Charlotte region, NC and SC I-85 I-77 I-40
NCUS 74I-85
West on US 74 and I-85; employers listed include Clearwater Paper, Eaton, Greenheck, KSM Castings and STI Fabrics.
Cleveland County is west on US 74 and I-85. Employers listed include Clearwater Paper, Eaton, Greenheck, KSM Castings and STI Fabrics, and the clusters include downstream metal products, production technology and heavy machinery, wood products and food processing. Shelby is the county seat and Kings Mountain sits on the Gaston County line.
Castings are dense, fabrics are bulky and paper moves in heavy rolls. That is three different boxes from three different docks in a single county. Shelby and Kings Mountain have their own pages.
Cleveland County makes paper, metal castings and fabrics, and runs food processing. Paper and castings send heavy empties that tolerate rough handling. Fabric and food send lighter, dryer ones. Because castings can leave grit and sharp edges, mention it, since the grade you are offered depends on how the box held up to it.
The lanes on this page: downstream metal products, production technology and heavy machinery, wood products, and food processing.
Cleveland names downstream metal products, production technology and heavy machinery, wood products and food processing. Employers listed include Clearwater Paper, Eaton, Greenheck, KSM Castings and STI Fabrics. A castings or machinery plant leaves heavy short boxes that may carry grit; a paper or wood plant leaves taller, drier ones; a fabrics plant leaves light roll boxes. The grade you are offered will depend on the board, so mention grit, dust, tape and any wet spots plainly.
In Cleveland County, staging depends on the trade. A castings dock should brush the grit from its box corners and note where it settled. A paper or wood dock should keep tall boxes upright, dry and strapped. A fabric dock should keep roll boxes away from walls where moisture collects. Whatever the trade, keep the count current: a number that changed since the last time you looked is the most common reason for a second round of questions.
Cleveland County straddles two roads, the I-85 end and the US 74 end, and a dock near one may be nearer a buyer than a dock near the other. When you write, say which end you are on. Textile, castings, paper and food lanes mix across the county, and a short note about the trade is enough for the rest.
The county lies west of Gaston on US 74, with Shelby as the seat and Kings Mountain on the Gaston line. I-85 clips its eastern end.
Say a Cleveland County castings dock has twelve 5‑wall boxes at 48 x 40 x 24 in with grit in the corners, and a food-processing dock has sixty liners-in 3‑wall boxes at 48 x 40 x 36 in. The castings line should mention grit, the food line should mention liners and what the boxes carried. These notes are short, but they decide how each stack is graded.
Kings Mountain is the Cleveland city that sits against Gaston, and Shelby is the seat farther west.
It does not, since Cleveland is in North Carolina and the region we cover runs across the line anyway.
Count, footprint and wall count are enough to start.
No prices, minimums or times are stated here.