Cross docking for 10 to 40 pallet loads.
The size of job that's too small for a terminal to prioritise and too big to improvise. Freight broken down, re-sorted and back out — fast, by people who are working your load rather than queuing it behind four others.
Built for the load everyone else deprioritises
A twenty-door terminal is optimised for volume. That's good news if you're moving forty trailers a week and bad news if you're the one partial load sitting in the corner — you get worked when there's a gap, and the gap is whenever they say it is.
We run one dock door on purpose. It means we take fewer jobs, we know exactly what's on the floor, and the load we agreed to handle today is the load being handled today. For 10 to 40 pallets that's not a limitation, it's the entire advantage.
It also means we say no sometimes. If you're running multi-truckload throughput, this isn't the right building and we'll tell you that on the phone rather than let your freight find out.
The calls we want
- A consignee who can't receive and freight that needs somewhere to go today
- A trailer that needs breaking down before final-mile delivery
- Partials from two or three suppliers consolidating into one outbound
- A container landing that needs splitting across several destinations
- A shipment that has to pivot mid-route in Northeast Indiana
- Retail or marketplace freight needing a re-sort before it goes on
- Overflow when your own dock is full and the clock is running
- A load that needs eyes on it, counted and photographed, before it moves on
- Sweet spot
- 10–40 pallets per job
- Dock
- One door — full semi, live load or unload
- Services
- Cross dock · Transload · Consolidate · Deconsolidate · Devan
- Freight
- Palletised, floor-loaded containers, mixed LTL
- Scheduling
- By appointment — call and you get a yes or no on timing
- Not a fit
- Multi-truckload throughput — we'll point you to a terminal
- Access
- I-69 · I-469 loop · US-24 · US-30 · I-80/90 north
Cross dock or store?
One honest test
Cross docking works when the freight already has a destination. If it's sold, allocated, or heading to a known consignee, paying to put it away is paying for nothing. If it doesn't yet have somewhere to go, you want storage — and we'd rather sell you the right one than the profitable one.
Cross dock it
The freight has a destination and a date. Every extra touch and every day on a warehouse floor is cost with nothing bought. In and back out, same day where the schedule allows.
Store it
The freight landed early, isn't sold yet, or is being released in waves. Then you want floor space and a plan for getting it back out, not a dock turn.
Position
Why this location works for freight.
FAQ
Cross docking questions
What size cross dock jobs do you take?
Our sweet spot is 10 to 40 pallets. That's the job that's awkward for everyone else — too big to sit in a parcel depot, too small for a terminal to care about, and exactly the size that gets bumped down a queue when it lands somewhere that runs twenty doors. Here it's the whole job that day.
What is cross docking?
Freight arrives at the dock, gets broken down and re-sorted, and goes back out — usually the same day, without ever being put away in storage. You skip the put-away and pick labour and the storage charge, and the goods spend less time standing still.
How fast can you turn a load?
Fast is the point. We run one dock door and we don't stack jobs behind each other, so a load we've agreed to take gets worked when it arrives rather than queued. Call with what you've got and when it lands, and you'll get a straight yes or no on the timing before you commit the truck.
Do you work with carriers and freight brokers directly?
Yes — that's a lot of what this is for. If you've got a shipment that needs to pivot in Northeast Indiana, a consignee who can't receive, a trailer that needs breaking down before final delivery, or a partial that needs consolidating with something else, that's the call we want.
What about jobs bigger than 40 pallets?
We'll tell you honestly. Multi-truckload throughput isn't what this building is set up for, and taking it would mean doing it badly or making your freight wait. For that you want a terminal, and we'd rather point you to one than take the job.
How is that different from transloading?
Transloading is mainly about changing the mode or the equipment — container to trailer, rail to truck — with the shipment largely staying intact. Cross docking is about re-sorting the freight itself: one inbound load broken into several outbound ones, or several inbound consolidated into one. We do both.
Can you unload containers?
Yes — container devanning, floor-loaded or palletised, is normal work here, and a single container is right in our size range.
Why Fort Wayne for a re-sort?
Because of where the interstates go. I-69 runs through the city, I-80/90 is just north, and I-469 loops freight around town instead of through it. Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Cleveland are all inside a three-hour drive, which makes this a practical place to fix a shipment that needs to change direction.
Next step
Got 10 to 40 pallets that need to move?
Call and you'll get a straight answer on whether we can take it and when — before you commit the truck.