Service area · Northern Front Range

Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley

The northern route is our busiest outside the metro, mostly because of breweries, agriculture and a distribution base that has grown faster than anyone expected.

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RePallet Co. runs weekly northern routes covering Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Longmont, Windsor and Berthoud. Collection is typically within a week and free above roughly 450 units.

The northern corridor generates more keg squares and agricultural bulk bins than any other area we serve.

Coverage

Location	Round trip	Free collection above	Typical window
Longmont	70 mi	400 units	3 – 5 business days
Boulder	60 mi	400 units	3 – 5 business days
Loveland	110 mi	450 units	Within a week
Fort Collins	130 mi	450 units	Within a week
Greeley	110 mi	450 units	Within a week
Windsor / Severance	120 mi	450 units	Within a week
Berthoud / Johnstown	100 mi	450 units	Within a week
Fort Morgan / Sterling	180 – 250 mi	By arrangement	Fortnightly

What the north generates

Breweries, unavoidably

Fort Collins and Longmont between them account for a large share of our 36" keg square demand, and almost all of the seasonal headache that comes with it. Cores come back in January; pallets are needed in May. If you brew, forecast in winter — it is the single thing that solves the problem. The full explanation is here.

Agriculture and food processing

Greeley and the Weld County corridor generate bulk bin demand and a steady flow of heavy-use 48x40 cores. Agricultural pallets arrive dirtier and wetter than distribution pallets, which affects grading — tell us the source and we will grade it in context rather than penalise it.

Distribution

The I-25 north corridor has added a great deal of warehousing in the past decade. Those sites are typically both receivers and generators, which makes them the best route-pairing partners we have.

Practicalities

Weekly scheduled runs, Tuesday and Thursday most weeks, more often in spring and summer.
Paired runs are the norm on this corridor — 71% of northern trips carry freight both ways.
Keg squares should be reserved, not ordered. Tell us in January what you need in May.
Agricultural loads: mention mud, moisture and whether the stack has been outside. It changes how we plan the grading, not whether we buy it.
Winter on US-34 and I-25 can close a run at short notice. We build in a buffer and will call rather than risk a driver.

Postcodes and industries along the northern corridor

Northern Front Range coverage.
Area	ZIP codes	Typical industries
Longmont	80501, 80503, 80504	Manufacturing, brewing, tech
Boulder	80301, 80302, 80303, 80305	Food, natural products, research
Loveland	80537, 80538	Manufacturing, distribution
Fort Collins	80521, 80524, 80525, 80526	Brewing, food, tech, research
Windsor / Severance	80550, 80546	Distribution, agriculture
Greeley	80631, 80634, 80645	Meat processing, agriculture, energy
Berthoud / Johnstown	80513, 80534	Light industrial, distribution
Fort Morgan / Sterling	80701, 80751	Agriculture, food processing

Greeley and the Weld County corridor are unlike anywhere else we serve. Agricultural and meat-processing pallets arrive dirtier, wetter and harder used than distribution pallets. That is not a problem — it just means we grade them in context, and you should tell us the source so we do.

The brewery calendar, in detail

If you brew on the Front Range, this is the single most useful table on the site for you.

36" keg square supply and demand by month, indexed against the annual average.
Month	Cores returned	Pallets needed	Availability
January	142	58	Excellent
February	128	64	Excellent
March	104	88	Good
April	91	126	Tight
May	84	148	Allocated
June	78	151	Allocated
July	74	139	Allocated
August	81	134	Tight
September	97	118	Tight
October	116	82	Good
November	131	61	Excellent
December	138	54	Excellent

Read the January and June rows together. Cores come back at 142 in January when demand is 58; pallets are needed at 151 in June when returns have fallen to 78. It is a four-month phase shift in a closed regional loop, and it cannot be solved by anyone except through inventory held across the winter.

Forecast in January for what you need in May. It is free and it is the only thing that works.
Return cores in the quiet months — every square back in February is one available in June.
Specify chamfered decks. Keg rims chew lead boards; a chamfer roughly halves the damage for a few cents.
Consider a co-op. Three Fort Collins breweries share a programme; their combined forecast is smoother than any of theirs alone and all three pay less.
Do not substitute 48x40. It looks like a saving and produces keg damage, handling problems and a pallet that never fits the cellar.

Agriculture, bulk bins and the harvest window

The other northern rhythm, and it collides with the brewery one in exactly the wrong month.

Bulk bin demand by month, Weld and Larimer counties.
Period	Demand	What is driving it
Jan – Mar	Low	Repair and refurbishment season
Apr – May	Rising	Pre-season ordering; the smart time to buy
Jun – Jul	High	Early harvest, hemp field transport
Aug – Sep	Peak	Main harvest; supply genuinely tight
Oct – Nov	Falling	Storage and processing
Dec	Low	Returns and repair

Order bins in April, not August. Price and availability are both better by a wide margin.
Specify fill weight, not volume. Low-density biomass fills a bin long before it reaches the rating, so you can buy lighter.
Four-way bases are worth the premium in a tight packing shed.
Vented sides for anything not fully dry. Airflow prevents the most expensive failure mode.
Tell us if bins live outdoors all winter. It changes what we recommend and what we will warrant.
Send them back for repair rather than replacing. A wooden bin takes four to six cycles before the base needs rebuilding, and then we rebuild the base.

Questions people actually ask

Do you serve Boulder?

Yes, on the northern route. Boulder's dock access is often tight, so tell us about the approach and we will send appropriate equipment.

Can you supply keg squares in June?

Only if you told us in January. We hold roughly 1,400 through the winter specifically for this, and they are allocated to customers who forecast.

Do you take agricultural bulk bins?

Yes, and we build and supply them. Produce and hemp bins are a significant part of what moves on the northern route.

How far north do you go?

Regularly to Fort Collins and Greeley. Cheyenne and southern Wyoming for truckload quantities. Fort Morgan and Sterling on a fortnightly consolidated basis.

How often do you run north?

Typically Tuesday and Thursday, more often in spring and summer. Around 71% of northern trips carry freight both ways, which is why the corridor prices as well as it does.

Do you serve Boulder despite the dock access?

Yes, routinely. Boulder access is often tight — narrow approaches, shared yards, restricted hours — so describe it in your first email and we will send the right equipment.

Can you supply keg squares at short notice in summer?

Only to customers who forecast. We hold roughly 1,400 through the winter and they are allocated. It is not a negotiating position; there is genuinely nowhere else to get them.

Do you take agricultural pallets that have been in a field?

Yes. Tell us the source and expect a grading conversation rather than a rejection. Mud and moisture affect how we plan the sort, not whether we buy.

How far north do you go?

Fort Collins and Greeley regularly. Cheyenne and southern Wyoming for truckload quantities. Fort Morgan and Sterling on a fortnightly consolidated basis.

Let's keep your pallets in the loop

Whether you have 40 broken cores behind the dock or need 4,000 Grade A pallets a month, the conversation starts the same way.

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