Request a quote
Request a quote
Tell us the footprint, the wall count and where the boxes will sit.
Request a quote
Buying, selling or recycling: one form covers all three. Put the walls, the bottom style and where the boxes sit in the notes.
Or email info@minneapolisgaylords.com.
What helps a request
| If you are... | Put on the request |
|---|---|
| Buying | Footprint, wall count, bottom style, lowest acceptable grade, quantity, where the boxes will sit and for how long, delivery ZIP |
| Selling empties | Count, flat or assembled, walls and bottoms you can see, what they held, how long empty, where they sit, pickup ZIP |
| Recycling | Count, what they held, residue, where they sit, pickup access |
| Not sure | The job in a few lines. Requests of this kind usually turn on one question, such as the weight of a full box or the place it will stand. |
How such requests generally go
A request to buy, sell or recycle boxes usually turns on a handful of facts: how many, what size and walls, what condition, where they sit and where they need to go. Anything that cannot be known yet can be said as unknown.
Email instead
You can write to info@minneapolisgaylords.com with the same details. It is the only address we use. We do not list a phone number or a street address.
Before you send
- Heated warehouse, unheated dock, cooler, freezer, trailer or covered outdoors? The place changes the stack height more than the wall count does.
- Full flap or partial flap bottom? A partial bottom needs a slip sheet.
- Need-by date? Harvest bins have to be on site before the first pick.
- Food-contact use? Reuse depends on your own rules.
Questions answered on other pages: grades, sizes, how high to stack and the FAQ.
Two sample requests
A request that moves fast: "Forty 48 x 40 x 36 triple-wall, Grade B, full flap, for a heated warehouse in ZIP 55114. Stacked two high for about a month. Need them by the 20th." It names the size, the walls, the grade, the bottom, the place, the time and the date.
A request that takes a conversation: "Need gaylords for a project." It leaves out nearly everything. Where you cannot say, say that you cannot.
What we cannot promise from this page
This site does not publish prices, minimum quantities or lead times, so none are promised here. Whether a particular box can be supplied is a matter for a particular request, and this page makes no promise about it.
When a request goes unanswered
If you have heard nothing, check the address you gave and your spam folder first. Then send the request again with the same details and a line saying it is a repeat, so it is not mistaken for new work.
A checklist that makes the first reply useful
- The thing you want: buy, sell or recycle, and the product.
- How many, and whether it is once or on a schedule.
- The size and the wall count, if you know them; if not, a photo of the box and its maker's stamp.
- The grade you can live with, or what the box looks like now.
- Where it sits and for how long: a heated room, a dock, a trailer, outdoors.
- The ZIP code, whether a truck can reach the dock, and the date you need it.
Any one of these can be missing. The more you can give, the fewer the questions. The form on this page is the only way to send a request; there is no phone number to call, and the contact address is info@minneapolisgaylords.com for anything that does not fit a form.
What goes into the request, and what does not
The form has its own list of fields and its own questions, so fill in what it asks and use the notes for anything else, such as the wall count, the bottom style and where the boxes will stand. A request that shows a heavy load in a light box, or a long stack on a wet dock, is the kind where the numbers on this site, Stack Check first among them, say what to change.
Please do not put anything in the notes you would not want in an email: no card numbers, no passwords, no account details. If you prefer to write instead, the plain address is info@minneapolisgaylords.com, and the same list of details helps there too.
Questions to settle before you send
Can the boxes be seen first? This site shows no showroom or yard and publishes no address, so the request is the first step. Where are the boxes going? Give the ZIP and say what the dock is like, including whether a truck can reach the door. Should you attach a photograph? A clear picture of the box, its base and its stamp answers more than a paragraph does, and the notes field takes a description if the form does not take a file.
A request in plain words
You do not need trade language. "About sixty boxes, big, strong, to stand two high for a month in my warehouse in 55114" is a good request. So is "I have thirty empties and would like them collected." Trade words can be added later.
What the form cannot know
The form is a fixed list of fields that 1DB keeps, so it cannot ask a question specific to your load. The notes field is for the rest: the weight of a full box, the humidity of the room, a maker's stamp, the date you need the boxes by, the access to the dock. Short sentences work better than a long story, and numbers work better than adjectives. A "heavy" box and a "strong" box mean different things to different people; 850 lb and triple wall mean one thing.
Why numbers beat adjectives
A note saying "a lot of strong boxes" can mean twenty or two thousand. A note saying "sixty, triple wall, 850 lb loads" is specific. Where you are unsure of a number, give a range and say it is a guess.
If you have a deadline, give the date and the reason for it; a harvest, a move or a shipment each carry different urgency.
A request that names the use, the place and the date is shorter to read than one that does not.
If a detail is private, leave it out; none of the checklist is mandatory, and a short request is better than none.
Questions, answered
Is there a charge to ask?
The form is the way to describe what you need; this site does not state any charge for asking.
Sources and last reviewed
Facts on this page were last reviewed 2026-11-11.
- PaperIndex Academy: humidity and corrugated strength: How corrugated board loses compression strength as relative humidity climbs from 50% to 90%.