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IBC TotesSan Francisco
Quote request

A real price, from a person, in one business day.

No instant-quote widget guessing at your freight. We pull the stock, check chemical compatibility, photograph the actual units and come back with a delivered number and a 48-hour hold.
Quote request

Request a quote

No phone tag — email only

The three fields that matter most are quantity, product type and the liquid you describe in the message. Everything else helps us get the freight right.

Letters, spaces, hyphens and apostrophes only.
Letters, spaces, hyphens and apostrophes only.
We reply here, so it has to be an inbox you read. Disposable addresses are rejected.
US and Canada only — 10 digits. Extensions go in the message.
Filled in automatically from your postal code.
US ZIP (94124) or Canadian postal code (M5V 2T6).
Whole containers. No minimum order.

We only use these details to quote your job. No lists, no resale, no robocalls — we do not even own a phone line.

Include the liquid, the quantity and a zip code and you will get a delivered price rather than a follow-up question. If you are not sure which grade you need, say so — we would rather recommend than guess, and the recommendation is free either way.

From the yard

Interior of a warehouse with IBC totes racked on shelving and stored on the floor in a range of colours and conditions
08Covered storage — food-grade stock never sits outside
Mixed-condition IBC totes in an outdoor yard under a blue sky, including one heavily stained amber unit
02Mixed grades awaiting triage — the amber one is going to the granulator
A wide view of an outdoor container yard with dozens of stacked IBC totes, trees and blue sky behind
04Roughly 1,400 containers on the ground on a normal week
What happens next

From request to delivery

  1. A person reads it, usually within the hour

    Requests landing during yard hours are picked up the same business day. There is no auto-responder and no ticket number.

  2. We check compatibility before we quote

    HDPE handles most water-based chemistry but not every solvent, and gasket material matters as much as the bottle. If you attach a safety data sheet we check both.

  3. We pull and photograph the actual units

    Stock is pulled against unit numbers and photographed as it sits — scuffs, labels, cage condition and all.

  4. You get a delivered price with freight itemised

    Container cost, tiering, accessories and freight shown separately, plus any credit for empties we can collect on the return leg.

  5. The stock is held for 48 hours

    No pressure and no expiring-offer theatre. If you need longer, ask; if the pallet is genuinely in demand we will tell you honestly.

Make it fast

Four things that speed this up

  • The liquid and, ideally, its safety data sheet.
  • Quantity, and whether it needs to be a matched lot.
  • Delivery zip code, plus whether you have a forklift or need liftgate service.
  • Whether you have empties we could collect on the same trip — it usually reduces the total.

No phone, and it is on purpose

Every request comes through one written channel so nothing is lost and every answer is on the record. If you would rather email directly, quotes@ibctotessanfrancisco.com reaches the same desk.
Not sure what to ask for?

Two pages that answer most of it.

The Bancroft Avenue reconditioning yard packed with IBC totes, with the Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline behind it
San Francisco from the pad — the shortest delivery run we make
Rows of used caged IBC totes stacked two high on a concrete pad under an overcast sky
A morning's intake, logged and photographed before anything is washed
A single clean 275 gallon caged IBC tote showing its data plate marked 275 Gallon 1041 Liter and Transport 1650 kg max
275 gallon, 1,041 litres, 48 × 40 × 46 inches — the standard everything is built around
A blue tractor unit with a flatbed trailer loaded with strapped IBC totes beside a warehouse roller door
Forty empties double-stacked, which is what makes the freight economic