Service area · Toledo, OH
Pallets deliveredin Toledo, OH.
Toledo moves freight where the Maumee River meets Lake Erie. Lake freighters tie up at port terminals in East Toledo, while trailers fan out from the crossing of I-75 and the Ohio Turnpike toward Detroit, Chicago and the warehouse rows of Wood County.
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 Toledo. 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 Toledo.
Most buyers are grouped in East Toledo near the port, along I-75 through Rossford and Perrysburg, at Walbridge and Northwood, around Maumee and Holland on the west side, and south through Wood County to Bowling Green and North Baltimore.
- East Toledo
- Rossford
- Perrysburg
- Walbridge
- Northwood
- Oregon
- Maumee
- Holland
- Sylvania
- Swanton
- Bowling Green
- North Baltimore
- Temperance, MI
Served from our Atlanta office through vetted yards near Toledo.
Toledo at a glance
What Toledo makes and moves.
The Glass City nickname still fits. Two glass-industry companies keep Fortune 500 headquarters in the metro, and a new glass plant has broken ground in Wood County. Toledo also assembles vehicles at a large complex in the city, a solar-panel factory ranks among Wood County's biggest employers, and at the port's Ironville terminal a hot-briquetted-iron plant takes its raw material straight off lake vessels. Southwest of town, the flat farmland of the old Great Black Swamp supports roughly 300 food processors across northwest Ohio, by the Regional Growth Partnership's count.
That spread splits pallet orders three ways. Glass and metal plants load heavy, dense product and lean on block pallets or new lumber cut to a drawing. Food processors out toward Napoleon and Fremont need sound top decks that run through palletizers without snagging. The pharmacy, parcel and home-improvement distribution centers in Wood County cycle standard 48x40 stringers by the trailer and care most that every pallet in a stack matches the one below it.
Who buys pallets here
The docks that run on pallets in Toledo.
- 01
Glass City manufacturers
Glassmaking built Toledo, two glass-industry headquarters remain in the metro, and a new glass plant is going up in Wood County. Glass, along with the iron and metal parts made nearby, is heavy and unforgiving of a cracked deckboard, so these docks favor block pallets, new lumber and footprints sized to racks and crates.
Manufacturing → - 02
Black Swamp food processors
Northwest Ohio's farm belt supports about 300 food processing companies, and the Regional Growth Partnership says the region holds the world's largest soup and ketchup factories, in Napoleon and Fremont. Plants like these ship cased and canned goods by the truckload and need pallets that track straight through palletizers, wrappers and conveyors.
Food & beverage → - 03
Wood County distribution centers
Wood County, crossed by I-75 and the Turnpike, lists a pharmacy chain's distribution center, a parcel carrier's ground hub and a home-improvement DC among its largest employers. A new logistics park has also risen beside the double-stack rail terminal at North Baltimore. Racked, conveyor-fed floors like these need uniform recycled 48x40s more than pretty ones.
3PL & warehousing →
- Warehousing and storage · NAICS 493
- 52establishments
- Food manufacturing · NAICS 311
- 43establishments2,060 jobs0.63× the US share of jobs
- Grocery wholesalers · NAICS 4244
- 53establishments
How freight moves
Ports, rail and interstates.
I-75 runs north to Detroit and south toward Dayton and Cincinnati, and the Ohio Turnpike (I-80/90) crosses the south edge of the metro between Chicago and Cleveland; I-475 and I-280 tie the two together. Port terminals offer Seaway-draft berths and on-dock rail. A Class I railroad's double-stack hub opened at North Baltimore in 2011. Toledo Express, west in Swanton and Monclova townships, keeps a cargo zone off Turnpike exit 52. In Detroit, the Gordie Howe International Bridge opened in July 2026, a second truck route to Windsor alongside the Ambassador Bridge.
- I-75
- Ohio Turnpike (I-80/90)
- I-475 / I-280
- Port of Toledo
- North Baltimore intermodal
- Toledo Express
- Gordie Howe Bridge
Which pallet to order
The right grade for Toledo.
Wood County DCs generally do well on recycled GMA-style 48x40 stringers: Grade A when the pallet ships out with retail freight, Grade B for storage and internal moves. Food plants toward Napoleon and Fremont do better with AAA or new pallets that stay flat through palletizers. Glass, iron and metal shipments call for block pallets, which give true four-way entry, or custom sizes built to the crate. Anything leaving through the port for an overseas buyer needs HT pallets stamped under ISPM 15, and your account manager confirms the spec in writing.
Delivered prices
Price a load to 43605.
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 Ohio. Your account manager narrows this to one number for 43605, 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 Toledo.
Do pallets on loads crossing into Ontario over the Gordie Howe or Ambassador bridges need to be heat-treated?+
Can you deliver to warehouses in Rossford, Perrysburg and Walbridge?+
What pallet should a glass or metals plant in the Toledo area order?+
Do food processors near Napoleon and Fremont need a special grade?+
What do pallets cost delivered to Toledo, OH?+
When will a load reach Toledo, OH?+
Your first Toledo load, priced today.
One full truck, billed at the quoted price. Net 30, no contract. Your dock date in writing on every quote.