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Tri County Pallet & Mulch Rebrands Itself as TCP

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To better communicate its value as a universal solution for pallet management, Tri County Pallet & Mulch has rebranded itself as TCP.

Since its founding in 2002 as a pallet recycling company, the company has since expanded its pallet management capabilities to offer:

    • Expert consultation on custom pallet requirements and pallet management programs;
    • Specialized pallet pickup programs, including on-site trailers for pallet collection;
    • A pallet jockey program that helps entrepreneurs and improves supply reliability through on-the-spot cash payments;
    • Environmentally sound scrap wood recycling, with production of mulch for use by residential and commercial landscapers.

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Tri County Pallet: One of the Largest Ohio Wood Pallet Suppliers

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Tri County Pallet is one of the largest recycled wood pallet suppliers in Ohio. With facilities in Akron and Cleveland, Ohio, and a fleet of more than 100 semi-tractors and trailers, Tri County serves businesses in Northeast Ohio, western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Whether our customers need a truck load of 48×40 GMA pallets, half a semi-load of heavy-duty, custom-sized industrial pallets, or a van load of recycled wood pallets, Tri County Pallet is your one-stop shop for all your pallet needs.

Tri County Pallet is well equipped with high-speed automatic nailers that allow its skilled workers to produce large volumes of recycled wooden pallets at incredibly competitive prices. The company’s pallet craftsmen build and repair pallets of all sizes in its large indoor repair facility in Akron.

For customers that have a large warehouse or distribution center, Tri County can meet daily production and inventory requirements. The company also can augment pallet storage space by leaving its tractor trailers for customers to store pallets.

Tri County Pallet can provide full and mixed loads, heat-treated pallets, and any branding or special features that its customers require. Wood pallets are delivered in dry vans and tractor trailers.

The company’s large inventory of wooden pallet components, large covered storage areas and large fleet of dedicated tractors and trailers enables Tri County Pallet to meet the needs of very large pallet users just as well as small and medium sized customers.

Contact Tri County Pallet today at 330-848-0313 to get a free quote on having the experts in the Ohio pallet industry meet your needs and exceed your expectations.

Where to Sell Your Used or Broken Pallets

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Does it matter where you sell your used pallets? Absolutely!

Whether you are selling or buying pallets in Cleveland, Ohio, or the surrounding area (including western Pennsylvania and West Virginia), Tri County Pallet is the only call you need to make.

We are one of the largest wood pallet suppliers in Ohio. You’ve likely seen our trucks — they are emblazoned with the words “We Buy Pallets.”

Companies sell their pallets to us because we offer complete customized pallet inventory management programs. We’ve helped many customers save money by switching them to recycled wooden pallets as opposed to buying new pallets.

Tri County Pallet offers a complete array of services for used wooden pallets. From custom repair and remanufacturing to your exact specifications, to pick-up and haul away services, we’re one of the largest pallet operations in the state of Ohio. Not only will we pick up your used pallets, we can handle any clean waste wood disposal needs.

What Selling Your Used Wood Pallets Entails

As part of our recycling and haul away process, we help our customers remove used pallets from their warehouses, distribution centers, and factories. We also provide pick-up services at little to no cost and buy used pallets at extremely competitive rates to recycle, repair, and move pallets back out to our customers.

For pallets you are selling to us, we work with our customers to coordinate the shipping of their used pallets back to our plant. We have over one hundred 53’ van trailers that are constantly being packed at our customers’ factories or plants. When they aren’t being packed and returned, they are busy delivering new or rebuilt/repaired pallets to our customers. Our pallet return service enables customers to clear facility space and play a positive role in the sustainability of the planet.

The Responsible Choice for Selling Your Pallets

Pallets that cannot be repaired won’t be landfilled. They are ground into mulch. We offer wholesale mulch that is available in multiple colors starting every Spring. We supply many landscaping companies and nurseries throughout the Cleveland area. We cover approximately a 100-mile radius around the Cleveland, Ohio, area, and we will travel beyond this area for larger customers.

There’s no question where you should sell your pallets. The question is “Will you give us a call today?”

Contact us or call (330) 848-0313.

