Pallets for Sale in Orange, CA: Three Buyers, One Truck From LA

We deliver pallets for sale in Orange, CA from our Los Angeles yard in under an hour. The Batavia and Katella corridor takes 48x40 block pallets by the truck, the medical campus takes plastic or new wood, and Old Towne takes single pallets. Free delivery from 100.

Pallets for an Orange, CA address at a glance

Item	What an Orange address gets
Delivery window	Northern Orange County in under one hour from the LA yard; I-5 south, then the 57 or the 22
Free delivery	From 100 pallets to any Orange address; a modest distance-based charge under that
Industrial corridor (Batavia, Collins, Struck, Katella)	48x40 block pallet: 9 blocks, true 4-way entry, 33-48 lbs, about 26 per single-layer 53-foot trailer load
Medical campus (The City Drive)	Plastic HDPE or PP: pressure-washable, no nails, rated -20F to 120F, ISPM-15 exempt; or new wood pallets
Old Towne (Chapman and Glassell)	Single pallets and small specialty pallets from 12x12; no strict minimum on custom builds, single prototypes accepted
Custom sizes and crates	Custom pallets in 3-5 business days, 7-10 when reinforced or heat treated; crates in 3-5, or 5-10 with foam, bracing or ISPM-15 lumber
Export	Heat treated (ISPM-15) on any size: 56C at the core for 30 minutes, with the IPPC stamp
Return leg	Reusable pallets bought from 30; broken or mixed stock removed free from 50; each leg quoted separately

Pallets for Sale in Orange: Where the City Sits on the Truck Route

Orange is boxed in by its neighbors. Anaheim wraps the north and west, Santa Ana the south and west, and Garden Grove, Tustin and Villa Park fill in the rest. Three freeways cut through or along it: the 57 runs up the west side, the 55 runs down the east side, and the 22 traces the southern edge. Where the I-5, the 22 and the 57 meet at the city's western edge is one of the busiest interchanges in the county, and our truck passes through it on every Orange run.

From the yard on East 78th Street the route is the I-5 south, then a turn onto the 57 or the 22 depending on where in the city the drop is, which puts Orange in the same under-one-hour band as Anaheim and Fullerton. A buyer comparing pallets for sale in Orange against a yard further out is really comparing that hour against a day, and that is worth checking before the price.

The next thing worth checking is which Orange the order is going to. The city has three, and they do not buy the same pallet.

The Batavia and Katella Corridor: 48x40 by the Truck

The industrial side of Orange sits in the northwest, between the 57 and Glassell Street, along North Batavia Street, West Collins Avenue, West Struck Avenue and West Katella Avenue. Manufacturing, warehousing, distribution and building-materials yards share the same blocks, and the Katella corridor keeps going west into Anaheim's stadium district without any visible change in what sits on the docks. Here, wood pallets for sale in Orange means one thing: the 48x40.

Nearly everything that ships out of the corridor to a retailer or a distribution center goes on 48x40 standard block pallets, because that is the footprint the receiving dock at the other end is racked for. The block pallet we stock for this work carries nine blocks in three rows of three between the decks, so a forklift takes it from any of the four sides without the operator spinning the load.

Counting the Order Against the 100-Pallet Line

A 53-foot trailer takes 48x40 pallets two side by side, roughly 26 to a single-layer load. A dock on Batavia that fills four trailers a day is using around 100 pallets a day before anyone double-stacks, which is why the order is easier to size in trailer loads than in pallets. It also lands the order on the line that matters: from 100 pallets, pallet delivery in Orange costs nothing. Under 100 there is a modest charge that depends on distance, and we state it before the truck leaves.

Once the daily count is known, most corridor accounts settle into a scheduled run, weekly, biweekly or monthly, on the day the gate is open. Recurring accounts get better pricing than spot orders, and a standing day is a floor rather than a ceiling. When a line runs hot, a top-up goes out on the next truck.

Sharing the Anaheim Run

Because the Katella corridor runs straight into Anaheim, a Batavia address and a La Palma Avenue address are on the same truck more often than not. That is the practical reason Orange does not wait for a dedicated run: Anaheim already gets several deliveries a week from our yard, and the Orange stops ride along. If part of the outbound goes to the port rather than a domestic receiver, say so on the order and the same pallet ships heat treated to ISPM-15 with the IPPC stamp customs looks for.

For how the rest of the county splits, what Anaheim, Santa Ana and Irvine order walks the three sub-markets one at a time. Orange's corridor behaves like Anaheim's; the rest of the city does not.

