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 · Coastal Bend

IBC totes in
Corpus Christi.

Corpus Christi combines a heavy industrial base — refining, petrochemical and port operations — with a substantial agricultural hinterland running toward the Coastal Bend cotton and sorghum country.

Outdoor tote yard beside a metal warehouse with the Texas flag flying overhead

The short answer

The Coastal Bend runs on a biweekly consolidated schedule, with dedicated loads for orders or buy-backs above about twenty-five units. Refinery, port and agricultural demand all overlap here.

From the yard

Flatbed trailer loaded with two rows of IBC totes secured with straps, hooked to a blue tractor unit — Twenty on the floor of a 48-foot flatbed. Forty if they're empty.

IBC totes strapped two high inside a box trailer with timber dunnage between the layers — Empties double-stacked and strapped over the cage rail — never over the bottle.

215 mi

from the Austin yard

3505 Montopolis Dr, Austin, TX 78744

3 hr 20 min

drive time

via US-183 and US-77

counties on this route

Nueces, San Patricio, Aransas, Jim Wells, Victoria

totes per trailer floor

Forty if they're empty.

The industrial side is a strong buy-back source. Refinery contractors and chemical distributors accumulate empties quickly, and there is limited local reconditioning capacity, so units that would otherwise be landfilled come back to Austin on our return legs.

Salt air is a genuine spec consideration here. Galvanized cage coating degrades faster in coastal service, so we recommend either galvanized-plus-coated cages or planning on a shorter cage service life.

Demand

What Corpus Christi buys

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

Refining & petrochemical

Contractor chemical, wash-water and waste-collection totes in industrial grades.

Port & marine services

Bilge, absorbent and cleaning chemistry in dedicated placarded units.

Coastal agriculture

Cotton and sorghum operations buying fertilizer and water totes seasonally.

Logistics

How it gets there

Biweekly consolidated schedule; dedicated flatbed for 25+ units.
Salt-air service: specify coated cages or plan on shorter cage life.
Strong return-leg buy-back capacity — we want your empties.

Route detail

Schedule and counties

Corpus Christi route
Attribute	Detail
Region	Coastal Bend
Distance from yard	215 miles
Drive time	3 hr 20 min via US-183 and US-77
Cadence	Biweekly consolidated, dedicated on 25+ units
Counties served	Nueces, San Patricio, Aransas, Jim Wells, Victoria
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

Corpus Christi questions

+How does salt air affect a used tote?

It attacks the cage, not the bottle. Expect visible cage corrosion within a couple of years of outdoor coastal service. The HDPE bottle is unaffected, which is exactly why rebottling and cage replacement are separable operations.

+Is a biweekly schedule workable for urgent needs?

For urgent orders we will quote a dedicated hotshot. It costs more per unit, but it moves the same day in most cases.

Other routes

Elsewhere in Texas

Not in Corpus Christi itself?

The route covers Nueces, San Patricio, Aransas, Jim Wells, Victoria 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 do your grades mean?

N is new, R is rebottled, F is documented food grade, A is clean and presentable, B is sound with visible history, C is structurally sound but cosmetically rough, and X is material recovery only. Full definitions are on the grades page and they are applied by the person who washed the unit.

+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.

Next run to Corpus Christi.

Biweekly consolidated, dedicated on 25+ units. 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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