Heat Treated Pallets For International Shipping! Tri County Pallet (330)848-0313

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Tri County offers heat treated pallets for sale, certified for use as international pallets, for customers in NE Ohio, western Pennsylvania and W. Virginia.

Wood pallets are a vital component of the world’s storage and distribution system. About 80 countries require imported goods to be shipped with heat treated pallets that meet the international pallet standard ISPM-15.

The International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures publication number 15 (ISPM-15) is the regulation of wood packaging material (WPM) in international trade. The regulations were established to assist in the prevention of the worldwide spread of plant pests and diseases through internationally used packaging materials by using chemical or heat treated wood packaging material (WPM) for pallets, crates and dunnages. As part of the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) controls the regulations through the cooperation of member governments of the United Nations.

This is the international pallet shipping label indicating compliance with the IPCC standards for of heat treatment.

ISPM-15 applies to coniferous softwood and non-coniferous hardwood used as raw wood packaging material. According to the ISPM-15 standard, wood packing materials from North America must be kiln-dried and free of bark, insect holes, living insects and nematodes.  Heat treated pallets for international shipping from Tri County Pallet will ensure you always meet this requirement. Learn more about the process for heat treated pallets.

At Tri County Pallet, we can ensure that your international shipping will never be hindered by the pallets you use. The lumber used in pallet manufacturing is an ideal raw material because it is repairable, recyclable and very cost-effective. We are familiar with all exporting regulations regarding wood packaging and heat treated pallets. We have customers that ship our pallets literally around the world.

Whether you are shipping one country away or half-way around the world, you won’t ever have to worry about the international pallets carrying your loads. We not only provide standard GMA pallet sizes, but also offer customized design to meet your needs. If you have incoming pallets, then we would like to buy them from you. That’s right, we buy wood pallets! We can even repair broken wooden pallets! If pallets are unrepairable, then we turn them into mulch to avoid filling any landfills.

With more than 20 years’ experience, Tri County Pallet can provide heat treated pallets for sale that meet the ISPM-15 international standard for customers in Northeast Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, generally about a 100-mile radius from our offices in Akron, Ohio. We have the ability to process as many as 40,000 heat treated pallets per week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information about these exporting regulations or to discuss your wood packaging export challenges, contact us or call us at 330-848-0313.

Tri County Pallet
890 Flora Ave.
Akron, OH 44314

Our Company Buys Used Wooden Pallets in OH, PA and WV

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Looking for a large-scale pallet company near you to buy your used wooden pallets? You’ve found us; we want to buy your pallets today!

Tri County Pallet buys and recycles used wood pallets from companies in Northeast Ohio, western Pennsylvania and parts of West Virginia. For large-volume sellers of pallets, we can provide a 53-ft. van trailer that stays at your facility while you fill it up with your used wooden pallets. Then we send a driver to pick it up and leave another van trailer at your facility. Our company buys all sizes of used pallets, if it’s a wooden pallet, we want it! We will pay you top dollar for wooden pallets.

You may have seen our van trailers cruising around Northeast Ohio, western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. We have well over 100 van trailers that are continually picking up and bringing in thousands of used pallets to our plant every day. We cover about a 100-mile radius from our corporate headquarters in Akron, Ohio, located just south of Cleveland!

We have crews that unload, repair, and grade every pallet that comes in. If a returning pallet doesn’t make the grade, then it is ground into mulch for our wholesale mulch business. Approximately every 10 wooden pallets will yield one cubic yard of mulch.

We have pallets stacked in our own pallet world! Our facilities include a 5-acre pallet yard plus another a 75,000-sq.-ft. warehouse and repair shop in Akron and a 25,000-sq.-ft. warehouse and shop in Cleveland.

There are several sizes of pallets on the market, but one pallet is by far the most common size that we see. It is known as the GMA-sized wooden pallet. The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) is a trade association of the food industry. It represents the world’s largest-branded food, beverage, and consumer product companies. They have a standardized pallet size of 48”x40”. This pallet size represents about 50% of the pallets we handle today. While we do handle any size wooden pallet, these are the most common.

We buy all wooden pallets, but also can custom create any configuration pallet you may require. We are not a one-size-fits-all plant. We will get your particular pallet specifications and build to your spec. We even offer heat treatment of pallets for international shipping requirements.

