[Ryan Foley]

One thing that I see more and more teams doing is using their crate as part of their pit. We tried this last year and it worked out really well. We are redesigning it this year a bit, to fix some problems from last year. If you do this, you'll obviously have to invest more design time into your crate, and you'll want to make sure you use good materials so it will last you a while. Also, from personal experience, you'll probably want to make all the shelving removable and bring that with you separately, as it adds a significant amount of weight to your crate and could end up costing you money if you are overweight.

Last year's crate (see attached picture):
--3 shelves for storage
--1 fold out work table, with room underneath for tool chest
This year's crate:
--male 120V plug to plug into arena power
--2 outlet boxes to plug in chargers, tools, etc
--one fold out table (moved to left side, over the fixed crate base)
--one coat rack underneath fold out table
--3 shelves (one on right above table, 2 on left with room underneath for rolling tool chest)

Teams 237 and 610 both had really cool crate workstations last year, check them out if you can.