A real price, from a person, in one business day.
Request a quote
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.
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
From request to delivery
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.
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.
We pull and photograph the actual units
Stock is pulled against unit numbers and photographed as it sits — scuffs, labels, cage condition and all.
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.
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.
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
Two pages that answer most of it.
Frequently asked
How fast will I get a quote?
Same business day for anything that arrives before mid-afternoon, and often within a couple of hours. Speed is almost entirely a function of how complete the first message is. A request with quantity, grade, intended contents, delivery address and access detail gets a firm number. A request that says 'how much for totes' gets a question back, and that round trip is what turns two hours into two days.
What information should I include in a quote request?
Five things: what liquid it is for, how many units, which grade or specification you need, where it is going and what the delivery access is like. If the liquid is chemically interesting, attach the safety data sheet — we check bottle and gasket compatibility before quoting rather than after. If your dock cannot take a 53 ft flatbed, say so in the first message and the quote will arrive with the right truck already priced in.
Is there a minimum order?
No. A single container gets the same grading, the same wash and the same documentation as a fifty-container order. Pricing improves at twelve units and again at forty-eight, and freight per unit drops sharply once you are filling a truck, but nothing prevents you buying one. Plenty of our customers started with one and never intended to become accounts.
Does a quote include delivery?
Yes, quoted as a line rather than buried in the unit price. Inside San Francisco it is a flat yard fee. Across the wider Bay Area it is a fixed figure per run on our own flatbeds, with bridge tolls included where they apply. Beyond our own lanes it is brokered freight and the quote will say so. If you are collecting yourself, say that too and the freight line comes off.
Can I get a quote for selling you my empties?
Yes, and it is the same desk. For small lots, photographs and a prior-contents description are enough for a sight-unseen number. For anything over about forty units or a recurring stream, we would rather come and look, because a conservative remote quote almost always undervalues a good lot. Pay is cash or credit against future purchases, and we collect on the return leg of an existing run wherever the geography allows.