New, Used, and Scrap 5-Wall Gaylord Boxes

Why we sell all three

A 5-wall Gaylord box at any condition tier has the same construction profile — five layers of corrugated kraft board, 48 × 40 in pallet footprint, up to 3,000 lb rated capacity when new. What changes between new, used, and scrap is appearance, consistency, and price. Different condition tiers serve genuinely different applications, and forcing a customer into the wrong tier just to fit a one-product catalog is bad business for everyone.

New is for shipments where the box is part of the experience — customer-facing freight, food-grade workflows, or any application where consistent structural rating across every box matters. Used is for internal pallet transfers, recycling collection, and captive operations where structural soundness is required but appearance isn't. Scrap is for paper mills and balers who want the kraft fiber, not the box.

Buying the wrong tier costs you money one of two ways: you pay too much for appearance you don't need (new when used would do), or you eat damage claims and downstream issues because the box couldn't do the job (used when new was actually required). The condition comparison below makes the trade-off explicit.

Which condition for which application

A rough decision matrix. Pick the row that matches your application; the column tells you the right condition tier.