Scheduled pallet removal for busy docks

What decides the schedule

The rhythms are general patterns, not offers. A schedule is a request that gets read against what is available when you ask.

Where recurring piles come from

Johnston's Amazon building opened in 2025 at 3.8 million square feet. Myles Standish Industrial Park in Taunton holds about 100 companies and 7,400 employees. Quonset lists more than 260 companies. Each of those docks takes in pallets that outnumber what it ships out.

What to have ready

• The weekly or monthly count at its peak, and at its low.
• The size and grade of what you receive.
• The dock: height, hours and access.
• Whether some stock is worth selling instead of clearing.

Sorting at the source helps. Pallets separated by size and grade before they leave are worth more to whoever receives them, which can turn a cost into a sale.

Keeping a standing arrangement useful

A standing arrangement works only if the count stays honest. Track how many pallets the dock receives and how many leave, and report any step change, such as a new customer or a seasonal peak. A log kept at the dock door, even a tally sheet, lets the next request describe real growth rather than a guess.

Agree what counts as a pallet worth keeping. Many docks decide in advance that sound standard pallets are set aside as stock, that broken pallets form a separate heap, and that painted rental pallets are returned. Sorting rules written on a sign beside the pile are followed more reliably than rules remembered.