Pallet management for warehouses and distribution centers
Pallet management companies take pallets off your to-do list: buying them, getting them to the dock on time and getting the empties out. Ranger runs that as one program, with standing deliveries, free pickup of usable empties and one invoice across your sites.
Veteran-owned and Memphis-based. Delivered pricing in seven Southeast metros.
What a pallet management program covers
A pallet management program puts one company in charge of the pallets moving through your buildings. In practice that is three jobs: keeping the right pallets on the floor, moving out the empties and broken ones, and keeping the cost predictable.
Some programs also include repair yards or tracking software. We keep it simpler and say so up front: we handle supply, pickup and pricing, and partner pallet plants and recyclers handle builds, sorting and repair.
One supplier for pallets in and pallets out
Standing deliveries
Weekly or monthly truckloads of the pallets you run: recycled, new, heat-treated or custom, on a set schedule.
Empty pallet removal
Free pickup of usable empties, with no truckload minimum. If we deliver, empties can leave on the same trip.
Predictable pricing
Program pricing can follow a published market index, so prices change only if published costs move more than 5%, in either direction.
One invoice for every site
Several buildings, one supplier, one invoice. Delivered prices, with no freight lines or fuel surcharges.
Pallet procurement for multiple sites
Buying pallets for several buildings usually means several suppliers, several price lists and no clear view of the total. We price each site's lane to its dock, put every site on one program and one invoice, and keep the spec the same everywhere unless a site needs something different.
If you run sites in Memphis, Nashville, Little Rock, Birmingham, Atlanta, Charlotte or Columbia, SC, one program can cover them.
Rented pallets or bought pallets?
Blue CHEP and red PECO rental pallets are pooled: you rent them, and they go back to the pool. White wood pallets are bought and owned. Here is how the two compare.
| Question | Rented (pooled) pallets | Bought (white wood) pallets |
|---|---|---|
| Who owns them | The pool company | You |
| What you pay | Fees while the pallets are with you | The purchase price, once |
| What happens to empties | They go back to the pool | You reuse them or have them picked up |
| Fits well when | Your customers require pooled pallets | Loads ship one way and you want to own the spec |
We supply bought pallets and pick up usable white wood empties. Rental pallets go back to their pools.
How we set up a pallet program
Walk through what you use
Sizes, grades, weekly counts by site, where empties pile up, and what you pay now.
Get a delivered price per site
Each lane is priced to the dock. Quotes come back within two business days.
Start deliveries and pickups
Standing loads in, empties out, with the window confirmed before every truck.
Adjust as volumes change
Counts change with your business. We change the schedule with you so pallets neither pile up nor run short.
Want to see the numbers first?
Send one recent pallet invoice. We'll price it line by line, delivered, at no charge.
Start a free cost reviewCommon questions
What do pallet management companies do?
They take responsibility for your pallets: supply, removal of empties, and often repair and tracking. We cover supply, pickup and pricing, with partner plants and recyclers handling builds and repair.
Do you track pallets with software?
Not with tracking software. We keep counts with you by site and adjust the schedule as volumes change.
Can you take our broken pallets?
Usable pallets are picked up free. If most of yours are broken or odd sizes, tell us the count first and we'll say what we can take.
Can one program cover several sites?
Yes, across the seven metros we serve, on one invoice, with each site priced to its dock.
Do you work with rental pallets?
Blue CHEP and red PECO pallets belong to their pools, so they go back to them. We supply and pick up white wood pallets.
Get a delivered price
Pricing comes back within two business days, with freight in the price.
Buying several things? Send one invoice for a free cost review.