Ok you guys I just found out about a thing called the Eurobox and now I'm really upset that we don't have them over here in North America.

[snowyca@social.vivaldi.net]

@tezoatlipoca They look awesome---but as we age ....not so

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@tezoatlipoca So, these exist in the US, but apparently are owned by some kind of crate cartel, and are only provided to "members", ie grocery store chains, produce vendors, etc. And require some kind of subscription membership. Very standard across companies, collapsible crates, all the same size. Reusable, etc.

[killick@dmv.community]

@ai6yr @tezoatlipoca

They strongly resemble the collapsible crates sold by the Container Store chain. No membership required. I have 3 or 4. I keep one in the trunk of my car.

[wcbdata@vis.social]

@ai6yr @tezoatlipoca I've been buying flip top stackable crates from American Surplus and Global Industrial, and we're just a fledgling makerspace...

Used Attached Lid Containers for Sale by American Surplus Inc.

Used Attached Lid Containers are on sale for over 50% off at American Surplus, your most trusted source for used warehouse equipment.

(www.americansurplus.com)

Similar enough?

[clew@ecoevo.social]

This isn’t as nuts as it sounds — the ones the cartel owns all have RFID and are for

A) tracking food backwards if people get sick but

B) fixing the problem that the unbroken crates vanish from the system and the dinged up barely usable ones are somehow the only ones in the system, especially for honest users.

(You probably know someone who has had to keep track of the Good Pallets; same problem.)

@ai6yr @tezoatlipoca

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@clew @tezoatlipoca The one I ran across in the US is "IFCO". Collapsible, heavy duty, extremely standard size.

Explore our Products | IFCO

Find the most fitting solution for your fresh grocery supply needs with our Reusable Packaging Containers.

IFCO Systems (www.ifco.com)

[clew@ecoevo.social]

Lots of plastic crates in the us are standardized to US pallet size, though there are least two similar sizes, the smaller of which will leave a square in the middle empty (vegetable ventilation).

on futher thought: no I think they’re the same sizes arranged differently

Not so standardized that you want to stack trugs from different manufacturers on the same pallet full, but close
@ai6yr @tezoatlipoca

[hayiwena@mastodon.online]

@ai6yr @tezoatlipoca You can get them here from Grainger. That's where I got mine for my GSD front rack. https://www.grainger.com/category/material-handling/storage-workspace/storage-containers-bins/totes-storage-boxes/straight-wall-containers-lids/straight-wall-containers?sst=4&tv_optin=true&searchBar=true&searchQuery=eurocrate

[msmerope@sfba.social]

@HayiWena @ai6yr @tezoatlipoca

ummmm.....

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@MsMerope @HayiWena @tezoatlipoca Just a Mastodon preview problem

[littledaniel@sfba.social]

I keep a couple IFCO crates in the back of my car, rescued out of the dumpster of a local grocery store. Just because they're reusable doesn't mean stores and restaurants always take the time to give them back.
@ai6yr @clew @tezoatlipoca

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@littledaniel @clew @tezoatlipoca Oooh, SCORE!

[me_valentijn@m.ai6yr.org]

@ai6yr @clew @tezoatlipoca
We get these from one of the major Dutch grocery stores with our deliveries. The deposit for each is credited when we return the empty ones during the next delivery.

Presumably the full ones stack nicely in the delivery vans.

[johntinker@hear-me.social]

@tezoatlipoca
Similar units do exist in the US. They are used for transporting merchandise. The ones that I am familiar with are slightly tapered vertically so that they nest when stacked empty.

[cpm@spore.social]

@ai6yr
I have 1, that's "one", eurobox folding stackable crate.

40x30x17cm

love it, very strong, well built.
want many more, you know, for my #cargobike.

then I found some! Yay!
bought 16, complete with storage bags, some 'soft cooler' inserts, etc, to use for catering runs (when I was still doing that on my bike)

good price too!

but they were not that, at all.

serviceable, but awkwardly sized, flimsy, facsimiles from China.

Oh well

@tezoatlipoca

[jmax@mastodon.social]

@tezoatlipoca Milk crates.

[cpm@spore.social]

@ai6yr
yeah
the one I have is very much akin to the ifco containers.

again, ifco is a closed loop, leased product line aimed at larger scale orgs.

considerably more sensible than 1way single use containers, esp in the food side of logistics

bit out of reach for us regular folks
@clew @tezoatlipoca

[zl2tod@mastodon.online]

@tezoatlipoca

Many power tool manufacturers make similar systems which are available worldwide.

[kitten_tech@fosstodon.org]

@tezoatlipoca ah yes, @Saffy and I use those for our various endeavours. I've built custom racks for them in our van and workshop, and a little hand cart they stack onto for transport. The crates have multiple competing suppliers, being a standard, so good quality ones can be had cheaply!

[jspath55@chaos.social]

@tezoatlipoca Raise your hand if, somewhere in your storage matrix, you have a crate labeled "Property of USPS."