Chicago metro pickups
Our largest market by container count. Weekly lane, booked dock windows, and the right truck for sites where a 53 footer will not fit.
- Sheet
- 72
- Revision
- 2026-10
- Scale
- 1:1
- Drawn at
- Peoria IL
Weekly service into the metro
Chicago is our largest market by container count and the trickiest by logistics. Tight industrial parks, strict dock windows and a lot of buildings where a 53 foot trailer is a bad idea.
- Chicago city, Cicero, Bedford Park, Summit and the industrial southwest side.
- Joliet, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Lemont — the I-55 chemical corridor.
- Elk Grove Village, Addison, Itasca, Wood Dale and the O'Hare cluster.
- Aurora, Naperville, Elgin and the Fox Valley.
- Northwest Indiana: Hammond, Gary, East Chicago on the same lane.
- Route frequency
- Weekly, Tuesday and Thursday windows
- Lead time
- 4–6 business days from quote acceptance
- Free pickup threshold
- 24+ containers
- Equipment
- Box truck with liftgate for tight sites; flatbed for volume
- Dock windows
- We book them — tell us your receiving hours
- Consolidation
- Smaller counts combined with neighbouring stops
Three things that only come up in Chicago
- Access. Half the sites on this lane cannot take a 53 foot trailer. Tell us the truck restriction up front and we bring the box truck instead of discovering it at 7am.
- Dock windows. Receiving departments here hold to the hour. We book a window and keep it, and we will tell you if a lane cannot make yours.
- Volume. Chicago loads are often 40 to 200 containers at once. Those get a dedicated flatbed and a scheduled sweep rather than a route stop.
Multi-site operator?
Several customers on this lane have us sweep three or four facilities in one run with a single consolidated diversion statement. Put the site list in the message field.
Where the lane actually stops
| Area | Access notes | Equipment we send | Typical counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest side, Bedford Park, Summit | Tight parks, booked docks | Box truck or flatbed | 20–80 |
| Cicero, Berwyn | Narrow streets, permit parking | Box truck | 12–30 |
| Joliet, Romeoville, Lemont | Chemical corridor, good access | Flatbed | 40–200 |
| Bolingbrook, Woodridge | Distribution parks, dock-high | Flatbed | 24–96 |
| Elk Grove Village, Itasca, Addison | O'Hare cluster, strict windows | Box truck or flatbed | 18–60 |
| Wood Dale, Bensenville | Tight turns, early windows | Box truck | 12–36 |
| Aurora, Naperville, Elgin | Fox Valley, mixed | Flatbed | 24–80 |
| Hammond, Gary, East Chicago (IN) | Same lane, heavy industry | Flatbed | 40–200 |
- Route days
- Tuesday and Thursday windows
- Lead time
- 4–6 business days from quote acceptance
- Free pickup threshold
- 24+ containers
- Consolidation
- Smaller counts combined with neighbouring stops
- Largest single sweep to date
- 212 containers
- Multi-site sweeps
- Three or four facilities in one run, one diversion statement
What Chicago customers ask
Our dock will not take a 53-foot trailer. Is that a problem?
Only if you tell us after we arrive. Say it up front and we send the box truck with a liftgate — 18 containers a trip instead of 48, two trips instead of one failed visit.
We have a strict 7am receiving window.
We book it and keep it. If a lane genuinely cannot make your window we will say so when you book rather than discovering it on the day.
Can you handle 200 containers at once?
Yes — that is a dedicated flatbed and a scheduled sweep rather than a route stop. Our largest single Chicago job to date was 212.
Do you serve northwest Indiana?
Yes, on the same lane. Hammond, Gary and East Chicago are routinely part of a metro run.
We are a chemical blender with strict declaration requirements.
Good. Declarations are reviewed before dispatch, placarding is handled where residue requires it, and everything is filed against the serial for seven years. The I-55 corridor is most of this lane's volume.
Can we get containers delivered on the same visit?
That is a swap run and it is the cheapest way to work with us: clean containers in, empties out, one bill of lading, freight already covered by the outbound leg.