Service area · Billings, MT
Pallets deliveredin Billings, MT.
Billings is eastern Montana's warehouse and refinery city. I-90 and I-94 meet on its east side, a major rail yard sits down the road in Laurel, and trucks restock stores, ranch suppliers and job sites across a wide trade area.
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 Billings. 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 Billings.
We deliver to docks along I-90 on the south side, in Lockwood near the I-94 junction, in the Heights, on the west end, at the airport on the Rims, and west to Laurel and Park City.
- Lockwood
- Laurel
- Billings Heights
- Shiloh
- Shepherd
- Huntley
- Worden
- Ballantine
- Park City
- Columbus
- Hardin
Served from our Atlanta office through vetted yards near Billings.
Billings at a glance
What Billings makes and moves.
Billings is the trade and distribution center for much of the state east of the Continental Divide, with more than a quarter of Montana's wholesale business. Three of the state's four oil refineries are in Yellowstone County, two in Billings and one in Laurel. A beet-sugar factory sits in the city, irrigated farms nearby grow alfalfa, wheat, barley and corn, and local manufacturers include a soft-drink bottler, a commercial bakery and a dairy. Health care is a leading employment sector.
Pallet demand follows the wholesale trade. Distributors send mixed loads to towns hours away, so pallets go out and many never come back. Food plants need sound pallets for bagged sugar, packaged bread and cased drinks. Refinery contractors and industrial supply houses buy for parts rooms and job sites. And because Montana has no sales tax, shoppers drive in from Wyoming, which keeps retail freight moving through the city's warehouses.
Who buys pallets here
The docks that run on pallets in Billings.
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Eastern Montana wholesale
Billings handles more than a quarter of Montana's wholesale business and pulls shoppers from parts of Wyoming. Wholesalers and distributors here send mixed truckloads across eastern Montana, often on one-way trips, so they go through recycled 48x40s quickly and reorder by the trailer.
3PL & warehousing → - 02
Yellowstone Valley beet sugar
Billings' beet-sugar factory, bought by a sugar company in 1906, is now one of five plants run by a grower-owned cooperative. Bagged and boxed sugar is dense and stacks high, so shippers here need sound pallets with strong stringers, or block pallets that spread the weight.
Food & beverage → - 03
Bottling, baking and dairy
A soft-drink bottler, a commercial bakery and a dairy are among Billings' manufacturers. Milk and cased drinks move through coolers on the way to stores across the region, and packaged bread ships in light, bulky loads, so those docks favor tight-deck Grade A, AAA or new pallets.
Food & beverage → - 04
Refinery maintenance suppliers
Two refineries in Billings and one in Laurel keep maintenance contractors, valve shops and industrial supply houses busy. Those shops move drums, pumps and pipe fittings that load unevenly, so block pallets or custom sizes often work better than standard stringers for their heaviest freight.
Manufacturing →
- Warehousing and storage · NAICS 493
- 6establishments
- Food manufacturing · NAICS 311
- 24establishments473 jobs0.44× the US share of jobs
- Grocery wholesalers · NAICS 4244
- 44establishments
How freight moves
Ports, rail and interstates.
I-90 runs east–west through the south side of the city, from Laurel past downtown to Lockwood, and I-94 begins just east of Billings at a junction with I-90 before heading northeast to Forsyth, Miles City and Glendive. The Billings Bypass links Lockwood with the Heights, and Skyway Drive, a beltway finished in 2023, opened land north and west of the airport to development. Laurel Yard, west of the city, is a major rail yard and railroad division point. Billings Logan International handles passengers and air cargo. Much of Montana's baking grain sells through West Coast ports.
- I-90
- I-94
- Billings Bypass
- Laurel Yard
- Billings Logan International
- West Coast ports
Which pallet to order
The right grade for Billings.
Wholesalers shipping across eastern Montana do well with recycled GMA-style 48x40s, Grade B for one-way loads and storage and Grade A where the receiver inspects. Sugar and other dense food loads should start with new pallets or AAA recycled stock with heavier stringers. Bakery, dairy and drink docks want tight top decks that don't snag film or cases. Refinery supply shops may need block or custom builds. Grain or food packed for export needs HT pallets with the ISPM 15 mark. Your account manager confirms the grade spec in writing.
Delivered prices
Price a load to 59101.
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 Montana. Your account manager narrows this to one number for 59101, 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 Billings.
Can you deliver to warehouses in Lockwood near the I-90/I-94 junction?+
What pallet works for bagged sugar and other dense food loads?+
Do you deliver to Laurel and the refinery and rail shops there?+
Do export loads from Billings need heat-treated pallets?+
What do pallets cost delivered to Billings, MT?+
When will a load reach Billings, MT?+
Your first Billings load, priced today.
One full truck, billed at the quoted price. Net 30, no contract. Your dock date in writing on every quote.