that has quietly become one of the busiest truck corridors in the country.

Container import through Norfolk generates the same footprint problem as New Jersey: a long tail of Euro, Asian and one-off pallets arriving inside boxes, which is a sorting and remanufacturing question rather than a supply one.

Defence and shipbuilding around Newport News bring documented crating requirements and military packaging standards, which is engineered work that travels regardless of distance.

Local economy

The Port of Virginia, defence and shipbuilding, data centres in the north, and a heavy distribution corridor along I-81.

What we send there

Remanufacturing of import footprints, engineered crating for defence work, 48×40 GMA for I-81 distribution.

How we serve it

Served on scheduled contract carriers rather than our own trailers. Economic for full trailer loads and program volume; less so for small orders.

Freight corridors

  • I-95
  • I-81
  • I-64
  • I-77
  • I-85

At a glance

The industry mix, by city.

CityCountyMetroCorridorsIndustry base
[Virginia Beach](/locations/virginia/virginia-beach)Virginia Beach City≈ 1.8 million (Hampton Roads)I-64, I-264, US-13Defence, Tourism logistics, Distribution
[Norfolk](/locations/virginia/norfolk)Norfolk City≈ 1.8 million (Hampton Roads)I-64, I-264, I-564Container port, Naval operations, Rail intermodal
[Richmond](/locations/virginia/richmond)Richmond City≈ 1.3 millionI-64, I-95, I-295Distribution, Paper and packaging, Finance
[Roanoke](/locations/virginia/roanoke)Roanoke City≈ 315,000I-81, I-581, US-220Rail, Manufacturing, Healthcare
[Newport News](/locations/virginia/newport-news)Newport News City≈ 1.8 million (Hampton Roads)I-64, US-17, US-60Shipbuilding, Defence, Port freight
[Winchester](/locations/virginia/winchester)Frederick County≈ 145,000I-81, US-11, US-50Distribution, Food processing, Manufacturing

Everything we do

Services available in Virginia.

The same eight operations we run out of Columbus, at the service level described above.

Questions

Buying pallets in Virginia.

Do you deliver to Virginia?

Served on scheduled contract carriers rather than our own trailers. Economic for full trailer loads and program volume; less so for small orders.

What is the minimum order into Virginia?

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 Virginia?

Remanufacturing of import footprints, engineered crating for defence work, 48×40 GMA for I-81 distribution.

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.

Nearby states

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