IBC ToteTexas

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Service area · South Central Texas

IBC totes in
San Antonio.

San Antonio is our second-largest market and the traffic is genuinely two-directional: totes go south to food manufacturers, contractors and ranches, and empties come back north from the industrial corridor along I-10 and the Southside.

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

The short answer

We run consolidated San Antonio routes twice a week down I-35, which keeps delivery cost per tote near Austin levels. Orders placed by Monday noon ship Tuesday; orders by Wednesday noon ship Thursday.

Order for San Antonio

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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.
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.

80 mi

from the Austin yard

3505 Montopolis Dr, Austin, TX 78744

1 hr 20 min

drive time

via I-35

6

counties on this route

Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Atascosa, Medina, Wilson

20

totes per trailer floor

Forty if they're empty.

The city's food manufacturing base — bakeries, tortilla plants, sauce and salsa producers, and a growing craft beverage scene — drives steady demand for documented food-grade units. On the other end, the ranching and hunting-lease economy south and west of town buys hundreds of water totes a year.

Because we consolidate, a four-tote order and a forty-tote order both ride on the same Tuesday truck. That is the whole reason the freight math works this far out.

Demand

What San Antonio buys

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

01

Food manufacturing

Tortilla, sauce and bakery producers on the Southside and along I-10 — high volume, documented food-grade only.

02

Ranch & hunting lease water

Atascosa, Medina and Wilson County operations buying water totes by the pallet-load before summer.

03

Military & institutional

Base support contractors and facility maintenance groups running chemical and wash-water totes.

Logistics

How it gets there

  • Cut-off: Monday noon for Tuesday delivery, Wednesday noon for Thursday.
  • Consolidated freight — small orders ride the same truck as large ones.
  • Buy-back pickups scheduled onto the return leg at no charge.

Route detail

Schedule and counties

San Antonio route
AttributeDetail
RegionSouth Central Texas
Distance from yard80 miles
Drive time1 hr 20 min via I-35
CadenceTwice weekly, Tuesday and Thursday
Counties servedBexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Atascosa, Medina, Wilson
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

San Antonio questions

+Is there a delivery minimum to San Antonio?
No minimum, but orders under four totes carry a small consolidated freight line. Above four it is usually absorbed into the unit price.
+Can you pick up our empties on the same trip?
Yes — that is the ideal scenario for everyone. Tell us in the Message field and dispatch will schedule the collection onto the return leg.

Other routes

Elsewhere in Texas

Not in San Antonio itself?

The route covers Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Atascosa, Medina, Wilson 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
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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

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.
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.

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.

+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 San Antonio.

Twice weekly, Tuesday and Thursday. 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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