What we do
Metro Detroit ships parts in returnable containers, until it cannot. A launch runs long, a returnable fleet comes up short, or a lane goes to Canada or overseas. Then a supplier needs expendable packaging that matches the pack it replaces. The same plants and warehouses end up with docks of single-trip gaylords after a model launch or an inbound program.
We list used gaylords by the fields a plant already uses: pallet footprint, inside height, wall count, bottom style and grade. A supplier can ask for a box the way the packaging sheet is written. A plant can describe what it has the same way. A buy request and a sell request use the same fields.
We serve the plants, tier suppliers, defense shops, plastics handlers and produce growers of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, the city of Detroit, and the corridor out to Ann Arbor, Monroe and Port Huron. You can see where on the areas page.
How a request moves
- You send a request: what you need or have, how many, ZIP, and how to reach you. Request by spec takes about a minute.
- A request is read as a spec. A buy names the footprint, height, walls, bottom and grade wanted. A sell is described against the grade sheet. Boxes past reuse are described as OCC and recycling.
- Send the request to info@detroitusedgaylords.com or through the form. Include any measurement you have and a photo of the maker's stamp.
What a listing is
A listing here describes a box by spec and grade. It is not a promise that one is on a pallet today. A box is read by its stamp first: the maker, the edge crush or burst figure, the size limit and the gross weight limit, where printed. Wall count, bottom style and grade then describe how the box was built and how worn it is. Photographs of the stamp and the base show both quickly.
We do not claim a car maker or a supplier as a customer, and this site carries no reviews. Plant names on our area pages are there to describe the freight that moves through a place. They say nothing about who we work with.
A used box is not a UN-rated box. If you ship dangerous goods, read the page on food, hazmat and used gaylords first.
Where we list boxes
Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, the city of Detroit, and Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Monroe and Port Huron. A request from a nearby town is welcome, and a ZIP code places it. Buyers and sellers of boxes, plus plants clearing empties for recycling, are all served the same way: by spec, in writing. Sizes run from 36 x 36 x 36 in cubes up to 48 x 48 x 48 in, in single, double and triple wall, as octagons and as sleeve-and-tray sets.