IBC ToteTexas

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 · North Texas

IBC totes in
Dallas–Fort Worth.

DFW is the largest single market we serve outside the Gulf Coast, and the demand profile is broad rather than concentrated: food manufacturing in Garland and Mesquite, plastics and coatings in Grand Prairie, agriculture out past Weatherford and Waxahachie, and a construction sector that never stops.

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

The short answer

We run a weekly Wednesday flatbed up I-35 into the Metroplex, serving Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Denton and the industrial belt from Grand Prairie to Garland. Orders in by Tuesday morning make that week's truck.

Order for Dallas–Fort Worth

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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 staged on a port terminal apron beside stacked shipping containers and gantry cranes
Gulf Coast staging. The densest source of recoverable totes in North America.

195 mi

from the Austin yard

3505 Montopolis Dr, Austin, TX 78744

3 hr

drive time

via I-35

6

counties on this route

Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, Collin, Ellis, Johnson

20

totes per trailer floor

Forty if they're empty.

The Metroplex also has plenty of local competition, so we compete on two things: grading honesty and the fact that we wash and rebottle ourselves rather than brokering someone else's stock. If a grade sheet says B, the tote is B.

For larger programs — twenty units and up, or an ongoing fleet — we quote on a dedicated load basis, which usually lands below what a local broker can do on the same spec.

Demand

What Dallas–Fort Worth buys

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

01

Plastics & coatings

Resin additives, coatings and adhesives moving in rebottled UN-marked units.

02

Food processing

Garland and Mesquite processors buying documented food-grade stock.

03

Ag & equine

Water and supplement totes across Parker, Wise and Johnson counties, heaviest in May and June.

Logistics

How it gets there

  • Order cut-off Tuesday 10 a.m. for the Wednesday truck.
  • Dedicated loads quoted for 20+ units, usually cheaper per unit than the consolidated rate.
  • Return-leg buy-back available on the same trip.

Route detail

Schedule and counties

Dallas–Fort Worth route
AttributeDetail
RegionNorth Texas
Distance from yard195 miles
Drive time3 hr via I-35
CadenceWeekly consolidated run, Wednesday out
Counties servedDallas, Tarrant, Denton, Collin, Ellis, Johnson
Buy-back pickup20+ units, free, on the return leg
Yard pickup3505 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

Dallas–Fort Worth questions

+Why buy from Austin when there are Dallas yards?
Two reasons customers give us: we grade honestly and publish what each grade means, and we do our own washing and rebottling instead of reselling. If neither matters for your application, buy local and save the freight — we would rather tell you that than oversell.
+How fast can you get 40 totes to Fort Worth?
If the stock is on the ground, typically three to four business days including the dedicated load. Rebottled units to a specific spec run longer — ask and we will give you a real date, not an optimistic one.

Other routes

Elsewhere in Texas

Not in Dallas–Fort Worth itself?

The route covers Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, Collin, Ellis, Johnson 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

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.
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.

More answers

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)
Coverage
68 Texas counties on scheduled routes, from one Austin yard.

+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.
+Do you buy used totes?
Yes — it's half the business. Anywhere in Texas, from a handful behind a brewery to several hundred on a chemical yard. Send photos and prior contents and we'll price them the same day.
+What are standard IBC tote dimensions?
48 inches long by 40 inches wide — one standard pallet position — with height varying by capacity: 46 in for 275 gallons, 53 in for 330, 56 in for 350.
+How do I tell if a used tote is sound?
Check five points: cage welds at the base corners, the bottle around the outlet, the valve seat, the lid gasket and the pallet feet. Those account for nearly every problem we see at intake. The 48-point inspection checklist covers the systematic version.
+Can I inspect before buying?
Yes, and we encourage it for first-time buyers. Yard hours, walk the rows, pick your own units. Grading is honest but it's still a judgement — seeing the stock settles every question at once.

Next run to Dallas–Fort Worth.

Weekly consolidated run, Wednesday out. 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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