Montcalm County and Greenville
Montcalm County sits at the eastern edge of the metro, where Greenville makes refrigeration equipment and the surrounding farms grow potatoes and dairy.
- Size
- 48x40, equipment footprints
- Build
- Stringer, skid
- Grade
- B, new
- Trades
- Refrigeration, farming
- Town
- Greenville, 48838
On the Flat River
Greenville, the county's largest city, sits on the Flat River, which flows south to join the Grand at Lowell, about 15 miles east of Grand Rapids. The water ties the county back to the metro even where the roads run differently.
What the county ships
Refrigeration equipment is the manufacturing story. Potato and dairy farming is the rest. A refrigeration maker ships bulky, light-for-their-size appliances and assemblies; a grower ships bagged or cased produce. Both want pallets, with very different needs, so give the name of the shipper, the product and the dock.
| Shipper | Load | Pallet to ask for |
|---|---|---|
| Equipment maker | Large, bulky assemblies | A custom footprint or skid, usually new; see custom pallets and skids |
| Potato or dairy grower | Bagged or cased produce | Clean, dry 48x40; see food-dock pallets |
Greenville
M-57 runs east and west through the centre as Washington Street, and M-91 runs north and south as Lafayette Street; the two cross in the middle of town. The ZIP code is 48838, and it also serves parts of several surrounding townships, so give the township if you can.
Greenville is a drive east, a longer run than one to Walker, so say whether you need pallets weekly; a regular route changes the arithmetic.
Cold equipment
Northland Marvel, an undercounter refrigeration maker, has a manufacturing and design centre in the city. A refrigerator is a tall, light, expensive box, wrapped in stretch film, corner-protected and usually shipped on a footprint matched to the unit. The pallet's job is to keep the cabinet off the floor and let a fork lift it without touching the finish, so ask for a deck with no raised nails and no splintered edges.
Fields and dairies
The country around the city grows potatoes, corn, dairy and Christmas trees, so a grower should say which crop the pallets will carry. Potatoes go out in bags or bulk boxes; dairy goes out in cases and crates. Both are food loads, so the pallet needs to be dry and sound, and a Grade B 48x40 fits when it is clean.
Source: Wikipedia, "Greenville, Michigan" (read 11 November 2026).
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