Request a load quote
Two steps
- Step one
- Need, quantity, ZIP, name, phone, email
- Step two
- Address, footprint, use, pattern (optional)
- Carried in
- ZIP and footprint from the planner or the map
- info@wholesaleplasticpallets.com
This is the short form behind every quote button on the site. Step one takes what we need to start: what you need, how many pallets, the ZIP, your name, a phone and an email. Step two is optional and asks the footprint, the use and whether the order is one-time or recurring.
If you came from the truckload planner or the home page map, your ZIP and footprint carry into the form for you.
What to have ready
- The ship-to ZIP, and the delivery address if you know the dock.
- The footprint. If you are not sure, the sizes hub lists sixteen.
- The use: food, pharma, automotive, chemical, general warehouse or export.
- Whether the order is a single load or a standing supply.
Nothing here is a commitment. We read the request, size the load and answer. The contact page explains what the answer contains.
Where the form fits in a purchase
Most buyers use the planner first, then the form. They read the published trailer examples, choose a model class, and send the request with the count in the note. Others start from a state lane page and send the ship-to. Either way the request lands in the same place and is read by the same people.
If you prefer to write, email info@wholesaleplasticpallets.com with the ZIP, the footprint and the number of trailers.
The fields, and why each is there
| Field | Why we ask |
|---|---|
| What you need | Buying, replacing wood or a standing supply changes what we write |
| Quantity | Pallets or trailers; we convert using a published count for the model |
| Delivery ZIP | Places the lane and the nearest source |
| Footprint | 48 x 40, 48 x 45, 48 x 48, 45 x 45, 56 x 44, 48 x 32 Euro or not sure |
| Use | Food, pharma, automotive, chemical, warehouse or export, which sets the papers |
| Order pattern | One-time load or recurring supply |
| Name, phone, email | So we can reply with the quote |
The planner fills the footprint, quantity and ZIP for you when you press its quote button. Nothing you type here is stored in your browser beyond the session, and nothing is sent until you submit the form.
- Required: a way to reach you and a delivery ZIP.
- Helpful: the three ratings if you know them, or the weight of one layer.
- Optional: your company and a note about marks or colour.
Three ways a request can go wrong
- A footprint with no use. Without the use we cannot say which papers to attach, so the reply asks again.
- A quantity in pallets with no trailer figure. We convert with a maker's published count; saying how many trailers you have in mind saves a round.
- A ZIP without a dock. A rural dock without a loading dock needs a different trailer, and we want to know before the quote, not after.
Each of those costs a day. Filling the form once with the three answers costs a minute.
What you get back
The reply is a written line, not a number in a box: the maker and model, the static, dynamic and racking load, the resin, the entry and, where a maker publishes it, how many go on a trailer with the maker named beside the figure. If a source has no count for your footprint, the reply says so and offers to size it from the model's height.
- You can ask for the papers by name: resin, colourant, fire listing.
- You can ask for two models side by side.
- You can say the lot is the first of a standing supply and the reply will be written that way.
How to read the three ratings in the reply
Static load is what a pallet holds at rest on a flat floor, dynamic load is what it holds while a lift truck carries it, and racking load is what it holds with the load on a rack beam span. A reply that gives only one of the three leaves the other two unanswered, so ask for all three when the pallet will face more than one of the conditions.
A request that gets a fast, complete reply
The most useful requests name one footprint, one quantity and one dock. If you are comparing several footprints, send one request per footprint, so each reply can carry its own ratings and trailer count without the numbers running together.
- Put the heaviest load first.
- Say if the pallet must also work with an existing conveyor.
- Say which of the three ratings is the one you are least sure about, and the reply will start there.
Why the form is short
The form asks for the least that lets a person start. Everything else, from resin papers to delivery month, is asked in the reply, in the order your load makes it matter. A short form is easier to finish, and a finished request is worth more than a perfect one that was abandoned.
Why we ask for a ZIP and not a street address
The first three digits of a ZIP code are enough to place a dock in a state and a delivery lane, which is all the first reply needs. A full street address is asked for later, when the order is firm, so it never has to go through a first conversation.
From request to trailer
- Send the ship-to. A delivery ZIP, a footprint and a quantity, in pallets or in trailers. If you do not know a rating, describe the load.
- We match a model. We pick a maker and model whose published static, dynamic and racking load fit the load, and say so when only one maker fits.
- You get a count. The quote carries the maker's own per-trailer figure where one is published, and says plainly where none is.
- Papers and delivery. For food or pharma we attach the resin and colourant documents. A standing supply repeats the same line on every order.
What a complete request carries
- The footprint, in inches or millimetres, and whether it is fixed by a rack bay or a container.
- How many pallets, or how many 53 ft trailers.
- The ratings the load needs: static for the stack, dynamic for the move, racking only if the pallet sits on beams.
- Food, pharma, chemical, automotive, warehouse or export use, which sets the papers.
- One load now, or a standing supply with the same line on every order.
- Where it goes and when, and anything marked on the pallet: colour, logo, RFID tag.
Terms on this page
- Static load
- Weight a pallet carries at rest, or the bottom pallet carries when stacked. The highest of the three ratings.
- Dynamic load
- Weight a pallet carries while moving on a forklift, pallet jack or conveyor.
- Racking load
- Weight a pallet carries bridging an open span in unsupported racking. Often the lowest rating.
- PP
- Polypropylene. More rigid than HDPE and better with heat and harsh chemicals; used where rack stiffness matters.
- Picture frame
- A raised rim around the deck edge that keeps cartons from sliding off.
- Runners
- Bottom rails that touch the floor or rack and carry the load.
- Lip
- Raised edge on the deck, or an optional soft lip, that keeps the load in place.
- Anti-slip
- Textured deck or rubber grommets that reduce load slip.
- Multi-trip pallet
- A pallet designed to be returned and reused many times.
- One-way pallet
- A cheaper pallet shipped with the load and not expected back.
The load request
The request ends here: we answer with the count that fits your footprint, and say where no maker publishes one.