Product catalog
Everything on the yard,
and what it's actually for.
Nine categories, seven grades and seven sizes. Each page below tells you the specifications, the price drivers and — the part most sellers skip — what the product is genuinely not suitable for.
The short answer
Most Texas buyers want one of three things: a Grade B 275-gallon tote for water and general industrial duty, a documented food-grade tote for anything edible, or a rebottled unit when compliance paperwork matters. Everything else in this catalog is a variation on those three.
From the yard
Start here
Nine categories
Ordered roughly by how often they leave the gate.
Size chart
Seven sizes, at a glance
Gross weights assume water at 8.34 lb per gallon. If your product is heavier — and most chemicals are — recalculate before you plan a rack or a trailer.
| Capacity | Metric | L × W × H (in) | Tare (lb) | Gross w/ water (lb) | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275 gal | 1040 L | 48 × 40 × 46 | 130 | 2,425 | Always in stock |
| 330 gal | 1250 L | 48 × 40 × 53 | 160 | 2,915 | Always in stock |
| 264 gal | 1000 L | 48 × 40 × 46 | 125 | 2,325 | Usually in stock |
| 350 gal | 1325 L | 48 × 40 × 56 | 175 | 3,095 | Order in |
| 180 gal | 680 L | 48 × 40 × 39 | 105 | 1,605 | Order in |
| 120 gal | 450 L | 40 × 32 × 39 | 80 | 1,080 | Special order |
| 550 gal | 2000 L | 60 × 48 × 62 | 290 | 4,875 | Special order |
Grades
The same tote, seven different prices.
Grade is the single biggest price driver in this catalog — bigger than size, bigger than valve spec, bigger than quantity. Get it right and you often halve your cost.
- NNewNever filled. Full UN certification, full price.100
- RRebottledNew bottle, reconditioned cage and pallet. The honest middle.55–65
- FFood GradeOnly ever held edible product. Documented and caustic washed.38–48
- AGrade AClean, straight, presentable. The general-purpose default.30–38
- BGrade BSound and leak-free with visible history. The value pick.20–28
- CGrade CUgly and honest. Holds liquid, wins no prizes.12–18
- XRecovery OnlyEnd of service life. Material recovery, not resale.—
Buying advice
Three mistakes that cost real money
01
Buying food grade when you don't need it
Documented food-grade stock costs roughly twice what a Grade B unit costs. If the tote is holding wash water, glycol or jobsite water, that premium buys you nothing but a cleaner-looking container.
02
Buying Grade A when you need documentation
A shiny tote is not a food-grade tote and it is certainly not a UN-compliant one. If you need paperwork, buy the grade that comes with paperwork — the alternative is a failed audit.
03
Ignoring the valve
A ball valve on viscous product will cost you an hour per transfer, forever. A full-port butterfly valve is a small premium at purchase and pays for itself in the first month.
What a used IBC tote actually is
An intermediate bulk container sits between a 55-gallon drum and a bulk tank. The composite type — the one this catalog is mostly about — is a blow-moulded HDPE bottle held inside a welded tubular steel cage, mounted on a four-way pallet base, with a screw lid on top and a threaded discharge valve at the bottom.
That design is unusually good at coming back. The bottle is the only component with a meaningful failure mode in normal service; the cage, pallet and hardware routinely outlast three or four bottles. A tote that reaches us with a compromised bottle and a straight cage is not scrap — it is most of a container that needs one part.
Composite, rigid and flexible IBCs
Composite IBCs (UN code 31HA1) are what you will see across Texas. Rigid plastic IBCs are a single moulded vessel with no cage — durable, heavier, far less common used. Flexible IBCs are woven bulk bags for dry product and are a different business entirely. Unless a page here says otherwise, we are talking about composite units.
Why the used market exists at all
Chemical, food and agricultural product is delivered in totes and the tote does not go back. That leaves hundreds of thousands of sound containers a year sitting behind facilities across the state with no route back into service. Yards like ours are that route. Read the circular economy explainer for how the loop actually closes, or the buying guide if you just want to purchase well.
Questions people actually ask
+Which tote should I buy if I don't know where to start?
+Do you publish prices?
+Can I mix grades in one order?
+What comes with the tote?
Keep reading
Related pages
- IBC Tote Size ChartEvery dimension we publish.
- Grades ExplainedWhat N, R, F, A, B, C and X actually mean.
- Buying GuideHow to buy used without getting burned.
- How Buying WorksFrom form to forklift in four steps.
- By IndustryWhat each sector actually needs.
- Delivery & RoutesCut-off times for every Texas metro.
Quick reference
Numbers worth having open in another tab
The figures that come up in almost every conversation, whichever page you arrived on.
275 gallon · 1040 L
48×40×46
- Tare
- 130 lb
- Gross, water
- 2,425 lb
- Stack full
- 2 high
- Stock
- Always in stock
330 gallon · 1250 L
48×40×53
- Tare
- 160 lb
- Gross, water
- 2,915 lb
- Stack full
- 2 high
- Stock
- Always in stock
264 gallon · 1000 L
48×40×46
- Tare
- 125 lb
- Gross, water
- 2,325 lb
- Stack full
- 2 high
- Stock
- Usually in stock
350 gallon · 1325 L
48×40×56
- Tare
- 175 lb
- Gross, water
- 3,095 lb
- Stack full
- 2 high
- Stock
- Order in
From the yard notes
Longer reading on this
32 articles written by the people who wash, grade, weld and dispatch. No marketing copy in any of them.
- Reconditioning · May 30, 2023 · 3 minSecond-Life Builds: What a Cut Container BecomesOne tote, two raised beds, and a galvanized trellis frame that came free with them.
- Logistics · October 13, 2021 · 3 minWhy Freight Decides Whether Your Tote Order Makes SenseFor used containers, freight isn't a rounding error. On a small distant order it can cost more than the goods.
- Industry · August 9, 2023 · 3 minConcrete Washout That Keeps TCEQ HappyMovable, legal, and recoverable at the end of the job instead of becoming a disposal line item.
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While you're here
Pulled from the full FAQ, which runs to forty-plus answers across buying, grades, food safety, sizes, selling, compliance, delivery and care.
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- 3505 Montopolis Dr, Austin, TX 78744
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- Coverage
- 68 Texas counties on scheduled routes, from one Austin yard.
+What does 31HA1/Y mean?
+What about totes with product still in them?
+How high can I stack totes?
+What about allergen control?
+What's the difference between Grade A and food grade?
Tell us the job. We'll name the tote.
Give us the product, the volume and the destination, and you'll get a grade recommendation and a written price the same business day — including when the cheap option is the right one.