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Pallets in Madison, WI.

Biotech and food both specify clean, documented stock, which pushes the whole market toward Grade A.
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 Madison

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.

445 mi

From our yard

About 7 hours to Milwaukee

690,000

Metro population

Dane County

I-39

Primary route

I-39 · I-90 · I-94 · US-12

Scheduled contract freight

Service tier

Wisconsin is a extended-tier market.

Local picture

What moves through Madison.

Biotech and food both specify clean, documented stock, which pushes the whole market toward Grade A.

Madison sits in Dane County, served by I-39, I-90, I-94 and US-12. The local freight base is biotechnology, food processing, state government, and that mix is what determines which pallet specification actually makes sense here rather than which one is cheapest on paper.

Madison is served on scheduled contract freight from Columbus, roughly 445 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

  • Biotechnology
  • Food processing
  • State government

Routes serving Madison

  • I-39
  • I-90
  • I-94
  • US-12

What ships in Wisconsin

48×40 GMA Grade A for food and paper, flat-deck and panel units for converting lines, plastic where wash-down is specified.

Matching the spec to the work

What Madison'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 Madison. Your own hazard analysis and racking govern.
Local sectorUsual gradeFootprintThe non-negotiable
BiotechnologyNew, documentedBuilt to drawingMaterial history and tight tolerance
Food processingGrade A, odour-sorted48×40Moisture under 19% and known provenance
State governmentGrade A or B48×40Depends on whether the pallet comes back

Questions

Pallets in Madison.

Can you deliver pallets to Madison?

Served on scheduled contract carriers rather than our own trailers. Economic for full trailer loads and program volume; less so for small orders. Madison is about 445 road miles from our yard, about 7 hours to milwaukee.

Do you collect used pallets from Madison?

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 Madison?

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

What is the local industry mix?

Biotechnology, Food processing, State government. That mix is what decides the specification — see the table above, and industries for the full detail on each sector.

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