The City Drive Medical Campus: Plastic or Clean New Wood

Follow the 57 south to the 22 and the warehouses give way to the hospital and medical-office cluster along The City Drive. Medical supply, device and pharmacy logistics run through here, and a receiving manager on this stretch does not ask what size the pallet is. The question is whether it can be washed, whether it sheds, and whether anyone can say where it has been.

Two answers fit, and the shipment decides which.

When Plastic Earns Its Price

When the pallet stays inside the building or circles between the same two docks, plastic pallets for sale in Orange are the specification. Ours are high-density polyethylene or polypropylene: non-porous, so they can be pressure-washed and sanitized; free of nails, splinters and loose fasteners, which matters under Cal/OSHA; rated from -20F to 120F; and exempt from ISPM-15, so an international shipment needs no heat-treatment paperwork.

The honest caveat from the yard: plastic costs several times more per unit than wood, and it only pays back in a closed loop with a high trip count. A supplier that ships a pallet out and never sees it again is usually better served by wood. The cold-chain version of this decision, for food and pharma in Buena Park and the Valley, is covered in cold-chain plastic supply in Buena Park.

When a New Wood Pallet Is Enough

When the pallet leaves with the shipment, a new wood pallet usually does the job. New pallets come off our yard with quality guaranteed and the cleanest presentation we sell, inspected before they go on the truck. The same build is available heat treated if the device or the kit is going overseas. What to write on the purchase order so that "new" means the same thing on both sides is spelled out in what a new pallet has to guarantee.

Old Towne Orange: Small Lots Without a Loading Dock

The third Orange is the one visitors know: the Plaza where Chapman Avenue crosses Glassell Street, ringed by small retailers, restaurants and antique dealers on narrow streets with no loading dock anywhere in sight. Nobody here orders a trailer load. They order one pallet for a delivery that arrived loose, a handful of display platforms for a seasonal setup, or a crate for a piece of furniture headed to a buyer out of state.

Those are real orders at our yard, and none of them needs a minimum:

• One pallet, or a few. Under 100 there is a modest distance-based charge. We say what it is up front, and the drop is curbside.
• Small specialty pallets. Small custom pallets start at 12x12 inches and are built for electronics, boutique food and display-ready retail platforms. A simple custom size takes 3-5 business days, and a single prototype is accepted.
• Crates for antiques and artwork. Custom crate boxes are built from lumber, plywood or both, with foam padding, blocking or a moisture barrier inside when the piece calls for it, on a base a pallet jack can get under. A standard crate takes 3-5 business days; foam, bracing or ISPM-15 lumber moves it to 5-10.

A plywood-only crate is exempt from ISPM-15, which is worth knowing before a dealer quotes shipping to a buyer overseas.

What Leaves Orange on the Return Leg

The corridor's inbound freight arrives on somebody else's pallet, in sizes and conditions that do not match what goes out, and the pile behind the building grows every week. Our truck does not go back to Los Angeles empty. Reusable pallets are bought from 30 units and paid on the spot. Broken or mixed stock is removed free from 50 units, and a small charge applies under that depending on location. Each leg is quoted on its own, and corridor accounts with a steady stream can put the pickup on a weekly or biweekly schedule. The pallet pickup and removal page lists what the truck will and will not take.

So the route through the city writes itself. The truck comes down the I-5, takes the Katella corridor first with the 48x40 loads for Batavia and Collins, drops down the 57 to the 22 for the plastic or new wood going to The City Drive, and swings off Chapman for the single pallet or the crate waiting in Old Towne. Anyone weighing pallets for sale in Orange only has to say which of those three stops is theirs and how many a week. The order itself can be placed in English or Spanish, each on its own line, Monday through Saturday from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does delivery to an address in Orange, CA take?

Orange sits in the same northern Orange County band as Anaheim and Fullerton, which our trucks reach in under an hour from the Los Angeles yard via the I-5 and then the 57 or the 22. From 100 pallets the delivery is free.

Do you deliver small orders to Old Towne Orange?

Yes. Custom builds have no strict minimum, and a single pallet or a small specialty size from 12x12 can be delivered to a Chapman or Glassell address. Under 100 pallets there is a modest charge that depends on distance, stated up front.

Which pallet should a medical supplier near The City Drive order?

Plastic, when the pallet has to be washed or stays in a closed loop: HDPE or PP pallets are non-porous, have no nails or splinters, are rated from -20F to 120F and are exempt from ISPM-15. When the pallet leaves with the shipment, a new wood pallet inspected at the yard is usually enough.

Do you pick up pallets from Orange businesses?

Yes. Reusable pallets are bought from 30 units and paid on the spot. Broken or mixed stock is removed free from 50 units, with a small charge under that depending on location. Each leg is quoted on its own, and weekly or biweekly pickups can be scheduled.