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Grand Rapids, MI · est. 2007
Contact

The yard, the inbox, and the hours.

No phone — we run a yard, not a call center. Email replies inside one business day. Walk-ins welcome during yard hours.

Send the request

Use the form below. It's the same one on every page, and it lands directly in our ops inbox.

01Who you are
02Where you are
03What you need
⟁ Replies within one business day · no phone calls
Yard address

902 Scribner Ave NW

Grand Rapids, MI 49504
United States

Drive-through gate. Pickups and walk-ins use the south entrance off Scribner Ave NW.

Email

info@ibcillinois.com

Goes to ops directly. Reply within one business day, usually much faster.

For media or partnership requests, mention it in the subject — we'll route accordingly.

Hours
  • Monday – Friday7:30 AM – 5:00 PM EST
  • Saturday8:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
  • SundayClosed

Saturday is yard pickup only — no outbound LTL or fab work.

Why no phone?

Honest answer: we'd rather be on the wash line than on hold.

We're a small operation. If we put a phone number up, half the team's day disappears into calls — most of which would have been better as a 4-line email anyway.

Email gets you a faster, more accurate answer. We promise to reply within one business day. Almost always within four hours.

If you'd rather talk in person, the yard is open six days a week and we love walk-ins.

Find us

Just off the 196 ramp on Scribner.

Driving in

From I-196 take exit 77B onto Scribner Ave NW heading north. Yard is 0.4 miles on the right, between Fourth and Fifth streets. Look for the lime-green cage stack at the gate.

Coordinates

42.9756° N, 85.6886° W
Plus code: PJM3+GH Grand Rapids

What happens after you send the form

The path from submission to reply.

Submission. Your form goes straight to our ops inbox — no marketing routing, no auto-responder triage. Both founders, Reyna, and Sara see it within minutes of submission.

Triage. Whoever's at their inbox first claims the email. For buy-back requests Sara typically picks up. For product orders it's Reyna or one of the wash leads. For custom builds it goes to Jamie. For everything else it gets to a founder.

First response. Within one business day, usually within four hours during business hours. The first response is a real answer — not 'thanks, we'll get back to you.' We try to either quote, recommend, or ask a clarifying question on the first reply.

Follow-through. If we need information from you, we ask once. If you don't reply within a week we send one polite follow-up and then drop the thread. We don't have an automated cadence pestering you.

The escalation path. If your application is unusual or technically tricky, the email gets escalated to one of the co-founders (Mike on commercial, Andre on technical). Most don't need escalation.

Key takeaways

If you only read one section.

  1. 01One business day is our service-level commitment. Usually faster.
  2. 02No phone because we'd rather spend the time on the wash bay than on hold.
  3. 03Walk-ins welcome during yard hours.
  4. 04Email goes to people, not to a CRM funnel. We answer with answers, not auto-replies.
  5. 05Address is real: 902 Scribner Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504.
Common questions

Contact and visit questions.

What's the best email subject line to use?
Whatever describes your situation. 'Need 8 reconditioned 275s for cider' is great. 'Quote for IBCs' is also fine. We don't pattern-match on subject lines for routing — humans do that.
Do you respond on weekends?
Best-effort, not guaranteed. Saturday emails sometimes get a response Saturday afternoon. Sunday emails wait until Monday morning. Holidays observed.
Can I schedule a video call?
Yes — for higher-volume buying conversations or technical scoping where back-and-forth email would be slow. We use Zoom or Google Meet. Email to propose a time.
Where's the closest hotel if I'm flying in?
Downtown Grand Rapids has several. The yard is about a 10-minute drive from most downtown hotels.
Are dogs welcome at the yard?
Yes, leashed, during yard hours. Forklift the cat may or may not approve depending on his mood.