Greenhill Reload

What Greenhill Reload does

Greenhill Reload, LLC is an Oregon-based, family-owned private company that manufactures and distributes premium Douglas Fir wood utility poles and produces basalt aggregate and AREMA-spec Class 1 railroad ballast, with a rail-served transload operation as the operational backbone connecting all three product lines. The company operates three Oregon facilities — a West Eugene yard (88233 Green Hill Rd), a North Bend yard on the Oregon Coast (92730 Trans Pacific Lane), and the Parvin Butte Quarry in Dexter — with two of the yards sited on the Class 2 Coos Bay Rail Line and the West Eugene yard extended in June 2023 to provide direct access to Union Pacific's Class 1 network, enabling transcontinental transload service. Aggregate and ballast are produced through sister company Lost Creek Rock Products, and the company owns a fleet of bottom-dump hopper and gondola railcars that it uses to deliver its own product and to provide rail-to-truck and truck-to-rail transloading for forest products, aggregates, and bio-diesel moving between coastal and inland markets.

The underlying business is a logistics-and-supply business built on physical infrastructure rather than software: rail-served yards on both Class 1 and Class 2 lines along the I-5 corridor, vertically integrated quarry production, and an owned railcar fleet that the company says removes more than 11,000 trucks per year from Oregon roads. Greenhill earns revenue through three streams — pole sales (hardware), transload service fees (transaction-based), and aggregate/ballast sales (hardware) — with pricing provided on a quote basis rather than via disclosed rate cards, and the company sells directly to utility, forest-products, railroad, and bio-diesel customers via phone, email, and its website. The customer base is concentrated in the Pacific Northwest and includes the Coos Bay Rail Line as a named primary ballast buyer; the 2023 Union Pacific Class 1 connection is the most material recent commercial lever for broadening the customer set. Greenhill is incorporated in Oregon as an LLC, has 1-10 employees, and reports no external funding, M&A activity, or AI/digital product layer in the available data.

Name

Greenhill Reload

Legal name

Greenhill Reload, LLC

Website

https://greenhillreload.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Greenhill Reload is a family-owned Oregon company that manufactures Douglas Fir wood utility poles, produces basalt aggregate and AREMA-spec railroad ballast, and runs rail-served transload yards on the Coos Bay Rail Line and Union Pacific, serving utility, forest-products, and railroad customers in the Pacific Northwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Utility Infrastructure Materials

NAICS

Forestry and Logging (113)

SIC

Forestry (800), Wholesale-Lumber, Plywood, Millwork & Wood Panels (5031)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAMAJAK

Biomass Loading, Handling & Transloading (Chip Vans, Containers)

Agriculture & Food Production/Forestry & Logging/Wood Chipping & Residue Recovery (Forest Residues)

SECONDARYIMAMAAAB

Logging & Timber Harvesting

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Paper & Forest Products/Forestry & Logging

SECONDARYIMAMABAJ

Railroad Ties, Poles & Timber Products

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Paper & Forest Products/Sawmills & Wood Processing

Keywords

• Wood utility poles
• Transload services
• Basalt aggregate
• Railroad ballast production
• Rail-to-truck logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Eugene

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wood Utility Pole Sales: Manufacturing and distribution of premium Douglas Fir wood utility poles to utility companies, sold via rail or truck transport.
2. Transload Services: Transload services charging fees for moving commodities between trucks and rail cars at their rail-served yards, serving coastal and inland markets.
3. Aggregate and Ballast Sales: Production and sale of high-quality basalt rock and railroad ballast from Parvin Butte Quarry, including their own fleet of bottom dump hopper cars and gondola cars.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Greenhill Reload manufactures and distributes premium Douglas Fir wood utility poles and high-quality basalt aggregate (including AREMA spec railroad ballast), and operates multi-commodity transload services (truck-to-rail and rail-to-truck) at three rail-served yards on the Class 2 Coos Bay Rail Line and Class 1 Union Pacific line along Oregon's I-5 corridor. The company supplies utility companies, forest products firms, and the railroad industry, moving more than 11,000 trucks annually off Oregon highways.

