Service area · Akron, OH
Pallets deliveredin Akron, OH.
Akron anchors Ohio's Polymer Valley, with tire research, rubber compounding and plastics spread across Summit County. Freight moves on I-76, I-77 and SR 8 up to the Ohio Turnpike, and export cargo can sail from the Port of Cleveland, about 40 miles north.
Dock date
In writing, on every quote.
Standard 48x40s often land in 0–2 business days.
Delivered, per pallet
$4.75–$10.50Recycled 48x40s per 53' truck
616How we supply it
An Atlanta broker, a yard near your dock.
Chesapeake Pallets is a pallet broker based in Atlanta. We don't run a yard in Akron. For each load we buy from an independent yard close to your dock that has your grade in stock, and the delivered price includes the freight. One account manager handles the quote, the paperwork and the invoice.
Where we deliver
Around Akron.
Freight docks are in south and west Akron, in Barberton and Norton, in Cuyahoga Falls and Stow along SR 8, in Tallmadge and Green near the airport, in Twinsburg and Macedonia by the Turnpike, and down I-77 toward Canton.
- Akron
- Barberton
- Norton
- Cuyahoga Falls
- Stow
- Tallmadge
- Green
- Hudson
- Twinsburg
- Macedonia
- Richfield
- Canton
- Orrville
Served from our Atlanta office through vetted yards near Akron.
Akron at a glance
What Akron makes and moves.
Hospitals and the University of Akron are now the top employers, but the city still holds a tire maker's global headquarters, opened in 2013, and a rival's technical center from 2012. Northeast Ohio's Polymer Valley is centered here, with 45% of the state's polymer industries. A hand-soap and sanitizer maker founded in Akron does its main manufacturing in Cuyahoga Falls, an e-commerce fulfillment center opened on the old Rolling Acres Mall site in 2020, and Orrville, 20 miles southwest, makes fruit spreads and dairy products.
Polymer and rubber freight is dense: bales, bagged compounds, resin and molded parts that crush weak pallets. Those plants buy block pallets, heavy stringers or custom sizes. Soap, food and dairy plants want uniform 48x40s that pass grocery and retail receiving, while the fulfillment center and other warehouses cycle recycled pallets fast. Exporters loading for Europe through Cleveland or the East Coast ports need heat-treated wood.
Who buys pallets here
The docks that run on pallets in Akron.
- 01
Polymer Valley compounders
Rubber compounders, plastics molders and polymer research labs fill the region, which counted more than 400 polymer-materials companies in 2001. Baled rubber, bagged additives and molded parts are heavy and awkward, so these plants order block pallets, heavy-duty stringers or custom sizes, plus HT wood for export loads.
Manufacturing → - 02
Cuyahoga Falls hand-soap plant
The hand-soap and sanitizer maker founded in Akron, sold to a national consumer-goods company in 2026, makes and ships product from its main campus in Cuyahoga Falls. Liquid soap and dispenser refills are heavy, tall cases bound for hospitals, factories and stores, so outbound loads need square, consistent 48x40s.
Consumer goods → - 03
Orrville fruit spreads and dairy
Orrville, about 20 miles southwest of Akron, hosts a fruit-spread plant its owner calls the largest in the world, plus a dairy company. Glass jars and bottled milk are heavy and breakable, so food shippers there ask for Grade A or better 48x40s with tight decks that keep layers level.
Food & beverage → - 04
Rolling Acres fulfillment center
An e-commerce fulfillment center opened on November 1, 2020, on the land where Rolling Acres Mall once stood. Buildings like it, and the warehouses around them, go through recycled 48x40s quickly and want one grade per trailer so inbound freight racks and conveys cleanly without hand sorting at the door.
3PL & warehousing →
- Warehousing and storage · NAICS 493
- 65establishments7,544 jobs1.95× the US share of jobs
- Food manufacturing · NAICS 311
- 58establishments1,582 jobs0.44× the US share of jobs
- Grocery wholesalers · NAICS 4244
- 81establishments1,428 jobs0.85× the US share of jobs
How freight moves
Ports, rail and interstates.
I-76 runs east to Youngstown and west to I-71, I-77 links Cleveland with Canton and Marietta, and I-277 and the Innerbelt serve the south side and downtown. SR 8 carries traffic north to the Ohio Turnpike at Boston Heights, and I-77 meets the Turnpike at Richfield. A regional railroad and its Akron short line work from a yard near Brittain Road. Akron-Canton Airport sits in Green, and Akron Fulton handles cargo. The Port of Cleveland runs the Cleveland-Europe Express to Antwerp, and East Coast ports take other exports.
- I-76
- I-77
- SR 8
- Ohio Turnpike
- Port of Cleveland
- Akron-Canton Airport
Which pallet to order
The right grade for Akron.
Rubber and plastics plants should spec block pallets or heavy stringer pallets, or custom sizes for bales and molded parts; ask your account manager about full deck coverage for bagged compounds. Soap, fruit-spread and dairy shippers usually run Grade A or AAA 48x40s that stay square under tall stacks. Fulfillment and warehouse buildings can mix Grade A outbound with Grade B in storage. Anything sailing from Cleveland to Antwerp, or leaving through an East Coast port, needs HT pallets stamped under ISPM 15.
Delivered prices
Price a load to 44311.
Full-truckload ranges with freight in. Your ZIP and count set the firm number on the call.
Grade B
$4.75–$6.75
per pallet, delivered
Repaired, sound, ready to load.
Grade A
$6.75–$8.75
per pallet, delivered
Three solid stringers. No plugs, no companions.
AAA
$8.50–$10.50
per pallet, delivered
Clean, uniform, no repairs.
Block
$6.25–$8.50
per pallet, delivered
Full 4-way entry on every side.
New
Quoted
to your spec
Fresh lumber, built to your spec.
Freight included — never a separate line.Heat-treated: +$1.00–$1.50/pallet.Full-truckload ranges as of Thursday, October 15.
Delivering to Ohio. Your account manager narrows this to one number for 44311, same business day.
Delivered, freight included
$6.75–$8.75/pallet
- Load total
- $4,158–$5,390
- Trucks
- 1 × 53'
- On your dock
- Exact date on your quote — often 0–2 business days after your PO
Full truck — best per-pallet price.
Your first load runs as a no-contract test load.
Typical delivered ranges as of Thursday, October 15. Your account manager confirms a firm price on the call — same business day.
Straight answers
Buying pallets in Akron.
What pallet should a rubber or plastics compounder in Akron order?+
Do exports on the Cleveland-Europe Express need heat-treated pallets?+
Can you deliver to warehouses near the Ohio Turnpike in Twinsburg and Macedonia?+
Can you supply food plants in Orrville and Wayne County?+
What do pallets cost delivered to Akron, OH?+
When will a load reach Akron, OH?+
Your first Akron load, priced today.
One full truck, billed at the quoted price. Net 30, no contract. Your dock date in writing on every quote.