Family owned since 1986

Effortless Pallets

Ordering pallets is easy with Gruber Pallets. Pick your size, order online, and get your pallets this week in Minnesota. Here is the whole thing, start to finish, before you spend a cent.

  • Over 99% on-time delivery — your line does not stop because of us.
  • Quality pallets or your money back. Every pallet inspected before it leaves the yard.
  • Free pickup at the Lake Elmo yard. Our own trucks, our own yard, and we load you.

Rather just talk it through?(651) 436-1912

Prices, sizes and the volume discount all live on the shop. This page is the part before that: how an order actually works.

99%+On-time delivery. Your production never stops waiting on pallets.
1986Family owned and run in Minnesota for nearly forty years.
Quality pallets or your money backEvery pallet inspected before it leaves the yard.
Free pickup, we load youLake Elmo yard, Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 3:00.

Be free to focus on your product, not pallets

Pallets should be effortless

You can stop the pallet distractions and focus on your products and services. Spend your time making your business better. It begins by making pallets effortless.

That means a price you can see without an email chain, a truck that shows up when we said it would, and a pallet that holds your product without an argument. We have been doing exactly that from one yard in Lake Elmo since 1986.

Aerial view of the Gruber Pallets yard in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, with rows of stacked pallets, the mill buildings and trailers parked along the lot.
Our yard, 11490 Hudson Blvd N, Lake Elmo

What you get every time

Three promises

These are not slogans. They are what we measure ourselves against, and what the money-back guarantee is written to cover.

Online Ordering

We offer the easiest buying experience so you can save time and avoid the hassle of “waiting to hear back.” Every size, grade and price is on the page. Pick, pay, done — and the volume discount applies itself in the cart, so the price on the product page is the price you pay.

Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, ACHCheckout is Stripe. Bank transfer suits big loads.
PO number fieldOptional at checkout, along with your company name.
Delivery instructionsDock, receiving hours, gate code — or pickup notes.
No account, no loginStripe emails the receipt. Keep it for your records.
See every pallet we stock

Fast Shipping

Our job is to make sure your production never stops. We have over 99% on-time delivery. Pickup orders are usually ready within one business day — pull in and we load you — and most Twin Cities ZIP codes get truck delivery in one to two business days.

Most Twin Cities ZIPs: 1–2 business daysDeliveries arrive between 7am and 5pm.
50-mile online delivery ringPriced by driving distance from Lake Elmo. Further out we quote the run.
You need a dock and a forklift53′ trailer, and an operator present to unload.
Pickup: Mon–Fri, 7:00–3:0011490 Hudson Blvd N, Lake Elmo, MN 55042.
Yard address and hours

Quality Guarantee

You will never have to untangle a quality mess because of pallets again. You get quality pallets or your money back. Every pallet is inspected before it leaves the yard, and heat-treated stock carries the IPPC stamp your export paperwork needs.

Inspected before it leavesEvery pallet, new and recycled, every load.
Returns within 10 daysNo cost, no restocking fee, new pallets unmodified.
Defects replaced or creditedCall us and it gets sorted out.
ISPM-15 heat treatingStamped for export, on every stocked wood size.
Heat treating for export

How to order pallets from Gruber

3 Simple Steps:

From picking a size to the pallets on your dock. Nothing here happens in a black box — you always know what is next, and who to call.

A white Gruber Pallets tractor unit with the company name on the door, ready to pull a load out of the Lake Elmo yard.
Our own truck, our own driver, our own yard
  1. 1. Buy Online

    Our store offers various sizes in both new and recycled versions. You can see photos, specifications and the price so you know what you buy will work.

    • Sizes in new wood, recycled wood and plastic, with photos and specs so you know what you are buying.
    • No minimum. One pallet or a full truckload, and the volume discount applies automatically in the cart.
    • Pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or ACH bank transfer.
    • Optional at checkout: company name, PO number, and dock, hours or gate-code notes.
    See prices and buy online
  2. 2. Fast Delivery

    Don’t wait for pallets. Don’t run out of pallets. We have over a 99% on-time delivery record, and a real person calls or emails to confirm the timing, so you never have to guess.

