Reuse ledger, year to date: 41,200 totes diverted from Texas landfills this year. 2,060k lb of HDPE kept in service. 1,772k lb of steel cage recovered. 3,140 tons of CO₂e avoided. 92% of our wash water recycled on site. 68 Texas counties served from one Austin yard. Full methodology at /sustainability/reuse-ledger.

Service area · Central Texas

IBC totes in
Austin.

Austin is home base. The Montopolis yard sits in the industrial pocket between the airport, the river and the old Del Valle line — close enough to downtown that a brewery on East 6th can run over on a lunch break, and close enough to 71 and 130 that a flatbed can be in Bastrop or Buda inside half an hour.

Flatbed trailer loaded with two rows of IBC totes secured with straps, hooked to a blue tractor unit

The short answer

Our yard is at 3505 Montopolis Dr in southeast Austin, roughly six minutes from the Highway 71 / Ben White interchange. Austin customers can pick up the same day during yard hours, or take a next-day delivery anywhere inside Loop 1 / SH-130.

From the yard

Outdoor tote yard beside a metal warehouse with the Texas flag flying overhead — The yard on a working Tuesday. Everything ships from one site in southeast Austin.

Wide view of a warehouse hall filled with reconditioned IBC totes on polished concrete — Covered inventory. What you see on the rack is what goes on your truck.

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from the Austin yard

3505 Montopolis Dr, Austin, TX 78744

Same city — yard pickup available

drive time

counties on this route

Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Caldwell

totes per trailer floor

Forty if they're empty.

Because we grade and wash on site, Austin buyers get the widest selection in the state on any given morning: food-grade stock in the covered bay, general Grade A and B on the north rack, and jobsite C-grade in the back row. What you see in the yard is what ships.

We also run the densest buy-back network here. If you are an Austin brewery, coffee roaster, sauce producer, distributor or contractor sitting on empty totes, we will usually collect them within a week and put credit on your account rather than let them go to the transfer station.

Demand

What Austin buys

Every market has a shape. This is what actually moves on this route.

Craft beverage

Eighty-plus breweries, distilleries and cold-brew producers inside fifty miles — the single largest source of food-grade tote demand in Central Texas.

Tech & data center construction

Jobsite water, concrete washout and dust suppression across the eastern Travis County build-out.

Urban agriculture

Community gardens, market farms and rainwater harvesting installs from Manor to Dripping Springs.

Logistics

How it gets there

Yard pickup: bring a truck and straps; we load with a forklift at no charge.
Delivery inside Austin city limits typically next business day.
Moffett-equipped truck available for sites with no forklift or dock.

Route detail

Schedule and counties

Austin route
Attribute	Detail
Region	Central Texas
Distance from yard	Yard pickup
Drive time	Same city — yard pickup available
Cadence	Daily routes, same-day pickup at the yard
Counties served	Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Caldwell
Buy-back pickup	20+ units, free, on the return leg
Yard pickup	3505 Montopolis Dr, Austin, TX 78744 — Mon–Thu 7:30a–5p · Fri 7:30a–4p · Sat 8a–12p · Sun closed (Central Time)

What we deliver here

Most-requested stock on this route

Austin questions

+Can I come look at the totes before I buy?

Yes, and we prefer it for first-time buyers. Come during yard hours, walk the rows, and pick your own units. Grading is honest but subjective — seeing them settles it.

+Do you deliver to Dripping Springs, Manor and Buda?

Yes, all part of the standard Austin metro route at no additional trip charge above 4 units.

Other routes

Elsewhere in Texas

Not in Austin itself?

The route covers Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Caldwell and everything on the roads between here and there. Send your ZIP through the form and we will tell you which run serves you and when the next cut-off is — or see the full service area schedule.

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

Outlet thread

S60x6 — 60 mm coarse buttress. Not 2" NPT.

Grades published

N, R, F, A, B, C, X — applied at the wash bay.

Wash standards

W1 rinse through W4 caustic CIP at 160°F.

UN retest

Leakproofness 2.5 yrs, requalification 5 yrs.

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.

All 32 articles

On the yard this week

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.

Read the full FAQ

Where we are: 3505 Montopolis Dr, Austin, TX 78744
Yard hours: Mon–Thu 7:30a–5p · Fri 7:30a–4p · Sat 8a–12p · Sun closed (Central Time)
Email: sales@ibctotestexas.com
Coverage: 68 Texas counties on scheduled routes, from one Austin yard.

+What is your minimum order?

None for yard pickup. For delivery, small orders ride our consolidated routes with a modest freight line, and above about four totes it's usually absorbed into the unit price.

+Can I clean a tote myself?

For non-critical uses, yes — a proper three-stage rinse with agitation and full drain between stages does a lot. For food service, no: you need documented parameters and a caustic clean-in-place, which is what our W4 standard is for.

+Do you ship outside Texas?

Occasionally into Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico on volume orders. Further than that, a yard closer to you usually beats us on freight and we'll say so.

+How often does an IBC need retesting?

Leakproofness testing every 2.5 years and full requalification every 5 years under 49 CFR 180.352. The test date must be marked on the container.

+How much are my empties worth?

It depends mostly on cage condition and prior contents. A straight cage with a rinsed bottle and a readable UN plate carries the best value. A stained bottle in a folded cage is worth its material recovery.

Next run to Austin.

Daily routes, same-day pickup at the yard. Send your unit count and ZIP and we'll confirm which truck you're on and what the freight looks like.

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