Size of KOP Crates
 

Hi,

We're a rookie team from San Jose, CA.

We're wondering about how big the KOP crates are, usually? Would two vans be large enough to transport them? Or do we need a truck?

Thanks!

Jeff

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

You should be ok with vans. Here are the dimensions from an email sent out to MN teams:

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

Alrighty. Thanks for your quick response.

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

Jeff,

You should be able to easily fit them into a single van.

The last 3 years I've put them in my SUV with no problems.

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

For future reference, the term crate typically refers to the pallet sized box you will ship your robot in. The plastic boxes the KOP comes with are most often called totes.

PS. Welcome to First, and good luck on your first year!

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

OK. I will relay on this to the team members.

Alrighty, thanks for the clarification :)

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

The first year we did FRC I borrowed the cargo van from the IT dept. That was major overkill. Since then we have removed the backseat of the Wrangler and used that for transportation. Sadly, my Wife has already said I can't use the new Mazda 3 this year. She said something about robots and new paint not mixing. *sigh*

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

A suggestion to bring a 4-wheel dolly or 2-wheel cart. The totes are heavy to carry any distance.

Ambitious team! Wouldn't it be great if we needed a truck to carry the KOP? :ahh:

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

it would be great to have to have a truck. or just have the kop delivered in a crate the size of our shipping crates that would be glorious to come in and see. Welcome to the wonderful world of FIRST and chief delphi

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

One of our mentors bought a new Ford truck a couple weeks ago. Getting ready for build season, first thing we had to do was to move some robots and parts from the school storage room to the on-post facilities where we build. Of course one of the robots ended up in his new truck, and the paint in the bed got scratched. At least it was by a good cause, not just hauling a load of garbage to the dump.

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

I've put three KOP totes and a slightly smaller tool tote in the back of my VW Rabbit in the offseason. I'm sure I could fit two just in the trunk area if I arranged it right.

Re: Size of KOP Crates
 

One bad winter build season a few years back, we had to take the robot to my employer's, as the school facilities were shut down in a snow/ice storm. I had a 6 foot tall, bright blue crate in the back of my little Toyota short-bed pickup for about a week. It looked like an outhouse :D

Dimensions of 2009 Kitbot Box
 

The box that last year's kitbot came in was 36" x 4" x 9"
(Source: http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc...t.aspx?id=7702)

There's no box in this year's kit that size, but there is one that's 36" x 6" x 6" which is the same volume, but why would they change the size of the box?
(Source: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=70919)

Could this mean that the IFI kitbot will no longer be provided? Maybe FIRST have found another supplier to make the kitbot? Maybe Andymark has designed a kitbot, and kept it a secret from everyone for all this time....

Or maybe not, just a guess.

Re: Dimensions of 2009 Kitbot Box
 

Better yet, how do you fit a 38" maximum robot dimension into a 36" box?

Re: Dimensions of 2009 Kitbot Box
 

I personally would be quite surprised if we see the IFI Kitbot again this year, sue to the deteriorating relationship between IFI and FIRST. More then likely they designed a kitbot themselves or got AM to make a new one.