Learn more about our used pallet buying operation or call us right now to find out how we can help you at 330-848-0313. We are a family-owned business and would love to welcome you on board today!

How to Make Money Selling Used Wooden Pallets

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Are you looking for an innovative way to make some extra cash? Do you want to find a side hustle that has the potential to develop into a full-fledged business?

Selling used wooden pallets might be for you.

Companies like Tri County Pallet & Mulch are always looking for entrepreneurs who can pick up and sell us used wood pallets from low-volume users (like restaurants, convenience stores, etc.).  We have our own fleet of 53-ft. van trailers that we use to pick up used pallets from large users (ie grocery stores, manufacturing plants) but there are a lot of smaller businesses whose daily deliveries come on wood pallets that need to be recycled. Approximately 30% of the pallets we buy are from lower-volume users.

Though it may seem random, starting a business picking up and selling used pallets has helped make several individuals serious money. And it can work for you, too.

This article will walk you through everything you need to know to get started selling wooden pallets for a profit.

Even if you don’t know the first thing about this business, don’t worry. We’ll make sure that you have the knowledge it takes to start selling pallets in no time—even if you don’t know what a pallet is now.

Follow this advice carefully and adapt it to your current situation for maximum benefits. Done right, this can become a serious business.

Contact Us Today to Sell Your Pallets!

What Are Wooden Pallets?

Before you can start breaking the shackles of a 9-5 job life by selling wooden pallets, you’re going to have to know what they are.

Wooden pallets are used by manufacturing companies to transport products.

Large quantities of product are put on these pallets and are then transported by forklift to other areas of the warehouse or loaded onto trucks to be delivered elsewhere.

Pallets offer incredible convenience in product transport and delivery, but once they have been used, it’s often the case they can’t be used again.

Because the weight of the products can be so heavy, many of these pallets break under the pressure. Unskilled forklift use also can damage pallets, making them unfit for repeated company use.

When this happens, these pallets will likely accumulate in a business’s warehouse or outside its doors until it they’re busted up and thrown away.

This can be a lengthy and costly process for businesses, as their employees have to take time from important work in order to discard these pallets.

Additionally, what most businesses don’t know is that it can cost them thousands in potential earnings.

Companies like Tri County Pallet & Mulch buy and recycle used pallets—meaning that this could be a goldmine for people with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Because these businesses recycle these old pallets, it’s also good for the environment—making it a popular choice for some companies.

The truth is, however, that many businesses have yet to buy into these effective services. Instead, they are left dealing with unnecessary pallets littering their warehouses and walkways.

This is where you can come in.

By being able to take these pallets off a business’s hands, you can start turning a profit for yourself. Once you’ve found businesses looking to get rid of their used pallets, you’ll have a supply of material you can sell to us or any pallet recycler near you.

With businesses getting deliveries on pallets every day, you’re sure to have a constant stream of materials coming your way.

Learning how to take advantage of this process, however, isn’t easy.

Keep reading below to see how you can start making money from collecting and delivering wooden pallets.

If done right, you can even develop this into a profitable business of your own.

Contact Us Today to Sell Your Pallets!

Who Buys Wooden Pallets?

Before you get started, you’re going to need to know who, exactly, is willing to buy wooden pallets.

Chances are there’s a company in your area.

But you’re going to have to know where to find them.

Your best bet is to search for pallet recycling companies in your area. Do an online search to find a pallet recycler near you.

Get an idea of what they will pay you for the different pallets that you bring in. Choose the one that will bring in the most money.

There are several factors that may affect how much a company is willing to pay you for a pallet, including:

  1. Size—Larger pallets will typically bring in more money. You can expect to get more money for a larger pallet in good condition than a smaller one in a similar condition.
  2. Condition—This is the most important determinant of how much you’re going to get paid.  Pallets that are still in fairly okay shape can be repaired and sold again for reuse. This makes them worth a lot more to recycling companies than those that are in bad shape. Don’t get discouraged, however, as these pallets can make you some extra money, too. Many recycling services will offer lower rates for pallets in bad condition—and some will even pay you so that they can turn them into mulch.
  3. The Number You Have—While this doesn’t determine how much you will get paid per pallet, it’s a safe bet that the more pallets you can bring in, the better. Though it stands to reason that a shipment of good condition used pallets will make more than a mixture of good and bad, you can be fairly certain that you can get more money with more pallets. This means securing more clients can help you gain more traction to starting a business of your own.

