Pallets in Lexington, KY
In short
Lexington and the Bluegrass corridor combine manufacturing with a strong agricultural and equestrian demand for animal bedding — which makes it one of our best two-way lanes. We buy used pallets and cores here, deliver graded recycled stock, run scheduled retrievals, and recycle everything that cannot be resold — weekly, with bedding backhaul, on our own equipment, out of 10400 Evendale Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45241.
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Tell us your volume and postal code and we will come back within one business day with pricing, the next available window on the Lexington route, and a piece count.
Getting pallets out of Lexington
Most Lexington operations call us for the same reason: a pile behind the building that has stopped being a nuisance and started being a safety conversation. We bring the right equipment for the site — 53-ft dry van where there is a dock, flatbed with straps for outdoor piles, 26-ft box truck with a liftgate where the access is tight — count with your receiving contact, sign a tally sheet and leave the yard clear.
For sites generating steady volume we move to a standing schedule or park a drop trailer. The trailer option is popular with automotive assembly operations here, because it means nobody on your team ever touches a pallet stack twice.
Getting pallets into Lexington
Recycled 48 × 40 GMA in A, B and #2 grade ships from standing inventory in 24 to 72 hours. Odd footprints — 48 × 48, 42 × 42, 36 × 36 and the automotive 48 × 45 — are held in rotating stock and remanufactured when the ground stock runs short. Every load arrives with a written grade sheet and piece count on the bill of lading.
If your Lexington site both generates cores and buys pallets, ask for the combined rate. Pairing a delivery and a retrieval onto one truck is the single largest cost reduction available in this business and it is the one most buyers never request.
Lexington, in operational detail
Lexington and the Bluegrass corridor combine manufacturing with a strong agricultural and equestrian demand for animal bedding, which makes it one of our best two-way lanes: pallets out, bedding out, cores back. Very little of the mileage on this route runs empty.
| Sub-market | Access | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| Georgetown / Scott County | Excellent | Automotive assembly and supply |
| Lexington industrial / New Circle | Good | Manufacturing, electronics, distribution |
| Winchester / Mount Sterling | Good | Manufacturing |
| Bluegrass agricultural | Varies — farm access | Equine bedding delivery, walking floor |
| Frankfort | Good | Beverage, manufacturing |
The bedding backhaul that makes this lane work
Equestrian and agricultural demand for low-dust animal bedding runs year-round in the Bluegrass, and it happens to be the ideal backhaul cargo: less time-critical than pallets, and it fills a lane that would otherwise run light. This is a genuine example of how our 78% backhaul figure is actually achieved rather than asserted.
| Product | Screen | Use | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal bedding | 3/8 in minus, low dust | Equestrian, poultry, small livestock | Bulk or tote, walking floor |
| Natural mulch | 3/4 in minus | Landscape, farm | Bulk, walking floor |
| Playground fibre | 1 in minus engineered | Schools, parks | Bulk |
| Factor | Lexington |
|---|---|
| Distance | 83 miles |
| Band | 76 – 130 mi |
| Freight share | ~19% |
| Cadence | Weekly, with bedding backhaul |
| Best lever | Combine pallet and fibre movements |