The crew and the yard that makes the loop turn.

Pull into 7225 S Kolb Rd and you'll see what a circular pallet business actually looks like: bays of graded pallets stacked by size, a covered repair area with benches and nail guns, a grinding zone at the back, and trucks staged near the gate for the day's routes. It's organized chaos with a system — every square foot is a stage in the loop.

The yard is built for flow. Inbound loads come in one side, get graded and split, then move toward reuse, repair, or grinding. Finished A- and B-grade stock stages near the outbound gate so a customer's order or a delivery run can be loaded in minutes. Keeping the layout tight is how a small crew handles serious volume without losing track of a single pallet.

How a pallet moves through the yard

1. Gate & intake.A load arrives — a scheduled retrieval, a customer drop-off, or a buyback. It's counted and staged.
2. Sort & grade. Sorters split by size (GMA 48×40 and the rest) and by condition, pulling anything unsafe.
3. Repair or reuse. Sound pallets head straight to outbound stock; fixable ones go to the bench.
4. Repurpose or grind. Pallets past saving are dismantled — good boards to upcycled goods, the rest to mulch and biomass.
5. Load out. Dispatch matches finished stock to orders and routes, and drivers run it out across the metro.

We're a Tucson business staffed by Tucson people, and we like it that way. The pallets we pull off a warehouse dock on the south side end up back in service at a shop across town. The upcycled planters and benches we build show up at local markets and patios. When you buy or sell with us, the money and the material stay in Southern Arizona.

Stop by the yard during hours to see the operation, talk grades with a sorter, or watch a rebuild on the bench. We're happy to show how it works — a transparent yard is part of the pitch. Want to join the crew? Our careers page covers the open role types and how to send us a résumé.

Sorters & graders — the eyes of the yard

Grading is a read, not a checklist. A good sorter clocks a pallet's size, whether it's a stringer or block design, and its condition — cracked deck boards, split stringers, protruding nails, moisture damage — in a couple of seconds, then makes the call. Their honesty sets our grades and our prices, which is why reuse-first genuinely starts with them: the first question is always “can this go back out as-is?”

Repair techs — the reason the landfill number stays at zero

When a pallet is fixable rather than finished, it lands on the bench. Techs swap deck boards, replace stringers, and reset or re-drive fasteners to bring B- and C-grade pallets back to spec. It's carpentry with a speed and a standard — the rebuild has to be strong enough to carry a load and clean enough to grade honestly. Every pallet they save is one that didn't get ground into mulch.

Drivers — the wheels of the loop

Nothing enters the loop until a driver goes and gets it. Box trucks and flatbeds run retrievals, cleanouts, and deliveries across the metro — pulling empties off Tucson docks before they hit a dumpster and dropping graded stock wherever it's needed. Loading and strapping freight safely, reading a route, and representing the yard on someone else's property are all part of the job.

Dispatch & sales — the brains that keep it in sync

Dispatch is where the quotes get answered, the pickups get scheduled, the orders get matched to inventory, and the trucks get routed. Get it right and the yard flows and no customer waits; get it wrong and a driver runs empty or an order stalls. It takes an organized, personable person who can juggle a busy board and keep every thread moving over email.

7:00 am — Gate opens. Drivers check routes with dispatch, pre-trip the trucks, and roll out for the morning retrievals before the desert heat climbs. Sorters take their spots at the intake line.

Mid-morning — Inbound loads stack up at intake — a buyback, a drop-off, a route pickup. Sorters split them by size and grade; sound stock heads to the outbound bays, fixables go to the bench, and the finished ones get set aside to dismantle.

Midday — The repair bench is humming. Deck-board swaps, stringer replacements, fastener resets. The grinder runs on the boards too far gone to rebuild, and the good ones get pulled for the upcycled bench.

Early afternoon —The outbound gate is the busy corner. Orders and delivery runs get matched to graded stock and loaded in minutes. Dispatch is threading tomorrow's routes together while today's still roll.

Close — Trucks back in, stock squared away, the yard swept and staged for the next morning. You can measure the day in graded pallets, finished repairs, and routes run — which is exactly what makes the work satisfying.

We're a small, tight crew, which shapes who fits. People here wear more than one hat and everyone's work is visible, so we hire for character as much as for a résumé. What we can't train is showing up on time and taking pride in the work — everything else we can teach.

Yard crew skills we train on the job: sorting, grading, and equipment. Driver roles need a clean record and comfort loading and strapping freight — a CDL for the larger trucks. Repair techs do better with some carpentry or fabrication background, but a steady hand and an eye for a solid pallet matter more than a certificate. If you like fixing things and hate seeing good wood wasted, that instinct is worth more than experience on paper.

Curious what it's like from the inside, or ready to send a résumé? The careers page breaks down every role type, the benefits, and how to apply.