Who's buying totes from us. And why.

Food & beverage

Maple syrup producers, cider makers, vintners, juice concentrators, honey packers, sauce manufacturers, dairy intermediaries. Grade A only. Most buyers want plastic pallets and certified UN/DOT.

• Common buy: 12–40 Grade A totes per season.
• Gotcha: auditors may require sealed virgin packaging for first-fill of regulated brands — talk to your QA before ordering used.
• Tip: totes used for one batch of one product hold their food-grade certification across multiple seasons if stored covered and sealed.

Agriculture

Liquid fertilizer mix (UAN, urea), foliar feeds, irrigation supplementation, livestock water hauling, sap collection (maple), spray rig fill, broiler-house water lines.

• Common buy: 6–24 Grade B or C totes per spring.
• Gotcha: some pesticides are not on EPA's tote-reuse list and shouldn't go back into a tote that'll be washed and resold.
• Tip: mounted on a wagon, a 275-gal tote becomes a portable fill station for sprayers.

Brewing & distilling

Glycol storage, brite-tank pre-rinse, ferment vessels (Grade A), wash trim, spent grain handling.

• Common buy: 4–12 totes per location per year.
• Gotcha: ferment vessels need vented manways — we'll mod that for you.
• Tip: our deposit-return pilot for breweries launches in 2026 — ask for early access.

Chemical formulation

Soap base, surfactant blending, lubricant storage, paint base, ink bases, cleaning chemistries.

• Common buy: 25–100 totes per quarter for mid-size formulators.
• Gotcha: stress-cracking risk on surfactant chemistries — rotate stock.
• Tip: we'll mod a tote with bulkhead fittings for dosing pumps so you don't have to.

Municipal & public works

De-icing brine storage, road dust suppressant, mosquito control (larvicide), stormwater catchment, hydroseeding fluid, park irrigation.

• Common buy: 12–60 totes for seasonal use.
• Gotcha: salt brine above 5% wants 316L stainless or fresh HDPE — used HDPE that previously held food won't love it long-term.
• Tip: we can heat-jacket a tote for cold-weather brine storage that needs to stay above freezing.

Construction & concrete

Concrete admixture (plasticizers, set retarders, accelerators), curing compounds, sealants, anti-spalling treatments.

• Common buy: per project, 4–20 totes.
• Gotcha: high-pH admixtures eat steel pallets over time — go plastic.

Education & makers

School gardens, university aquaponics labs, art-class build projects, community gardens, makerspaces.

• Common buy: 1–6 totes, often repurposed-goods variants.
• Tip: our Saturday open-yard is the easiest way to see options. We sell uncut totes and cut planters.

Cannabis (where legal)

Nutrient solution storage, runoff capture, irrigation reservoirs, post-harvest wash.

• Common buy: 4–10 totes per facility.
• Gotcha: state-regulated. Some states require sealed virgin packaging at certain points in the supply chain — verify locally.

Disaster relief & off-grid

Bulk water storage, off-grid rain catchment, livestock water haulage during drought, emergency potable storage.