Service area · Chattanooga, TN
Pallets deliveredin Chattanooga, TN.
Chattanooga is where I-75, I-24 and I-59 converge just above the Georgia line. Rail yards sit east and southwest of downtown, a car plant fills part of Enterprise South, and carpet mills in Dalton and a Collegedale bakery ship down the same interstates.
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 Chattanooga. 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 Chattanooga.
Plants and DCs operate around Enterprise South and Ooltewah, near Collegedale and East Ridge, by the rail yards east and southwest of downtown, north toward Red Bank and Soddy-Daisy, up I-75 in Cleveland, and south in Dalton and Ringgold, Ga.
- Enterprise South
- Ooltewah
- Collegedale
- East Ridge
- Red Bank
- Soddy-Daisy
- Cleveland, Tenn.
- Dalton, Ga.
- Ringgold, Ga.
- Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
- Hamilton County
- Bradley County
- Whitfield County, Ga.
Served from our Atlanta office through vetted yards near Chattanooga.
Chattanooga at a glance
What Chattanooga makes and moves.
Chattanooga grew up as a railroad town and still moves like one. Two Class I railroads run yards here, and several truckload carriers keep headquarters in the city. Enterprise South, a 6,000-acre park on the site of a former Army ammunition plant, has built cars since 2011, and e-commerce operators run buildings around town. A family-run snack-cake bakery is headquartered in Collegedale. Across the state line, Dalton is often called the Carpet Capital of the World, and up I-75, Cleveland makes cooking appliances, packaged foods and batteries.
That puts very different docks within an hour's drive of each other. Bakery and food plants need tidy 48x40s that stay flat under stacked cases. Flooring mills move rolls and heavy cartons that crush weak stringers. Appliance and battery plants and the auto supplier base buy block pallets and custom sizes to a customer print. Carrier terminals and distribution buildings cycle recycled stringers constantly. For ocean freight, a rail-served inland port at Chatsworth, Ga., ties the area to Savannah.
Who buys pallets here
The docks that run on pallets in Chattanooga.
- 01
Collegedale snack bakery
A family-run snack-cake bakery that started in Chattanooga in 1934 has been based in Collegedale, 19 miles east of downtown, since 1956. Cartons of wrapped snacks are light but stacked tall, so the pallets under them have to sit square and carry no loose boards. Bakery and food docks here usually take Grade A or AAA 48x40s.
Food & beverage → - 02
Dalton flooring mills
Dalton, across the Georgia line just off I-75, has more than 150 carpet plants, and the industry employs over 30,000 people in the Whitfield County area. Carpet rolls, padding and boxed hard flooring are long and heavy, so mills ask for extra stringers, block pallets or custom lengths, and they reuse recycled 48x40s for cartons.
Manufacturing → - 03
Cleveland appliance and battery plants
Cleveland, Tenn., counts more than 150 manufacturers making household cooking equipment, foodstuffs, storage batteries, textiles and furniture. Ranges and battery cartons are dense and must ride without shifting, so plants often specify block pallets or custom footprints, while the packaged-food lines in the same town run standard 48x40 stringers.
Consumer goods → - 04
Carrier terminals and Enterprise South
Several truckload carriers keep headquarters in Chattanooga, and e-commerce operators run buildings in the city. Enterprise South has its own I-75 interchange plus rail service from two Class I railroads. Cross-docks, carrier terminals and fulfillment buildings cycle recycled 48x40s every day and need them sorted by grade before they reach the dock.
3PL & warehousing →
- Warehousing and storage · NAICS 493
- 44establishments
- Food manufacturing · NAICS 311
- 66establishments
- Grocery wholesalers · NAICS 4244
- 60establishments
How freight moves
Ports, rail and interstates.
I-75 runs from Atlanta through Chattanooga to Knoxville. I-24 cuts through the city toward Nashville and ends at the I-75 split, and I-59 begins about 10 miles southwest of downtown and heads to Birmingham. US 27 runs north as a freeway toward Soddy-Daisy. DeButts Yard, a main classification yard, sits just east of downtown, with Shipp's and Wauhatchie yards to the southwest. The Tennessee River runs through the city behind Chickamauga Dam. For ocean freight, the Appalachian Regional Port at Chatsworth, Ga., opened in 2018, rails containers 388 miles to Savannah.
- I-75
- I-24
- I-59
- US 27
- DeButts Yard
- Appalachian Regional Port
- Port of Savannah
Which pallet to order
The right grade for Chattanooga.
Bakery and food plants should order Grade A or AAA 48x40s, or new, so cases sit flat and nothing snags film wrap. Flooring mills need heavier builds: block pallets, extra stringers or custom lengths for rolls. Appliance, battery and auto-parts plants usually work from a customer drawing, often block. Carrier terminals and DCs run Grade B for internal moves and Grade A on customer loads. Export containers through Chatsworth or Savannah need HT pallets carrying the ISPM 15 stamp. Your account manager confirms the spec in writing.
Delivered prices
Price a load to 37416.
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 Tennessee. Your account manager narrows this to one number for 37416, 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 Chattanooga.
Can you deliver to plants and warehouses at Enterprise South?+
What pallet should a Dalton carpet mill order for rolls?+
Do exporters shipping through the Chatsworth inland port need heat-treated pallets?+
Do you serve plants in Cleveland, Tennessee?+
Can you supply carrier terminals and cross-docks around Chattanooga?+
What do pallets cost delivered to Chattanooga, TN?+
When will a load reach Chattanooga, TN?+
Your first Chattanooga load, priced today.
One full truck, billed at the quoted price. Net 30, no contract. Your dock date in writing on every quote.