Buy-back
Sell your used white-wood pallets
We buy sound and repairable pallets that are unpainted and carry no owner mark. Send a count by size and condition, and we reply with what we'll take and when we can collect.
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Which pallets can I sell?
Pallets that are yours: bare wood, no paint, no "property of" stencil. These are called white-wood pallets. They're bought and sold outright, so ownership passes with the load, and the business that received them is free to sell them.
Pallets painted a solid color (blue, red and so on), plastic pallets with a pool name molded in, and any pallet stenciled with another company's name aren't yours to sell, and we won't buy them. They go back to their owners. If you're not sure which you have, the pallet identifier settles it in a few taps.
What we look for
- Common sizes. 48 × 40 in. is the most common pallet size in the US, and the easiest to resell. Other standard sizes (42 × 42, 48 × 48 and the rest in the size table) sell too, in smaller numbers.
- A sound frame. Stringers or blocks without cracks. A split deck board is a repair; a cracked stringer usually isn't worth one.
- Dry, clean wood. No mold, no chemical spills, no heavy oil staining.
- Enough in one place. A stacked load of one or two sizes is quicker to collect and grade than a loose pile of many.
How pallets are graded
The trade sorts reusable pallets into rough grades. The names vary between buyers, but the lines are similar everywhere:
| Grade | What it means | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| Grade A, or #1 | Standard size, no repairs, all boards whole, stringers uncracked | Straight back into use |
| Grade B, or #2 | Sound but repaired: replaced boards, or a plate or extra half-stringer fixing a cracked stringer | Reuse where looks don't matter |
| Repairable | Frame intact, one or two boards broken or missing | Repaired, then reused |
| Scrap | Cracked stringers, crushed blocks, rot, or an odd size nobody reuses | Dismantled and recycled |
What sets the price?
No honest buyer can price a load without seeing the count. Five things move it: the size (standard sizes resell fastest), the grade mix, how many there are in one place, the distance to collect them, and current demand for that size. Our reply to your request gives a figure per grade. Scrap isn't bought; it's collected as recycling.
How to get a load ready
Separate the rental pallets first
Painted and stenciled pallets go in their own stack, away from yours.
Stack by size
Flat, square stacks of one size, about 15 high if they're handled by hand. A forklift can take taller stacks.
Put the broken ones aside
A separate scrap stack saves grading time, and keeps a good stack from being judged by its worst pallet.
Keep them dry
Pallets left in the rain swell, stain and mold, and drop a grade. Under a roof or a tarp is enough.