Source for IBC totes, food grade 55-gal metal/plastic drums, and 6-gal container

[hoosierdoc]

I recently drove to Spencer, IN and bought a few IBC totes and 55-gal drums. They were in good shape and he had a ton of them. The totes were $90 each, food grade. The 55-gal drums were $15, and the 6-gallon containers were $4 each. The 6-gal containers are solid, opaque, and should work great as a portable water storage solution. The IBC totes were clean, the 6-gal had remnant of margarita mix concentrate in them. Still trying to clean them.

These guys are only selling on craigslist but have good prices and a lot to choose from.

275 gallon tank container IBC tote food grade

 

[Cameramonkey]

I recently drove to Spencer, IN and bought a few IBC totes and 55-gal drums. They were in good shape and he had a ton of them. The totes were $90 each, food grade. The 55-gal drums were $15, and the 6-gallon containers were $4 each. The 6-gal containers are solid, opaque, and should work great as a portable water storage solution. The IBC totes were clean, the 6-gal had remnant of margarita mix concentrate in them. Still trying to clean them.

These guys are only selling on craigslist but have good prices and a lot to choose from.

275 gallon tank container IBC tote food grade

I recommend flushing the containers with tequila. No sense wasting that mix.

 

[hoosierdoc]

No kidding. Supposedly since 9/11 you are not allowed to reuse the IBC totes. I don't understand it and couldn't find a reference online as to why not. These came from a margarita mix manufacturer in Louisville. The totes had concentrated lime juice in them from Mexico. I couldn't smell lime at all in them.

 

[nighthawk80]

Man, I have been debating making a trip over there, but I only want 1 container. Long drive for just one. A place in Whiteland sells them sometime, but they supposedly aren't food grade.

 

[Tactically Fat]

Man, I have been debating making a trip over there, but I only want 1 container. Long drive for just one. A place in Whiteland sells them sometime, but they supposedly aren't food grade.

Your solution would be to find a few other people also interested in their products and "truck pool" over and pick up what everyone wants!

 

[hoosierdoc]

I considered offering to do that but my trailer wouldn't hold much. I would take a lot more of the 6-gal cans and a few of the plastic 55-gal blue containers (food grade)

 

[Yeah]

These guys are only selling on craigslist but have good prices and a lot to choose from.

275 gallon tank container IBC tote food grade

Thanks for the tip, I have an application for a couple of totes and these guys aren't far.

 

[Yeah]

I recommend flushing the containers with tequila. No sense wasting that mix.

I will be picking up 10 this weekend. If you have 2750 gallons of tequila, you are invited over.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Damn. I'm only 750 gallons short. (I prep/store the important stuff first)

 

[hoosierdoc]

$60 for these in Bloomington. good price

Food Grade 275 gal tote!

 

[vitamink]

Anyone have a line on these nowadays?

 

[Creedmoor]

No kidding. Supposedly since 9/11 you are not allowed to reuse the IBC totes. I don't understand it and couldn't find a reference online as to why not. These came from a margarita mix manufacturer in Louisville. The totes had concentrated lime juice in them from Mexico. I couldn't smell lime at all in them.

I know that the waste industrial hydraulic oil industry reuses them.
There is a place in Frankton and just above Summitville that clean and resell them.
I bought a few from the Frankton business a few years back and they were food grade that had rice syrup in them.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I can fit five in my full-size truck. I have a source for foodgrade ones that are a lot cheaper than that. No I won’t say, because I don’t want the price getting jacked up. Ha ha. We use a lot of them for our maple syrup operation and I trade the place syrup for the IBCs so it’s even cheaper for me.

 

[vitamink]

Would you sell one of yours?

 

[cg21]

I have a few food grade 35g drums with gaskets and locking lids. I used them for my animal feeds. But since switched to 55g drums

 

[turnerdye1]

Also looking for a good grade IBC tote. All I can find around me have been used for farming chemicals

 

[vitamink]

Also looking for a good grade IBC tote. All I can find around me have been used for farming chemicals

This exactly. I found a place in Cicero that has ones that contained maple syrup or something, but they won’t contact me back.

 

[turnerdye1]

This exactly. I found a place in Cicero that has ones that contained maple syrup or something, but they won’t contact me back.

If you ever get ahold of them let me know! I'd be willing to drive to Cicero for a clean tank

 

[Creedmoor]

This exactly. I found a place in Cicero that has ones that contained maple syrup or something, but they won’t contact me back.

If they are food grade, I bet its rice syrup.

 

[manifest destiny]

Is the guy in Spencer no longer selling? I've bought many different kinds of tanks, totes, containers from him. His setup is rather large and diverse in container volume and sizes. The best part of buying from him is that all the containers are sourced so you'll know what was originally in them. One of the IBC totes I bought there was first used for boat/RV antifreeze; the pink stuff used for flushing and winterizing. I'm comfortable storing fresh water in it that I later use to refill my boondocked RV. I don't drink RV water so it's only used for shower, dishes, etc. Can anyone confirm he's still selling in Spencer??