Pallets in Horn Lake, Mississippi

BOX 01Where it sits

Horn Lake lies 1.2 miles south of Memphis and borders Southaven to the east and southeast. US 51 forms much of its eastern border, and I-55 passes just east of the city with access at exits 287, 289 and 901. Goodman Road is listed with MS 301 and MS 302 as a major east-west road, and I-69 also serves the city (Wikipedia).

The same source puts Memphis International Airport about seven miles northeast of the city center.

BOX 02Rail and local industry

The Grenada Railroad, a Class III line, serves Southaven and Memphis and interchanges with six Class I railroads. A rail-served industrial area like this tends to hold flatcar and boxcar freight alongside truck docks, and both generate pallets.

Industry named for the city includes a food coatings and seasonings plant, which shows the kind of production here. Past employers include an elevator company, a laboratory and a lumber firm that arrived around 1960. A lumber history is a reminder that wood supply has long been near.

BOX 03Small plants, steady piles

• A food-ingredient line receives bagged goods on 48 x 40 pallets and ships them the same way; stained or damp pallets are common sheds.
• Light manufacturers produce a trickle of mixed pallets that stack up behind the building.
• Stores along US 51 keep the usual back-lot stack.

Counts are modest, often under a few hundred. A removal request fits a one-off pile, and a recurring pickup a steady one.

BOX 04What to write

Name 38637, the size, the count and whether any are damp or stained. If the pallets held food ingredients, say so; see food and beverage. Next door is Southaven, the larger building market.

BOX 05Three interchanges, one small city

Horn Lake has I-55 exits 287, 289 and 901, and I-69 also serves it, per Wikipedia.

The city is also close to the airport at about seven miles, so buildings here sometimes receive freight that arrived by air. A forwarder's overflow can become a pile of pallets for export; if yours carry the stamp, say so.

BOX 06A request from Horn Lake

"About 80 pallets, 48 x 40, stained by dried seasoning, stacked at the rear of a plant off Goodman Road; I-55 exit 289; box truck access."