Challenger Pallet is the North West's leading wooden crate manufacturer. At Challenger Pallet, we use top of the line machines to meet your wood packaging needs. Our nailing equipment comes from Viking Engineering, who is a leader in the pallet assembly industry. We use high-quality saws from Baker Products, Pacific Trail, Storti Machinery, and others to custom cut the lumber that goes into your pallets.

Our employees are our greatest resource. Each day they combine their training, multiple years of experience, and their hard work to produce the best pallets available. We’re proud of each of them and glad to have them as part of the best wooden crate manufacturer around.

History

During World War II, mass volumes of military goods and food supplies were being shipped across the country and around the world. Before this era, everything was hand loaded on to trucks. Pallets became a necessary commodity for the U.S. military to expedite shipments of much-needed rations and supplies.

After the war, pallets had become a necessity. Shipping long distances over the newly developed interstate highway system during the 1950s grew the United States economy at a rapid pace. Wooden pallets were a must-have for anyone looking to ship large amounts of goods to the marketplace.

Victor Hegsted was an entrepreneur at heart. In the late 1960s, he and his wife, Gloria, were looking for a business of their own, and they found a niche in the pallet industry. The local sugar beet and potato markets needed pallets as they began selling their products around the country. In 1972, he purchased the land on which our home office and main site are now found just north of Idaho Falls, ID.

In November of 1982, Victor was lost in a single-engine plane crash while flying home from a visit to Salt Lake City, UT. Gloria, their son Tad, and son-in-law Kelly Bennion forged ahead with the growing business. After much hard work, sacrifice, and determination, they were successful in making Challenger Pallet what it is today.

We now call Utah and Montana home, as well as our original manufacturing site in Idaho Falls. Each day we work to provide excellent customer care as if you are part of our family. Our customers continue to return to the best there is the pallet industry in the intermountain West.

Contact Detials

OGDEN, UT

1206 West 2150 North Ogden, UT 84404

(801) 782-7998

THREE FORKS, MT

1825 Bench Road Three Forks, MT 59752

(406) 285-9896