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Dock access and pickup details
Tell the desk how a truck reaches the pallets: dock door or ground, gate width, trailer pad, and whether the stacks are wrapped. It decides how the lot is collected.
Last reviewed November 12, 2026
The access sheet
| Detail | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Dock door or ground level | Sets the truck type |
| Gate width and overhead clearance | Decides whether a trailer fits |
| Trailer pad or yard | Where the truck stands |
| Stack height and lean | Safety and loading |
| Wrapped or loose | Handling time |
| Under cover or outdoors | Condition risk |
| Open hours and who meets the truck | Scheduling |
Photograph the approach
Take one photo from the gate toward the pallets, one of the dock door or ground where the truck will stand, and one of any obstacle. These do more than a paragraph of description.
What not to promise
Do not tell a driver or a buyer that pallets will be ready on a day until you have counted and sorted them. The desk gives no turnaround on this site, and your own timing should wait on your sort.
The form fields this guide fills
- ZIP
- Pickup address (optional second step)
- Message
How this guide ends
SOLD
Whole pallets are staged where the truck will load.
RETURN
Marked pallets are staged apart.
SCRAP
Broken pallets are staged apart.
Do I need a loading dock?
No. Say whether it is a dock door, a ground-level yard or a trailer.
Who pays for collection?
This site does not state it. Ask in the form.
Words you will meet
- Lip
- Raised edge on the deck, or an optional soft lip, that keeps the load in place.
- Regrind
- Plastic ground from used or scrap parts into flakes for moulding again.
- Open deck
- Top deck with gaps between slats or ribs; lighter and drains.
- Runners
- Bottom rails that touch the floor or rack and carry the load.
- Cruciform base
- Bottom with a cross-shaped member as well as a perimeter, for strength and automated handling.
- Anti-slip
- Textured deck or rubber grommets that reduce load slip.
- Virgin resin
- New, unblended resin that has not been through a product before.
- Edge rack
- Resting on the rack beams by the pallet's edges only, with no support in the middle.
- Closed deck
- Solid top deck with no gaps; keeps small items from falling through.
- Picture frame
- A raised rim around the deck edge that keeps cartons from sliding off.
- 2-way entry
- Forks enter from two opposite sides only.
- ISPM 15
- The international standard for treating wood packaging against pests. Plastic pallets are outside it.
- Creep
- Slow bending of plastic under a heavy load held for a long time.
- Structural foam
- Low-pressure moulding where a blowing agent expands the resin in the mould.
- Thermoforming
- Heated plastic sheet formed over a mould; lighter pallets.
- Rotational moulding
- Resin heated in a rotating mould to make a hollow jointless part.
Who asks, and what they need
- Pharmaceutical and healthcare shippers
- Hygienic pallets that can be sanitised; documents on resin and colour; PP sometimes preferred for sterilisation.
- Automotive plants and suppliers
- 48 x 45 pallets that match bulk containers; closed-loop reuse; heavy dynamic and static loads.
- Chemical and drum shippers
- 48 x 48 and 45 x 45 pallets for drums and bags; chemical resistance.
What the sources say
- The International Fire Code permits pallets listed and labeled under FM 4996 or UL 2335 to be treated as wood pallets for sprinkler design. (iccsafe.org)
- Resin identification codes do not indicate whether a product is recyclable; ASTM D7611 governs the coding. (en.wikipedia.org)
- Rehrig Pacific says its reusable products are designed to be recyclable at end of life and run a buyback program. (rehrigpacific.com)
- 43 x 43 in pallets are designed for bulk bags; 45 x 45 in is the CP9 chemical standard. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Private employers in the US averaged 1,901,976 jobs across 23,345 establishments in warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (236,923), Texas (175,579), Pennsylvania (123,481), Florida (105,401), Ohio (98,354). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 73,136 jobs across 1,811 establishments in refrigerated warehousing (NAICS 49312) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (9,969), Texas (6,638), New Jersey (5,388), Georgia (4,453), Pennsylvania (4,102). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 556,647 jobs across 4,689 establishments in meat and poultry processing (NAICS 3116) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Texas (44,780), Georgia (42,030), North Carolina (35,715), Arkansas (34,773), Iowa (33,386). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 168,222 jobs across 2,809 establishments in dairy product manufacturing (NAICS 3115) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Wisconsin (28,840), California (18,374), New York (11,603), Ohio (8,963), Texas (7,529). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 173,844 jobs across 2,936 establishments in fruit and vegetable preserving (NAICS 3114) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (27,518), Wisconsin (11,014), Washington (10,988), Ohio (10,327), Texas (9,194). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 350,886 jobs across 7,786 establishments in pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (42,575), New Jersey (30,062), North Carolina (26,998), New York (25,087), Illinois (24,257). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 892,426 jobs across 25,801 establishments in chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Texas (90,310), California (75,499), Ohio (49,328), Illinois (48,745), New Jersey (47,966). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 288,633 jobs across 934 establishments in motor vehicle manufacturing (NAICS 3361) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Michigan (44,870), Texas (28,069), California (27,690), Kentucky (23,308), Alabama (22,311). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 521,212 jobs across 6,414 establishments in motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Michigan (111,465), Ohio (62,025), Indiana (52,146), Tennessee (38,791), Kentucky (32,261). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 575,006 jobs across 12,344 establishments in plastics product manufacturing (NAICS 3261) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Ohio (42,286), Texas (40,945), California (35,933), Pennsylvania (34,094), Indiana (33,122). (data.bls.gov)
- Warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) was 1.4% of the 133,160,274 private-sector jobs QCEW counted in the US in 2025. (data.bls.gov)
- USDA NASS counted 3.99 billion cubic feet of gross refrigerated warehouse capacity in the US on October 1, 2025, with usable capacity of 3.25 billion cubic feet (82 percent of gross). (esmis.nal.usda.gov)
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