Information, not advice
The pages on grades, parts, retest dates, RCRA empty containers, rainwater and food history summarize published sources and say where they come from, with the date each was last reviewed. Rules change, permits and carriers decide cases the guides cannot, and your facts may differ. Check the source and the authority that applies to you before you ship, store or reuse anything.
Never use a plastic tote for a Class I flammable liquid, and never treat a tote of unknown history as safe for food, drinking water or animals.
Quote requests
Sending a quote request does not create a sale, a pickup or any obligation for either side. Prices, quantities, who pays for freight and timing are not set on this site.
Using the site
Do not use the forms to send spam, to test other people's email addresses or to probe the site's systems. The tote grader is a checklist. Its grades describe the parts you chose, assume nothing about price, and are not an inspection certificate.
The pictures on this site are drawings made for it. They are not photographs of any yard, tote or customer.
Changes and contact
The site and these terms may change; the date on a page marks its last review. Questions go to info@inlandempireibctotes.com. Read the privacy page for how requests are handled.
What the site promises and what it does not
The guides and pages describe how IBC totes are graded and used. They are information, not professional advice, and they cannot see your tote. Rules cited here, such as federal inspection intervals or California rainwater law, can change; each guide links its source and the date it was last read so you can check the current text.
The site states no prices, no minimum quantities, no payment terms and no delivery times. Any of those would be agreed individually, after a lot has been described, and nothing on a page here forms an offer. Availability of any tote is never guaranteed by a page.
The site is for lawful uses. A tote that held a hazardous product is not cleared for food, water or animal use by anything written here.
Changes to these terms
These terms may change as the site changes. Each page shows when its sources were last reviewed. If a rule you rely on is important, read the source directly.
Links to other sites
Pages link to public sources. Those sites are not under the control of this one, and their content may change.
Use of the grader
The grader is a guide. Its result is a starting point for a conversation, not a certificate. A person will confirm any grade before it is relied on.
Disagreements
If something on a page seems wrong, check the linked source, which is the authority on the rule or figure.
Using the guides
Treat each guide as a starting question and its linked source as the answer.