    • Free pickup at 11490 Hudson Blvd N, Lake Elmo, usually ready within one business day. We load you.
    • Truck delivery is priced by driving distance. Inside 50 miles one way you buy it online; out to 170 we price the run by hand. Most Twin Cities ZIPs: 1–2 business days, arriving 7am–5pm.
    • A delivery needs dock access for a 53′ trailer and a forklift with an operator present to unload.
    • More than one trailer? We stage the loads and agree the schedule with you.
    Pickup or delivery
  3. 3. Enjoy Effortless

    You can focus on your business as your team enjoys gold-standard quality. Every pallet is inspected before it leaves the yard, and if one is not right we replace it or credit it.

    • A person from Gruber calls or emails to confirm your timing. You are not guessing.
    • Stripe emails your receipt the moment you pay, and the invoice number on it is your order number.
    • Ordering the same thing again? Open the product page and buy it, or call and read us the order number off your Stripe receipt.
    • Running weekly? We set up a standing order through a quote.
    Set up a standing order

No black box

What happens after you click buy

Five minutes of your day, and then it is our problem. Here is the whole thing, in order.

  1. You check out on Stripe

    Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or ACH bank transfer. Optional fields let you add your company name, a PO number, and delivery instructions — dock, hours, gate code — or pickup notes. The volume discount is already in the total; there is no code to enter.

  2. Stripe emails your receipt

    That receipt is your record of the order, and the invoice number on it is the order number we use when you call.

    On the phone it sounds like this: “Order GP-0041.” Read us that number and we can pull your order up in seconds.

  3. A person from Gruber calls or emails you

    Not an automated status page — one of the people who works in the yard. We confirm the timing, check that a forklift and an operator will be there if it is a delivery, and sort out anything unusual about your dock.

  4. We build or pull, inspect, and load

    Every pallet is inspected before it leaves the yard. Pickup orders are usually ready within one business day, Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 3:00, and we load you. Deliveries roll out on our own trucks and arrive between 7am and 5pm.

  5. If anything is wrong, we fix it

    Quality pallets or your money back. Returns are accepted within 10 days of delivery at no cost, with no restocking fee, on new pallets in original unmodified condition. Anything defective is replaced or credited. Call (651) 436-1912 or email orders@gruberpallets.com.

Portrait of Ian Keim, who runs the Pallet Design System software at Gruber Pallets.

Ian Keim · Pallet design

A named person, not a form

Ian runs PDS, the pallet industry’s engineering software. If your load needs something we don’t stock, he sends a spec sheet and dimensioned drawings — free, no minimum order, usually back the same or next business day.

Design a custom pallet

Two ways to get them

Pickup or delivery

Pickup costs nothing and is usually the fastest. Delivery is priced by the drive, and inside our 50-mile online ring you see the exact freight at checkout before you pay.

Free

Pick it up yourself

Come to the yard and we load you. No freight charge at all, and orders are usually ready within one business day. Bring a trailer, a flatbed or a box truck — whatever you have, we will work with it.

11490 Hudson Blvd N, Lake Elmo, MN 55042 Yard hours Monday–Friday, 7:00 – 3:00
Directions, hours and yard info
Priced before you pay

We deliver it

Truck delivery is priced by driving distance from our Lake Elmo yard. Inside 50 miles one way you buy it online and the exact amount is shown at checkout before you pay. Most Twin Cities ZIP codes are one to two business days.

  • Deliveries arrive between 7am and 5pm.
  • You need dock access for a 53′ trailer.
  • A forklift and an operator must be there to unload.
  • Further out we still deliver, as far as 170 miles — a person prices that run, so ask for a delivered price.
Add delivery to an order

The six things people ask before they tap buy

Short answers

Shipping outside the country?

Every stocked wood size has a heat treated, ISPM-15 certified version with the IPPC stamp. Choose it on the product page when you pick your size. Plastic pallets need no heat treatment — ISPM-15 only applies to wood packaging.

How heat treat works

My load is not a standard size

Ian Keim runs PDS, the pallet industry’s engineering software. Free spec sheet and dimensioned drawings, no minimum order, usually back the same or next business day.

Design a custom pallet

What if they are wrong when they arrive?

