Iowa Shipping Containers
Waste hauler in Ottumwa, IA · 5 drivers · 5 trucks · USDOT 299171
Company details
- Legal name
- Cobler Farming Company
- Address
- 13880 IA 149
Ottumwa, IA 52501 - Phone
- (641) 799-2945
- County
- Wapello County
- Business type
- Corporation
- USDOT number
- 299171 (active)
- FMCSA registered
- Since August 1987
- Operation
- Interstate carrier · Private Property;authorized for Hire;exempt for Hire
- Cargo on file
- Construction; Agricultural and farm supplies; General freight; Grain, feed, hay; Intermodal containers; Machinery, large objects
- Hazardous materials
- No
- Locations
- 1 location · operates in IA
- Data sources
- FMCSA Motor Carrier Census (24 Aug 2026)
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
Fleet and drivers
- Drivers
- 5 (all CDL holders)
- Power units
- 5 trucks
- Driving radius
- Regional / long haul (4 drivers beyond 100 miles) (4 interstate, 1 intrastate)
- Annual mileage
- 230,000 miles (2024 filing)
- Fleet size band
- 5–10 drivers
- Last FMCSA filing
- MCS-150 updated Jan 17, 2025
Figures come from the carrier's own FMCSA registration filings and are self-reported.
About this hauler
Iowa Shipping Containers is a waste hauler based in Ottumwa, Iowa, in Wapello County. It has been registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration since 1987 (USDOT 299171) and files as an interstate carrier hauling construction, agricultural and farm supplies, general freight, grain, feed, hay, intermodal containers, machinery, large objects. Its latest filing lists 5 drivers and 5 power units, with 230,000 miles driven in 2024. The nearest transfer station is Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, 23.2 miles away, and the nearest landfill is Ottumwa-Wapello County Sanitary Landfill in Ottumwa, 3.7 miles away.
Nearby facilities
- Alter Metal Recycling - Ottumwa Recycling 0.5 mi · Ottumwa, IA
- Rosenman's Recycling 2.4 mi · Ottumwa, IA
- Ottumwa Recycling Center Recycling 3.5 mi · Ottumwa, IA
- Ottumwa Recycling Facility Recycling 3.5 mi · Ottumwa, IA
- Ottumwa-Wapello County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 3.7 mi · Ottumwa, IA
- Mahaska County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 16.7 mi · Oskaloosa, IA
- Moravia Cash For Cans Recycling 22.4 mi · Moravia, IA
- Keokuk County Solid Waste and Recycling Center Recycling 22.5 mi · Sigourney, IA
- Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Transfer Station 23.2 mi · Sigourney, IA
- SEMCO Southeast Multi-County Sanitary Landfill, Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Landfill 23.3 mi · Richland, IA
Nearest landfill: Ottumwa-Wapello County Sanitary Landfill, Ottumwa — 3.7 mi
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Area served
Based in Ottumwa; towns within 15 miles: Ottumwa, Chillicothe, Kirkville, Agency, Blakesburg, Cedar, Hedrick, Fremont, Eldon, Martinsburg, Eddyville, Batavia.
County context
One of 4 waste haulers in Wapello County, IA and one of 356 waste haulers in Iowa.
ZIP 52501 at a glance
- Population
- 30,371 (52 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 39
- Households
- Median income $63,426 · 27% earn six figures
- Housing
- 66% owner-occupied · median home value $123,202 · median rent $926
- Workforce
- 62% labor-force participation · 4.4% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Disposal options for this hauler
4 recycling centers and 1 landfill in Wapello County.