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.

[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."

[jspath55@chaos.social]

@clew @ai6yr @tezoatlipoca I have a couple of these *folding* stacking crates. Looks like Target is dropping them, so might get a few more.
(They have a rail for hanging folders, imperial size).

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@jspath55 @clew @tezoatlipoca The thing about the Eurocrate thing is they are standard sizes and (I assume) don't change from season to season. I notice stuff at Target/etc. all changes every six months depending on the fashion of the time... the problem of course is 2 years later you want another one, and you can't find anything that matches!

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@cpm @tezoatlipoca The IFCO's are 40x60xheight cm (with varying heights). At least the one I ran across, lol.

[jspath55@chaos.social]

@ai6yr @clew @tezoatlipoca Right, that's why I need to get "more of the same'" while they last (I had omitted this salient detail: *clearance*).

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@jspath55 @clew @tezoatlipoca Oh, that's a great price! Yeah, if you can get enough for your needs that's reasonable, just knowing you won't be able to restock later.

[cpm@spore.social]

@ai6yr
yes

the 40x60xX still nest with the 40x30xX

that's the beauty of that system.
And
*AND*
they publish stacking height:weight parameters

good stuff

further
for food:ag
they go right through that big hobart washer:steam sterilizer
@tezoatlipoca

[cpm@spore.social]

@ai6yr
fwiw

my 40x30x17cm

@tezoatlipoca

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@cpm @tezoatlipoca Oooh, nice! Is that just strapped down to a rack? Or is it secured in another way?

[lev1a@norden.social]

@cpm @ai6yr Unfortunately for you, the foldable crates ( https://www.europoolsystem.com/trays/ ) I sometimes work with in my job are -AFAIK- not for sale. They can carry a lot, fold down pretty small, are sized for Euro-pallets (4x 60cmx40cm fills the base area perfectly). Maybe there's an equivalent in the US?

[clew@ecoevo.social]

I’d be so happy to beep in my good-crate number when I left the grocery (and when I came back with one)

not too big for a rear rack even

@cpm @ai6yr @tezoatlipoca

[clew@ecoevo.social]

The industrial stuff is standardized too, like Cambros and sheet pans

But domestic furniture is often a leetle too small, often justifiably

@ai6yr @jspath55 @tezoatlipoca

[cpm@spore.social]

@ai6yr
just bungee'd on.
@tezoatlipoca

[cpm@spore.social]

@clew
yup

there are so many cool things that *can* be done, for broad benefit.

logistics is fascinating stuff.

@ai6yr @tezoatlipoca

[jspath55@chaos.social]

@ai6yr @clew @tezoatlipoca Price drop! (I grabbed a half dozen)

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@jspath55 @clew @tezoatlipoca Oooh, nice!

[user47@vmst.io]

@ai6yr @clew @tezoatlipoca late to the conversation here but we scored a bunch of the ifco crates from a guy on craigslist. Which in hindsight was kind of shady. But we love ours.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@User47 @clew @tezoatlipoca Ah, no doubt...