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Gaylord boxes in York: buy, sell, recycle

York County seat west of Rock Hill.

York at the dock

York is the York County seat, west of Rock Hill. Production technology and heavy machinery and automotive are its two lines, which means heavy-wall boxes with full flap bottoms are what its docks run.

A York dock usually clears triple wall and heavier, and wants the same back.

What arrives in gaylords in York

York sends heavy-machinery and automotive empties. These are mostly triple wall and heavier, with full flap bottoms and heavy contents behind them. If your boxes are lighter, say so, since the usual York stack is on the heavy side and a light one needs its own line.

The lanes on this page: production technology and heavy machinery and automotive.

The York lanes, one by one

York names production technology and heavy machinery, and automotive. The city is the York County seat west of Rock Hill. Both lines leave heavy-wall boxes: 4‑wall and 5‑wall for machinery, triple wall and up for automotive. They usually have full flap bottoms and carried dense parts. A stack that includes a lighter box needs a line of its own, and any box with a crushed corner should be described separately from the square ones.

Staging the York stack

A York dock with heavy-wall boxes should keep them on pallets, with full flaps closed and corners checked. Separate any lighter boxes and any with crushed corners. Strap each row and write the wall count on a tag. Because docks here are often small, note how a truck reaches the door and how much room there is to turn. A clear sheet of rows and counts is enough to start.

Before you write from York

York docks should state how heavy boxes were handled. A box loaded with a hoist and a box loaded by hand wear differently. Heavy-wall boxes that took a crane hook or a chain sling may have punctured corners. Say whether the boxes saw that kind of use, and describe any puncture as a separate lot.

Where York sits

US 321 is the road. York is a quiet town on the western side of the county, and its docks are often small. A small dock with heavy boxes needs a careful description more than a large dock does, because there is less room for a mistake. Give the count, the walls, the footprint, the bottom and the condition, then add a line about how a truck reaches the door. The county page is York County, SC, which the market data describes this way: South Carolina side of I-77; logistics and transportation is 7.7% of employment and production 6.8%, per the regional partnership.

A request from York, line by line (an illustration)

A York machinery dock might write: sixteen 5‑wall boxes at 48 x 48 x 36 in, full flap, the ZIP. An automotive dock might add thirty-two 4‑wall boxes at 48 x 40 x 36 in, light scuffs. If one box in six has a crushed corner, say so in the line, since a heavy box with a bad corner is not a stacking box.

Neighbors

Clover and Rock Hill are the York County cities nearby, and Kings Mountain is across the line in Cleveland County.

Questions from the dock

Do heavy-wall boxes need special handling?

They need to be described accurately. Give the wall count, the footprint and the bottom, and say if the corners are crushed. A crushed corner on a heavy box is a bigger problem than on a light one.

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Count, footprint and wall count are enough to start.

No prices, minimums or times are stated here.

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