With this information in mind, you can start to get a better idea of how much you can make per haul. You may even find that once you’ve gotten into the swing of things that you can predict how much you’ll get with each delivery.

You’ll start to recognize, for instance, that pallets from one client generally bring in more money than those from another, giving you a better eye for which pallet pickups are better for your bottom line.

By establishing good relationships with the businesses from which you’ll pick up pallets AND the recycling companies to whom you’ll sell pallets, you’ll find these companies will depend on you, ensuring a steady stream of income.

Contact Us Today to Sell Your Pallets!

What You’ll Need to Sell Wood Pallets

Getting started requires two things:

  1. The right equipment
  2. A plan for how you’ll run your business

Without the right vehicles, you’ll be unable to transport any significant volume of wooden pallets.

With standard pallets being 48”x40”, you’ll have a tough time fitting them into a regular vehicle—even a truck.  So, you’ll need to acquire a vehicle that will allow you to transport a high quantity of wooden pallets.

If you can’t afford such a vehicle, it may be possible to store some pallets in your current car or truck—preferably a truck. But, this will require making multiple trips to pickup and deliver used pallets, costing you time and gas and limiting your income.

Still, if you’re just looking to make some money on the side, this should be enough to get started. Starting small provides you the time to build your business, earn some income and gain valuable experience until you’re able to get a larger vehicle to expand your business.

If you do plan on going professional, it’s generally recommended that you obtain a vehicle that can accommodate the size and the volume of the pallets that you’re transporting.

It’s also important that you don’t damage the pallets even further during transport, as this can cost you money.

Some suggest that in order to combat this, you build walls around your vehicle in order to protect your cargo. Stacking them vertically in a truck bed may also be an option—and if you’ve got a trailer that you can pull, you can load them there, too.

By taking the steps to secure proper transportation, you can begin a professional career in selling used wood pallets.

As your business begins to take off, you should look into buying or leasing a commercial-grade vehicle that will allow you to safely transport a large number of wooden pallets at a time. Doing that will boost your income and profit margins over time.

Contact Us Today to Sell Your Pallets!

Plan to Make Money Selling Used Pallets

What other steps should you follow in order to start making real money by selling used pallets?

For starters, once you’ve found the recycling company and vehicle of your choice, you’re going to need to find clients.

Companies that distribute products are typical users of pallets, as are grocery stores, restaurants, and other types of retailers. All of these will be looking to offload their used pallets.

Because you’ll get paid by the recycler, it’s probably your best bet that you don’t charge the businesses from which you’ll be collecting pallets.

In this way, you provide a free service that’s hard for them to turn down.

Once you’ve got your foot in the door with one business, it will be easier to get others to follow.

For this reason, you may want to start with the biggest business in your area. If you can secure them as a client, you can be sure that others will want your services, too.

Be sure to present yourself professionally and be able to sell your service to businesses without a hitch.

If you’ve never sold anything before, you might want to consider practicing in the mirror or by yourself so that you can make a more confident pitch.

Remember, you’re selling points are:

  • You will remove their used pallets for free
  • You will save the company time and money of having to dispose used pallets
  • You will free up their employee’s time doing this work
  • Your work won’t cost them anything.

By making sure that you’re selling these points to businesses, you’ll find that you will get more clients than you thought possible.

Some businesses might want to see the vehicle you’ll be using. If that’s the case, it’s better to have viable transportation early so that you can secure more clients.

Make sure that you sell yourself confidently so that you can get your new business off the ground.

Contact Us Today to Sell Your Pallets!

What If You’re a Business Owner?

If you’re the owner or manager of a business that needs to offload used pallets, you can make money by recycling your wooden pallets, too. With large enough volume, you can cut out the middleman and go straight to the recycling company to get paid for your used pallets.

In this way, you’ll be able to enjoy the benefits of recycling and get paid to do it.

By taking advantage of these great opportunities, entrepreneurs and businesses can make money selling used wooden pallets.

Contact Us Today to Sell Your Pallets!