Service area · Colorado Springs, CO
Pallets deliveredin Colorado Springs, CO.
Colorado Springs is a military and defense-industry city at the foot of Pikes Peak. Freight moves on I-25 between Denver and Pueblo, out Powers Boulevard to the airport business park, and up US 24 through Ute Pass.
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 Colorado Springs. 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 Colorado Springs.
Docks sit around Colorado Springs Airport and Peak Innovation Park, along Powers Boulevard and I-25, on the north end toward Monument, east in Falcon and Peyton, and south through Security-Widefield and Fountain to Pueblo.
- Fountain
- Security-Widefield
- Monument
- Palmer Lake
- Falcon
- Peyton
- Black Forest
- Manitou Springs
- Woodland Park
- Cañon City
- Pueblo
Served from our Atlanta office through vetted yards near Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs at a glance
What Colorado Springs makes and moves.
The local economy runs on the military, high-tech industry and tourism. Fort Carson, the Air Force Academy, and Peterson, Schriever and Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Bases border the city on three sides, and military and defense contractors account for more than 40% of the Pikes Peak region's economy by one estimate. A semiconductor fab and an electronics test-equipment research group operate here, and the regional chamber targets aerospace, semiconductor, medical-equipment, and hardware and springs manufacturing. Pueblo, down I-25, still makes steel in electric furnaces and runs rail, rod, bar and tube mills.
That mix asks for more custom work than a typical distribution market. Defense and electronics shops ship instruments, enclosures and test gear that rarely sit right on a worn recycled pallet. Pueblo's mills move heavy steel that needs block construction or skids built to the load. Distribution and light-industrial buildings near the airport handle consumer goods for the city and its bases, and those docks run on standard 48x40s.
Who buys pallets here
The docks that run on pallets in Colorado Springs.
- 01
Defense and space contractors
Space and defense commands at Peterson, Schriever and Cheyenne Mountain, including NORAD and U.S. Northern Command headquarters, draw prime contractors and their suppliers. Electronics, ground equipment and spare parts moving between those shops and the bases often need new pallets or crates sized to the item, plus heat-treated wood for anything going overseas.
Manufacturing → - 02
Chip and electronics plants
Colorado Springs still has a semiconductor fab and an oscilloscope research operation, though high-tech jobs fell sharply after 2000. Chip, sensor and medical-equipment makers ship small, valuable cartons that need stable, square decks, so many order AAA or new 48x40s and keep mixed recycled stock away from finished goods.
Manufacturing → - 03
Pueblo steel mills
Pueblo's steel works melt scrap in electric furnaces and roll rail, rod and bar, with a tube mill alongside; the operation employed more than 900 people in the city's 2023 financial report. Long, dense loads like these call for block pallets or custom skids rather than standard stringer pallets.
Manufacturing → - 04
Airport-area distribution
Peak Innovation Park, reached by Milton E. Proby Parkway at Colorado Springs Airport, is marketed as more than 1,600 acres zoned for industrial, office and other uses. Distribution and light-industrial tenants there and along I-25 supply households, retailers and the bases, and they run recycled 48x40s sorted by grade.
3PL & warehousing →
- Warehousing and storage · NAICS 493
- 22establishments
- Food manufacturing · NAICS 311
- 44establishments
- Grocery wholesalers · NAICS 4244
- 79establishments
How freight moves
Ports, rail and interstates.
I-25 runs nearly 18 miles through the city and links Denver, about 69 miles north, with Pueblo to the south. Powers Boulevard (SH 21) is the east-side semi-expressway from Black Forest to Fountain, and US 24 climbs Ute Pass to Woodland Park while also serving the eastern suburbs. Two Class I railroads handle freight. Colorado Springs Airport shares runways with Peterson Space Force Base. Colorado has no seaport, so export containers leave by rail or truck for coastal ports.
- I-25
- Powers Blvd (SH 21)
- US 24 / Ute Pass
- Colorado Springs Airport
- Peak Innovation Park
- Pueblo
Which pallet to order
The right grade for Colorado Springs.
Ask for custom sizes or new pallets when a defense or electronics shipment has to match a crate drawing or a contract packaging spec. Block pallets, which take forks from all four sides and carry more weight, suit Pueblo steel and heavy equipment. Distribution buildings near the airport can run recycled GMA-style 48x40s: Grade A for retail-bound freight, Grade B for storage. Anything leaving the country needs HT pallets stamped under ISPM 15. Your account manager confirms the grade spec in writing.
Delivered prices
Price a load to 80916.
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 Colorado. Your account manager narrows this to one number for 80916, 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 Colorado Springs.
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Your first Colorado Springs load, priced today.
One full truck, billed at the quoted price. Net 30, no contract. Your dock date in writing on every quote.