Product overview

Greenhill Reload is an Oregon-based, family-owned company offering three interconnected product lines: (1) the Pole Division manufacturing and distributing premium Douglas Fir wood utility poles, (2) Multi-Commodity Transload Services enabling truck-to-rail and rail-to-truck logistics at strategically located rail-served yards on both Class 1 and Class 2 rail lines, and (3) Aggregate products (basalt rock including railroad ballast) supplied through sister company Lost Creek Rock Products. The transload services division serves as the operational backbone, utilizing three yards on the I-5 corridor to move forest products, aggregates, and bio-diesel between coastal and inland markets via rail transport.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lost Creek Rock Products: Sister company that operates the Parvin Butte Quarry in Dexter, Oregon, producing high-quality basalt rock and AREMA spec UPPR certified Class 1 ballast for the railroad industry.

Products and services

• Pole Division (Wood Utility Poles) Manufacture and distribution of premium quality untreated Douglas Fir wood utility poles (purchased, peeled, and distributed), supplied to utility companies by rail or truck transport from two rail-served yards in West Eugene, Oregon.
• Multi-Commodity Transload Services Truck-to-rail and rail-to-truck transloading services at rail-served yards on the Coos Bay Rail Line (Class 2) in West Eugene and North Bend and on the Union Pacific Class 1 rail line in West Eugene, handling logs, chips, aggregates, and bio-diesel for coastal and inland markets.
• Aggregate (Basalt Rock and Railroad Ballast) Production of high-quality basalt rock from the Parvin Butte Quarry in Dexter, Oregon (operated by sister company Lost Creek Rock Products), including AREMA spec UPPR certified Class 1 railroad ballast stocked at the West Eugene and North Bend yards for delivery to coastal markets using Greenhill's own railcar fleet.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 11,000 trucks annually removed from roads through coastal rail shipments

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Union PacificcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 June 2023
• Coos Bay Rail LinecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor
• Lost Creek Rock ProductscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Savage Services: Privately held provider of transload, logistics, and supply chain services with extensive rail-served infrastructure across North America. Closest direct comparable to Greenhill's multi-commodity transload business model, including handling of forest products, aggregate, and bulk commodities at rail-served yards.
• Stella-Jones Corporation: Largest wood utility pole manufacturer and pressure-treated wood producer in North America. Directly comparable to Greenhill's Pole Division on product (treated and untreated wood poles for utilities) and end customers (utility companies), though at vastly larger scale and with a North American manufacturing footprint.
• Koppers Holdings: Global producer of treated wood products including utility poles and railroad ties. Directly comparable to Greenhill's wood utility pole manufacturing activity, though Koppers focuses on pressure treatment rather than Greenhill's distribution of untreated Douglas Fir poles.
• Watco Companies: Privately held transportation services company operating short line railroads and transload facilities across the US. Comparable to Greenhill on rail-served yard operations and transload service delivery for bulk commodities.

Regional players

• Hampton Lumber: Family-owned lumber manufacturer operating sawmills in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Comparable to Greenhill on Pacific Northwest forest products supply chain, including use of regional rail infrastructure for log and lumber movement.
• Boise Cascade: Major wood products manufacturer and building materials distributor with significant Pacific Northwest operations. Comparable to Greenhill on forest products handling and wood-product distribution, though Boise Cascade focuses on engineered wood and OSB panels rather than utility poles.

Broad incumbents

• Granite Construction: Major US construction materials producer and contractor with significant aggregate operations across the West. Comparable to Greenhill's aggregate and ballast product line and to potential ballast customers in the railroad industry.
• Martin Marietta Materials: Largest US producer of aggregates (crushed stone, sand, and gravel) supplying construction and infrastructure markets. Comparable to Greenhill's basalt aggregate and railroad ballast production through sister company Lost Creek Rock Products, though Martin Marietta operates at national scale.
• Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Now a subsidiary of GATX, operates short line and regional railroads with associated transload and industrial switching services across North America and internationally. Overlaps with Greenhill on Class 1/Class 2 rail-served logistics operations but at significantly larger scale.
• Summit Materials: Vertically integrated construction materials company with aggregate, cement, and ready-mix operations across North America. Comparable to Greenhill on aggregate supply for construction and infrastructure end markets, though at much larger scale and with broader product portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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