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Growers, resin plants, parts shops, food drives
New and used gaylords matched to the load: walls, bottom, footprint and grade, with the cost per trip beside them.
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PHILADELPHIA, SOUTH JERSEY, DELAWARE
Gaylord boxes for Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware, worked out per trip
Know the cost per trip. Then buy, sell or recycle the gaylord.
The ticket
Price per box is the wrong number. Price per trip is the right one.
Type the prices you were quoted for a new and a used gaylord. The ticket divides each by the trips it will make, finds the trip at which used breaks even and counts the boxes a season takes. It holds no prices of its own.
Per-trip ticket
Worked from the figures you typed
- New, per trip
- needs a price
- Used, per trip
- needs a price
- Used is ahead by
- --
- Used breaks even at
- --
- Boxes for the season, used
- needs loads
- Boxes for the season, new
- needs loads
- Season cost, used
- --
- Season cost, new
- --
Trips are estimates unless you changed them. This is arithmetic on your numbers, not a quote.
The same tool, with a worked example and the arithmetic explained, is on the trip cost page.
Three ways in
Buy a box, sell the empties or send the rest to the baler
Sell
Warehouses, 3PLs, distributors
A stack of single-trip empties or a trailer of flats. Tell us the count and the shape; we say whether it can be resold.
Sell your emptiesRecycle
Anyone with boxes that are done
Wet, torn or crushed board is still fiber. We sort what goes to the baler and say what we cannot take.
Recycle boxes Grades
Five grades, from a new box to one worth only its fiber
We sort every gaylord into one of five grades by what we can see, not by trip count. The grades guide shows how to grade a box in a minute.
New
Never filled. Full rated strength.
BuyGrade A
Used once, clean and dry, flaps and bottom whole.
Buy or sellGrade B
Visible wear, no weakness. Routine multi-trip work.
Buy or sellGrade C
Creased or repaired. One-way internal uses.
Sell or recycleRecycle only
Wet, torn or missing a bottom. Worth its fiber.
Recycle The Delaware Valley year
When the boxes are wanted, month by month
January
Clear-out
Warehouses that filled before the winter holidays empty out, and single-trip gaylords pile up on docks from Pureland to Falls Township.
Sell the emptiesApril
The auction opens
The Vineland Cooperative Produce Auction starts its season in April and runs through Thanksgiving, so growers begin to look for bins.
Vineland and BridgetonJune
Early harvest
Berries and early vegetables come in across South Jersey. Harvest bins are wanted in the fields, and clean multi-trip boxes are easiest to place.
Packers and importersJuly
Melons
Watermelons and cantaloupes fill octagonal gaylords in Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland counties. Order early; every grower wants them in the same weeks.
Melon growersSeptember
Pumpkins and squash
The pumpkin harvest runs into October. Tall, strong boxes with lids and a liner for the cold nights matter more than a low price.
Pumpkin growersOctober
Resin never stops
Plants in Bucks County and New Castle County move resin and regrind all year, so their multi-trip loops do not follow the farm calendar.
Resin and regrindNovember
Holiday build-up
Distribution buildings fill with freight for the winter holidays, and the first empties of the season appear at the end of each week.
Warehouses and 3PLsDecember
Food drives
Food banks and drives want small boxes that volunteers can lift, and they want them before the first donation arrives.
Food banks and drivesScroll sideways for the rest of the year.
Spec picker
Pick the job and see which box fits
Sizes link to their own pages, with volume, rated capacity and the arithmetic.
46 x 38 x 36 octagon
Walls: Triple wall. Bottom: Partial bottom on a pallet. Add: A lid for stacking and a liner if the fruit is washed. Ask for: Grade A or B, dry.
Angled corners resist bulging, which is why octabins are the melon box.
Both banks
Eleven counties on one river
A truck leaves a Pureland dock, crosses the Commodore Barry Bridge and is on Interstate 95 in minutes. We treat both banks, and Delaware below them, as one market. See every area.
New Castle County, Delaware, with the Port of Wilmington, sits downstream of both.
Read before you buy
Sizes, uses and plain guides
- Sizes: every common footprint, with volume and rated capacity.
- Who uses gaylords: melon and pumpkin growers, resin plants, parts shops, warehouses, food drives.
- Guides: what a gaylord is, weight capacity, food contact, per truckload, folding flat, what sets a price.
- Questions, about the site and how to reach us.
Questions people ask
How much does a gaylord box cost?
It depends on walls, grade, size, bottom and freight, and we state no prices on this site. Type the price you were quoted into the per-trip ticket and it shows the cost per trip and the break-even.
What size is a standard gaylord box?
Most are 48 x 40 inches on the floor and 36 inches tall. The sizes table lists every common size with volume and rated capacity.
Are used gaylord boxes as good as new?
A clean, dry Grade A box is close; lower grades have given up some strength. The grades guide shows how to tell them apart in a minute.
Can I put food in a used gaylord?
We are conservative: not for direct contact without a liner and your own food-safety rules. Read the food-contact guide.
Where do you operate?
Philadelphia, its four Pennsylvania neighbors, five South Jersey counties and New Castle County in Delaware. See the areas.
Can I sell you my empty gaylords?
Send the count, the footprint and the grade. The sell page says what helps.
What happens to boxes that fail grading?
They go to the baler as old corrugated containers. See recycling.
Ask for a quote
Buying, selling or recycling, send it here. Say how many, which size and where. We reply by email.
Prefer email? Write to info@phillygaylords.com.