Received
Your request is in the yard queue
A grader will read it and reply in writing, usually the same business day, with grades, counts and a load window attached.
- Sheet
- 56
- Revision
- 2026-10
- Scale
- 1:1
- Drawn at
- Peoria IL
While you wait
Four things worth reading
- The 18-point grading standard — so you can check our grade against your own eyes.
- The Loop Lab — find out what your containers should become.
- The impact calculator — numbers you can put in a report.
- The FAQ — forty-one answers, including most of what you were about to ask.
Prefer email? info@ibctotespickup.com. Same desk, same people, same response time. There is no phone number and that is on purpose.
Back to the yard →Logged against a real pickup route
The next four steps, with timings
01
A grader reads it
Not a sales rep and not an auto-responder. Usually within a few working hours, and in the first three weeks of spring within two days.
02
You get specifics in writing
Grade mix, counts, a price band and a load window. If we need photographs we will say exactly which four.
03
It goes onto a real lane
Your load is scheduled against an actual standing route with a date, not into a pipeline to be nurtured.
04
Paperwork follows the truck
Bill of lading and a diversion statement by email the same day the load moves, plus any wash certificates you asked for.
| If you asked about | Who replies | Typical response time |
|---|---|---|
| Buying or selling containers | A grader | Same business day |
| Photo grading | The grader who will meet the load | 24 hours |
| Fabrication or a custom build | The fabricator | 1–2 days |
| Washing or documentation | Wash bay lead | 1–2 days |
| Compliance, disposal or an audit | Yard manager | 2–3 days |
| Pooling or fleet programmes | Yard manager | 2–3 days |
Four things worth doing while you wait
- Take the four photographs we will probably ask for: the placard, the valve with it open, the top fitting, and a wide shot of the stack.
- Photograph the UN plate straight on in daylight. If it is legible, your containers are worth 30 to 60 percent more than if it is not.
- Check how the containers have been stored — indoors, outdoors, stacked, how long. That predicts the grade better than the last contents does.
- Run the Loop Lab and keep the ticket code. Paste it into any follow-up and the grader knows exactly which container you mean.