Who runs gaylords in the Charlotte region

One box, many lanes

A gaylord that arrives at a truck plant with parts is the same box that a plastics plant wants for regrind. The industries below are the Charlotte region's gaylord users, and they overlap: each receives one kind of box and ships another, and each is both a buyer and a seller. That is the idea behind the site: empties out, the right boxes in.

The lane by lane view

How to use these pages

Each lane page opens with what that industry does with a gaylord, then lists the box that fits and the questions to answer. Read the one that matches your dock. If you sit between two, read both.

Industry means area, not customer

We name major employers only as context for the area's industry. We do not claim them as customers or suppliers, and we do not claim a business relationship with any company named on these pages.

Sell and buy from the same page

Every lane page ends with the request. If you have empties, use it as a sell request; if you need boxes, use it as a buy request. The form is the same. The areas hub shows where each lane sits on the corridor map.

Not listed?

Send the request anyway. A packer, a farm supplier or a manufacturer that is not on this list uses the same details: count, footprint, wall count and condition.

One table, nine kinds of dock

Behind the seven industry pages is a simple table of nine kinds of dock: textiles, automotive and truck parts, metal and heavy machinery, plastics and chemicals, logistics and distribution, food and life sciences, furniture and wood, motorsports and a catch-all for manufacturing and materials. Each has a box that fits it, a bottom that suits it and a reason. Textiles want 2‑wall or 3‑wall rectangular boxes with a partial flap bottom, kept dry. Plastics want octabins or heavy triple wall with a liner. Machinery wants 4‑wall or 5‑wall boxes, short, with full flap bottoms.

Using the lane pages

Each lane page lists the places that run it, with the ZIPs and the named employers from the regional data, so you can see which of your neighbors are in the same trade. That is useful for deciding what to ask for in a request: a plant that runs the same lane as its neighbors will usually be matched on the same footprints.

The lanes

• Truck and auto partsExpendable gaylords arrive at truck and parts plants on long lanes and when returnables run short. What to do with the empties, and what to ask for.
• Metal and aerospaceFull flap bottom 4- and 5-wall gaylords for forgings, castings and machined parts, with load weight asked up front.
• Resin and regrindOctabins and partial flap bottom gaylords for compounders and plastics recyclers in Rowan, Lincoln and Chester counties, with liner notes.
• Distribution centersInbound freight leaves stacks of single-trip gaylords at DCs on I-85 and I-77. Sell them back into use, or ask for boxes for returns.
• Textile millsYarn, fiber and textile waste ride in gaylords across Gaston and Catawba counties. Which boxes suit fiber and what to do with the empties.
• Scrap and recyclingGrade C gaylords for one-way scrap, film and textile waste: what a functional box can carry and what it shouldn't.
• Produce growersOctabins and bins for melons, pumpkins and sweet potatoes at harvest, with liner questions answered and a need-by date on the request.

Questions from the dock

Which industries use gaylords the most here?

Truck and auto parts, plastics, metal parts, textiles, distribution, scrap and produce all run them.

Do you work with a company in another industry?

Yes. Send the details and we say what we can match.

Are the employers named on your pages your customers?

No. They are named only as the area's industry context.