Service area · Syracuse, NY
Pallets deliveredin Syracuse, NY.
Syracuse sits where the Thruway crosses I-81, which spans New York from the Pennsylvania line to the Thousand Islands Bridge. Downtown, the old I-81 viaduct is giving way to a street grid, and north of the city a memory-chip campus is rising in Clay.
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 Syracuse. 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 Syracuse.
Industrial docks are concentrated in Clay and Liverpool north of the city, in East Syracuse and DeWitt along the Thruway, in Salina and Mattydale near the airport, out in Baldwinsville and Lysander, and up toward Fulton and Oswego.
- Clay
- Liverpool
- Salina
- Mattydale
- East Syracuse
- DeWitt
- Cicero
- Baldwinsville
- Lysander
- Solvay
- Camillus
- Fulton
- Oswego
Served from our Atlanta office through vetted yards near Syracuse.
Syracuse at a glance
What Syracuse makes and moves.
Hospitals, Syracuse University and government employ the most people in Onondaga County, so the freight comes from plants spread around the edges. Construction began in January 2026 on a memory-chip complex at White Pine Commerce Park in Clay, and the company expects initial wafer output from its first fab in 2030. Two aerospace and defense contractors rank among the county's larger employers. A large brewery has operated just east of Baldwinsville since the mid-1970s, and produce wholesalers lease commission houses at the Central New York Regional Market on the city's north side.
For pallet buyers, that adds up to two clocks running at once. The chip site will pull building materials, equipment and supplier freight for years, much of it on new or custom pallets that suit costly gear. Brewery and produce docks work every week, using standard 48x40s that need to stack flat and shrug off wet floors and forklift traffic. Defense and electronics plants add a third pattern: fewer pallets, built tighter.
Who buys pallets here
The docks that run on pallets in Syracuse.
- 01
Clay chip campus build-out
The memory-chip campus at White Pine Commerce Park broke ground in January 2026 and poured its first concrete that July. Contractors and suppliers serving the site move tools, equipment and materials that can't shift in transit, so they usually ask for new or custom pallets, and gear crossing an ocean needs wood stamped under ISPM 15.
Manufacturing → - 02
Baldwinsville brewery
The brewery built in the mid-1970s just east of Baldwinsville ships packaged beer by the trailer. Case and keg loads are heavy and wrapped tight, so brewers want Grade A or better 48x40 stringer pallets with solid bottom boards that roll over conveyors, dock plates and pallet jacks without snagging.
Food & beverage → - 03
Regional Market produce houses
Produce wholesalers lease commission houses at the Central New York Regional Market on Park Street, a state-authority terminal market near I-81 on the north side. Fruit and vegetables come in and go out on 48x40s through chilly, damp rooms, so these docks need sound pallets that won't split when they get wet.
Food & beverage → - 04
Aerospace and defense contractors
Two aerospace and defense contractors sit among Onondaga County's larger employers. Electronics and systems for defense programs ship in small, valuable lots, often crated. Those shippers order new or custom pallets sized to each crate, and any crate leaving the country needs heat-treated wood with a legible ISPM 15 stamp.
Manufacturing →
- Warehousing and storage · NAICS 493
- 42establishments5,236 jobs1.44× the US share of jobs
- Food manufacturing · NAICS 311
- 71establishments2,155 jobs0.63× the US share of jobs
- Grocery wholesalers · NAICS 4244
- 65establishments2,678 jobs1.69× the US share of jobs
How freight moves
Ports, rail and interstates.
I-81 and the Thruway (I-90) meet just north of the city. The Federal Highway Administration has approved making the old I-481 loop east of downtown the new I-81, moving through traffic away from the viaduct while the community grid is built. I-690 crosses the city east–west. North, I-81 ends at the Thousand Islands Bridge, which leads to Ontario's Highway 401 over Highway 137. Syracuse Hancock International Airport has parcel air cargo. The Port of Oswego on Lake Ontario handles aluminum, steel, potash and grain, and ocean containers can route through the Port of New York and New Jersey.
- I-81
- I-90 Thruway
- I-690
- I-481 (new I-81)
- Thousand Islands Bridge
- Port of Oswego
- Syracuse Hancock
Which pallet to order
The right grade for Syracuse.
For the brewery and the Regional Market, order Grade A recycled 48x40s, or AAA where pallets ride conveyors or sit in coolers; Grade B covers storage and loads to receivers that never return pallets. Chip-site contractors and defense plants should start with new pallets or custom sizes and ask about block bases for heavy tool skids. Loads going overseas need HT pallets carrying the ISPM 15 stamp. Freight into Ontario over the Thousand Islands Bridge can usually skip treatment if the wood is U.S. or Canadian in origin and the paperwork says so.
Delivered prices
Price a load to 13208.
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 New York. Your account manager narrows this to one number for 13208, 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 Syracuse.
Can you deliver to contractors and suppliers working at the chip site in Clay?+
Do loads crossing the Thousand Islands Bridge into Ontario need heat-treated pallets?+
What pallet works for a brewery or beverage warehouse near Baldwinsville?+
Will the I-81 changes affect pallet deliveries in Syracuse?+
What do pallets cost delivered to Syracuse, NY?+
When will a load reach Syracuse, NY?+
Your first Syracuse load, priced today.
One full truck, billed at the quoted price. Net 30, no contract. Your dock date in writing on every quote.