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Plastic pallets near you: delivery by state

We deliver plastic pallets to any US business address: full orders as a truckload on a 53-foot dry van, smaller ones LTL with other freight. Send footprint, type, quantity and delivery ZIP, plus whether you have a dock, and we reply by email with a delivered price for each line.

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Truckload on a 53-foot van

Most plastic pallets travel in full loads on a 53-foot dry van. Inside, that trailer is about 52.5 feet long, about 100 inches wide and about 110 inches high, and the pallets fill it by cube long before they reach its weight limit, because empty plastic pallets are light for their size.

A full load is the cheapest way to move pallets per piece. One truck, one driver and one delivery appointment are spread across the whole order. Buyers stocking a new fleet, a returnable loop or a DC opening usually order this way, and our truckload page covers bulk buying in more depth.

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Nested and stacked loads

How many pallets make a load depends on how they stack empty. Nestable pallets have legs that drop into the pallet below, so each added pallet adds only its nest increment to the stack height, not its full height. That is why a nestable load counts in the hundreds or more: one published heavy-duty nestable 40x48 ships 1,200 to a 53-foot trailer.

Stackable and rackable pallets sit flat on top of each other with their full height in every layer, so the same trailer holds far fewer. On the floor, a 48x40 footprint gives 26 stack positions loaded straight, two across, or 30 positions turned, which is simple arithmetic on the trailer's interior. The count per stack comes from the model's height and the 110-inch ceiling, so ask for the maker's trailer quantity for the exact model.

Smaller orders ship LTL

An order that won't fill a trailer ships less-than-truckload. The pallets are banded or wrapped into bundles, picked up with other freight and cross-docked through a carrier's terminals on the way to you. LTL costs more per pallet than a full load, because it is priced on weight, space and the class of the freight, and it can involve extra handling at each terminal.

For small and mid-size orders, it is worth asking for two prices: the LTL price for what you need now, and the truckload price per pallet for a full van. The gap sometimes makes ordering ahead the cheaper choice.

Delivered pricing by ZIP

Every quote we send is delivered: the pallet price and the freight to your ZIP in one figure per line. Freight depends on distance from the source, on the lane, which is how busy the route between two places is, and on how densely the model ships. A ZIP near a metro on a main interstate usually costs less to reach than a rural address at the same distance.

The full street address matters as much as the ZIP. It tells the carrier whether the site is a business with a dock, a residence-style address, or a location with limited access, and each of those can change the price.

Deliveries to forwarders and ports

Export pallets often never go to the shipper's own plant. They are delivered to a forwarder's consolidation dock or a container freight station near the port, where cargo is built onto them and loaded into 20- or 40-foot boxes. Give that address as the delivery point, along with the container size, so the footprint and the count match the box.

Freight markets also have seasons. Truck capacity tightens on some lanes during harvest and holiday peaks, and a quote's freight figure reflects the lane when it is written. A quote states how long its delivered price holds; book within that window or ask for a refreshed figure.

Dock, liftgate and appointment questions

A few answers in the request keep the delivery from going wrong on the day.

Do you have a dock door at trailer height, or will the load come off at ground level?
If ground level, do you need a liftgate truck, and is there a forklift or pallet jack on site?
Can a 53-foot trailer reach and turn at your door, or does the site need a shorter truck?
Does the receiving dock require an appointment, and what are its receiving hours?
Who will check the count and condition at delivery, and sign for it?

Regions and the state pages in each

Each state page covers its own freight picture: the interstates and corridors, the ports and rail hubs, the metros and the industries that run on plastic pallets there.

State pages by region
Region	State pages	Main corridors and gateways
West Coast and Mountain West	California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Colorado	I-5, I-10, I-15, I-80, I-84; ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle, Tacoma and Portland
South Central	Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana	I-35, I-10, I-20, I-30, I-40; Port of Houston and the lower Mississippi ports around New Orleans
Midwest	Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska	I-80, I-90, I-94, I-70, I-65, I-35; Chicago and Kansas City rail hubs
Southeast	Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia	I-75, I-85, I-95, I-40, I-65; ports of Savannah, Charleston, Jacksonville, Mobile and Norfolk
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic	Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts	I-95, I-78, I-81, I-90, I-76; Port of New York and New Jersey, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston

Questions buyers ask

Can I buy plastic pallets near me?

We deliver to business addresses across the US rather than selling from a counter. Send your ZIP and the quote includes the freight to your door.

Is there a minimum order?

No fixed minimum, but small orders ship LTL and cost more per pallet to deliver. We can quote both LTL and a full truckload so you can compare.

Do you deliver to residential addresses?

This desk serves businesses. A delivery to a residence-style address needs a liftgate and may not suit a full trailer.

Can I pick pallets up myself?

Ask in the request. Whether a customer pickup is possible depends on the source of the pallets, and the quote will say.

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Last reviewed November 8, 2026.