IBC totes in
Texas.
Put your Texas postal code in the form and the quote comes back delivered, accessorials included.
6 Texas markets served from St. Louis, on a fortnightly lane. The largest industrial chemical market we serve, and the one where the answer is most often stainless rather than poly. Long distances mean truckload economics or nothing. Nearest market Dallas–Fort Worth at 630 road miles; furthest San Antonio at 880. Shared freight on 24+ units; quoted against current routing
What drives container demand in Texas
Texas is where our usual advice inverts. Everywhere else, the honest answer is normally a cheaper grade of reclaimed poly than the customer asked for. In the Gulf Coast chemical corridor the honest answer is frequently stainless, because the chemistry is aggressive, the temperatures are high, and HDPE fails slowly enough that a bad decision arrives months after it is made.
That makes Texas our most technical market. We get asked about aromatic solvents, chlorinated solvents, ketones and strong oxidisers more here than anywhere else, and we would rather decline a poly sale than supply a bottle that stress-cracks in eight months.
Distances are the other defining constraint. Dallas is 630 miles and Houston nearly 800, which means LTL on small quantities is brutal and truckload is the only sensible mode above about twenty units. We are honest about that: for a four-unit order in Houston there is almost certainly a closer supplier, and we will say so.
Industries we supply here
- Petrochemical and refining
- Industrial and specialty chemical manufacture
- Food and beverage manufacture
- Agriculture, cotton and livestock
- Oil-field services
- Construction and municipal water at scale
Freight into Texas
Indicative per-unit freight on empty 275 gallon totes, computed at this state's average 793 road miles. Your own city page carries its own numbers, because the spread between Dallas–Fort Worth and San Antonio is larger than a state-wide figure can usefully express.
| Quantity | Best mode | Freight per unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 unit | Standard LTL | $234 – $375 |
| 4 units | Standard LTL | $133 – $203 |
| 10 units | Volume LTL | $62 – $141 |
| 24 units | Partial truckload | $47 – $75 |
| 48 units | Full truckload | $28 – $53 |
Diesel-sensitive and indicative. The shape of the curve is reliable; the absolute numbers move with fuel. Note that forty-eight units costs roughly a sixth per unit of what one unit costs — consolidating is worth more than any discount we could offer.
Climate and handling notes
High UV load. Two uncovered summers will chalk and embrittle an HDPE bottle at the shoulders, so budget for a fitted sleeve or site tanks in shade. Freeze risk is real but short.
Beyond that, the two things that actually kill containers in service are the same everywhere: standing water under the base frame, which corrodes galvanised tube from the underside where nobody looks, and forklift strikes to the lower cage rails. Get units off wet ground — a pair of reclaimed pallets costs nothing and adds years to a frame. See safety and stacking.
Texas at a glance
- Markets served
- 6
- Lane frequency
- fortnightly
- Nearest market
- Dallas–Fort Worth — 630 mi
- Furthest market
- San Antonio — 880 mi
- Average distance
- 793 mi
- Typical transit
- 3 – 4 business days
- Buyback collection
- Shared freight on 24+ units; quoted against current routing
Price bands, unchanged by state
- Technical
- $95 – $145
- Grade A
- $155 – $225
- Food grade
- $225 – $340
- Rebottled
- $340 – $430
- New
- $520 – $690
- Cage only
- $35 – $60
275 gallon basis, ex-yard, ten or more units. Freight is the line that varies, not the goods.
Grade standardWhat we pay at buyback
- Food grade, plate intact
- $55 – $95
- Grade A industrial
- $35 – $60
- Technical grade
- $15 – $35
- Cracked bottle, good cage
- $6 – $12
- Stainless IBC
- $320 – $1,100
Against a disposal hauler charging $18–$40 a unit, the swing is $53–$100 per container.
Texas by city
Each market page carries its own distance, transit, freight ladder, local demand drivers and collection terms.
Dallas–Fort Worth · DFW metroplex
630 mi · 3 – 4 business days
Distribution and third-party logistics at scale
Dallas–Fort Worth detail 02Houston
790 mi · 3 – 4 business days
Petrochemical and refining at scale
Houston detail 03Amarillo
790 mi · 3 – 4 business days
Cattle feeding at scale and beef processing
Amarillo detail 04Austin
830 mi · 3 – 4 business days
Semiconductor and electronics manufacture
Austin detail 05Lubbock
840 mi · 3 – 4 business days
Cotton production and ginning
Lubbock detail 06San Antonio
880 mi · 4 – 5 business days
Food manufacture and beverage
San Antonio detailTowns on the same runs
Arlington · Plano · Irving · Denton · Waco · Sherman · Pasadena TX · Baytown · Texas City · Sugar Land · Conroe · Beaumont · New Braunfels · Seguin · Boerne · Kerrville · Floresville · Round Rock · Georgetown TX · San Marcos · Cedar Park · Taylor TX · Canyon TX · Hereford · Dumas TX · Pampa · Borger · Plainview TX · Levelland · Brownfield · Littlefield · Post TX
Texas questions
How long does delivery to Texas take?
3 – 4 business days to Dallas–Fort Worth at 630 road miles, and 4 – 5 business days to San Antonio at 880 miles. Those are LTL transit figures after pick-up; add one to three business days for grading, washing and staging depending on the grade you order. Food-grade and rebottled units take longer because they are built to order rather than pulled from stock.
Will you collect empty totes from Texas?
Yes. Shared freight on 24+ units; quoted against current routing Our trucks run a fortnightly lane into Texas, and because they would otherwise return to St. Louis empty, a collection on the return leg costs us the deviation and the loading time and almost nothing else. Stack four high with cages interlocked, drain and cap the valves, and keep food-history units separate from chemical-history ones — mixed stacks get graded down, which costs you money.
What grade do most Texas buyers actually need?
The largest industrial chemical market we serve, and the one where the answer is most often stainless rather than poly. Long distances mean truckload economics or nothing. In practice about a third of the enquiries we receive from any state are specified wrong, and roughly two in three of those are overspecified. Leave the grade field blank on the form and describe the product instead — the answer is usually cheaper than people expect.
Do I pay more for freight to Texas than someone closer to the yard?
The goods cost the same everywhere — grade bands do not move by geography. Freight does, and so do accessorials: liftgate ($95–$140), limited access for a farm or site ($75–$110) and residential delivery ($85–$120). We ask about your dock and forklift up front so those appear in the quote rather than on the invoice.
What about winter and sun damage in Texas?
High UV load. Two uncovered summers will chalk and embrittle an HDPE bottle at the shoulders, so budget for a fitted sleeve or site tanks in shade. Freeze risk is real but short.
Quoting Texas delivered, not ex-yard
Send a postal code, a quantity and whether you have a forklift. That is enough for a number that will match the invoice.