Gaylords in Norristown and Conshohocken

The Schuylkill runs between these two towns, and the old mills line both banks. Conshohocken has become a corporate address with a few industrial pockets left; Norristown, the county seat, has more working industry: steel processing, specialty chemicals and distribution warehouses in the river flats.

Dense loads are the story. Steel processors and machine shops fill short boxes with offcuts, fasteners and castings, and those boxes carry weight that a general-purpose triple wall is not rated for. The right choice is usually a short box with a full-flap bottom, and a used one in good grade is a fair buy for it.

Our research lists specialty chemicals, steel processing and distribution for this pair of towns. We state no sourced figures for individual plants.

See parts and metal for how dense loads are matched to box heights and bottoms, and the 48 x 40 x 24 page for the short standard.

This page covers 19401, 19403, 19404, 19428 and 19462. The industries to expect there, from our market research: specialty chemicals, steel processing and distribution.

Metal work follows orders; there is no strong season. Spring and fall clear-outs bring a bump.

• Buy. Machine shops and processors who want short, strong used boxes for dense parts.
• Sell. Shops with clean, intact boxes left over from supplier deliveries.
• Recycle. Rusty, oily or crushed board from the shop floor, once the oil is off.

Oil on board is a grade issue. Describe it and we say what it does to the grade.

• Offcut. The leftover piece of metal after a part has been cut from bar or plate, thrown into short boxes by the hundred pounds.
• Flats. Boxes folded flat for storage and shipment, stacked by the pallet.
• River flats. Low ground beside the Schuylkill where old mills and new warehouses stand together.

• Whether the boxes carried parts, powders or other goods.
• Any oil or rust on the board.
• The count and footprint.
• Whether you need short boxes or standard.