Returns within 10 days of delivery, at no cost, with no restocking fee, on new pallets in original unmodified condition. Anything defective is replaced or credited.

Read the return policy

I want a full truckload price

A full load can be bought online right now at the deepest volume discount. Ask for a quote instead when you want us to hold stock or sharpen a standing order.

Request a quote

I have old pallets in the way

We buy good used pallets and haul away the rest. About a hundred pallets is the threshold either direction, and pickups run one to seven days.

We buy pallets

Can I just come get them?

Yes, and pickup is free. 11490 Hudson Blvd N, Lake Elmo, MN 55042. Yard hours Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 3:00. We load you.

Map & yard hours

These belong on a quote

Everything else you can buy straight from the shop. These four are worth a day of our time first — ask on the quote form or at (651) 436-1912.

A size we don’t stock

Tell Ian the load and the space. PDS sizes it, and the drawings come back free with no minimum order.

Custom pallets →

Truckloads & standing orders

Buying by the trailer every week? A quote lets us hold stock and schedule the loads around your line.

Request a quote →

Pallets leaving the country

Export shipments need ISPM-15 heat treatment and the IPPC stamp. Big export runs are easier to plan on a quote.

Heat treat for export →

Old pallets in the way

We buy good pallets back and haul the rest off. Wood waste is never free, and we will tell you which side you land on.

Pallet disposal →

Answered before you ask

Ordering questions

If the answer you need is not here, call (651) 436-1912 or email orders@gruberpallets.com.

How do I order pallets from Gruber Pallets?

Pick your size and quantity on the product page and check out. Checkout is Stripe, so you can pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or bank transfer (ACH). Optional fields let you add your company name, a PO number, and delivery instructions such as dock, receiving hours or a gate code.

Do I need an account to buy pallets online?

No. There is no login and nothing to set up. Stripe emails you a receipt when you pay, and that receipt is your record of the order, because the invoice number on it is the order number we use on the phone, for example Order GP-0041.

How does the pallet volume discount work?

It applies automatically in the cart. There is no code to enter and nothing to ask for: the more pallets on the order, the less each one costs. Every break, and the quantity that earns it, is printed on the product page, because the quantity depends on the size — a trailer holds far more small pallets than long ones.

Can I buy a full truckload of pallets online?

Yes. A full load can be bought online at the deepest volume discount, like any other order. You can also request a quote instead, which is worth doing when you want us to hold stock, plan a run of loads or sharpen a standing order.

How fast can I get pallets in Minnesota?

Pickup orders are usually ready within one business day at the Lake Elmo yard, Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Most Twin Cities deliveries arrive in one to two business days, between 7am and 5pm. After you pay, a person from Gruber calls or emails to confirm the timing.

What do I need on site for a pallet delivery?

Dock access for a 53 foot trailer, and a forklift with an operator present to unload. If your site is tight or you have no forklift, call us before you order and we will work out the best way to do it.

How far does Gruber Pallets deliver?

Up to 170 miles one way from the Lake Elmo yard, priced by driving distance. Inside 50 miles you can buy the delivery online and see the exact freight at checkout before you pay. From there out to 170 miles we still deliver, but a person prices the run rather than a web page, because that far out it takes the whole day or goes on a hired truck: send us the details and we will come back with a delivered price. Past 170 miles, pickup is the only option.

What is the pallet return policy?

You get quality pallets or your money back. Returns are accepted within 10 days of delivery at no cost and with no restocking fee, on new pallets in original unmodified condition. Anything defective is replaced or credited.

Can Gruber Pallets build a custom pallet size?

Yes. Ian Keim runs PDS, the pallet industry’s engineering software, and will send a free spec sheet and dimensioned drawings with no minimum order, usually back the same or next business day. Begin on the custom pallets page.

Does Gruber Pallets buy or haul away old pallets?

We do both. We buy back good 48x40 pallets and haul off the rest. About a hundred pallets is the threshold either direction, and pickups run one to seven days. See we buy pallets and pallet disposal.

Order today and experience pallets made effortless

Be free to focus on your product, not pallets

Over 99% on-time delivery. Quality pallets or your money back. One family-owned yard in Lake Elmo doing this since 1986.

Buy online (651) 436-1912