Service area · Boise, ID
Pallets deliveredin Boise, ID.
Boise freight runs along I-84 through the Treasure Valley: onion, hop and seed farms around Wilder and Parma, a sugar-beet factory and rail interchange in Nampa, and warehouses spreading west through Meridian and Caldwell toward the Oregon line.
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 Boise. 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 Boise.
Receiving docks are along I-84 and the rail line from Boise's airport district through Meridian to Nampa and Caldwell, around the Nampa rail yard, and out in Wilder, Parma and Notus, with Kuna, Eagle and Mountain Home nearby.
- Boise
- Garden City
- Meridian
- Nampa
- Caldwell
- Kuna
- Eagle
- Star
- Middleton
- Wilder
- Parma
- Notus
- Mountain Home
- Ontario, OR
Served from our Atlanta office through vetted yards near Boise.
Boise at a glance
What Boise makes and moves.
Boise is Idaho's capital and the headquarters city for two supermarket chains, an agribusiness and potato-processing company, several lumber firms and a memory-chip maker. West of town, Canyon County farms grow onions, hops, seed corn, beans and alfalfa seed, most of it watered by irrigation canals. Nampa grew up as the valley's railroad town after the Oregon Short Line arrived in 1883, and a short line still gathers carloads of potatoes, lumber, fertilizer and fuel from Boise, Meridian and Wilder for Union Pacific interchanges at Nampa and Caldwell.
That mix splits pallet buying three ways. Onion and seed packers need wood when their sheds and cleaners start shipping, and their customers range from grocery DCs to overseas buyers. Rail-served plants in Nampa and Caldwell move heavy sacks and bulk bags that punish thin deck boards. Distribution buildings along I-84 run standard 48x40s all year. Southwest Idaho sits hundreds of miles from salt water, so export pallets have to be right before the truck or railcar leaves for a Pacific Northwest terminal.
Who buys pallets here
The docks that run on pallets in Boise.
- 01
Canyon County onion sheds
Onions from fields around Wilder and Parma, and from Malheur County just across the Snake River, ship under a federal marketing order that covers southern Idaho and that Oregon county. Packing sheds sort, bag and load for grocery buyers well past harvest, so they want sound 48x40s on hand before packing starts.
Food & beverage → - 02
Wilder and Parma seed growers
Seed corn, bean and alfalfa-seed growers in western Canyon County send their crops to cleaners and warehouses that bag and stack seed for shipment, and hop farms in the same district bale each fall's harvest. Bagged seed stacks tall and heavy, so these docks do better on Grade A or new pallets with tight decks.
Food & beverage → - 03
Nampa rail-served plants
Nampa Yard is where the short line serving Boise, Meridian and the Caldwell–Wilder branch hands cars to Union Pacific, and its industrial lead runs out to a sugar-beet factory. The railroad lists potatoes, lumber, fertilizer and fuels as its main traffic. Plants along these tracks often need block pallets or custom sizes.
Manufacturing →
- Warehousing and storage · NAICS 493
- 64establishments
- Food manufacturing · NAICS 311
- 129establishments
- Grocery wholesalers · NAICS 4244
- 155establishments
How freight moves
Ports, rail and interstates.
I-84 carries most valley freight, entering from Ontario, Oregon, and running through Caldwell, Nampa and Meridian to Boise before heading southeast toward Mountain Home and the Magic Valley. I-184, called the Connector, spurs into downtown Boise, and State Highway 55 runs north toward the mountains. Union Pacific's line between Salt Lake City and the Pacific Northwest passes through Nampa, where the short line interchanges. Boise Airport sits beside I-84 on the south side of town. Container exporters truck or rail west to Oregon's container terminal at Portland's Terminal 6 or to the Seattle and Tacoma gateway.
- I-84
- I-184 Connector
- Nampa Yard
- Boise Airport
- Port of Portland Terminal 6
- Seattle–Tacoma terminals
Which pallet to order
The right grade for Boise.
Onion sheds shipping to grocery DCs usually order Grade A 48x40s, because heavy mesh bags find every weak board. Seed cleaners stacking bags tall should look at Grade A or new. Anything bound overseas, whether seed, onions or frozen potato products, needs heat-treated (HT) pallets stamped under ISPM 15, ordered before the load leaves the valley. Rail-served processors in Nampa and Caldwell handling bulk bags and sacks often need block pallets or custom sizes. Warehouses along I-84 can save with Grade B for storage. Your account manager confirms the grade spec in writing.
Delivered prices
Price a load to 83705.
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 Idaho. Your account manager narrows this to one number for 83705, 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 Boise.
What pallet do Treasure Valley onion sheds ship on?+
Can you deliver to plants along the rail spurs in Nampa and Caldwell?+
Do seed and onion exports from Canyon County need heat-treated pallets?+
What should rail-served processors order for bulk bags and sacks?+
What do pallets cost delivered to Boise, ID?+
When will a load reach Boise, ID?+
Your first Boise load, priced today.
One full truck, billed at the quoted price. Net 30, no contract. Your dock date in writing on every quote.