Your Shipping Crate

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Looking at Elgin’s crate pics from Atlanta reminded me that 237 wants to retire the old crate and build a new one.

Hence THIS THREAD.

Post in that one too... .If ya want.

[dez250]

Just an FYI: an overweight crate will be charged $44.00/range of 100lbs over.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by dez250

Just an FYI: an overweight crate will be charged $44.00/range of 100lbs over.

Ah ha.. Someone discovered the reason behind the creation of these two threads.

We were almost charged 1,200 dollars to ship our crate back to CT from GA at a buck and a quarter a pound.

Good thing another team let us use an extra airbill they had laying around.

Seeing as our crate alone weighed 130 (?) lbs
cart weighed 90 lbs.
Robot ~130 lbs
Speaker box - 100lbs
Toolbox in the crate.. definately more than the speaker box
8 (or more) robot batteries weigh a bit too.
and other random stuff

So, next year we plan on: A) Redesigning the crate - B) Redesigning the cart - C) Taking less junk and more of what we absolutely need

[ElfMaster]

1: No
2: Well... its a crate. Its just a box made out of wood. We then nail boards in to keep everything from shifting. Hinges on the crate would make opening it easier.
3: Whatever we have lying around?
4: Nope... Thinking like that is beyond us at the moment. Give us a few years and we'll become efficient.
5: 2 years!
6: The day before it needs to be shipped... Or there abouts.
7: Used it again this year ^_^ I wanna turn it into a playhouse!
8: Not much... just the robot really...and batteries. And all of our arms/ladders
9: It wasn't- we squeaked by!

[tribotec_ca88]

Does your crate have a function besides being a crate? Nope not really. Unless you count it as being a place where people stay during "time out" after being naughty.... and as storage space for a whole lot of bubble wrap.

What do you like or dislike about your crate? Well I would have to say I like it because it's quite light (in terms of weight)...however it's not unique in any way and doesn't really bear any significance. Someone could easily mistake it for a cardboard box I daresay...

What do you look for or want in a crate material? Gotta be light, durable, functional...

Do you use the crate in the pits? Sure, it's a nice place to hide from mentors when they're not in their best mood

How old is the crate you are currently using? 6 months (2004 was our rookie year)

When in the six weeks do you start thinking about the crate? probably during the last two...

What did you do with the old one? N/A (Rookie year 2004)

How much other stuff do you pack with the robot? A lot, I'd say...we try to fit in as many tools as possible without overweighing and without causing any potential damage to the robot

How overweight was the crate this year? Hmm not sure, I don't recall our crate being overweight

[dez250]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Ah ha.. Someone discovered the reason behind the creation of these two threads.

We were almost charged 1,200 dollars to ship our crate back to CT from GA at a buck and a quarter a pound.

Good thing another team let us use an extra airbill they had laying around.

Elgin does this include the base cost for your 2nd crate also, because otherwise the quick 10 second calulations shows the amount you were over weight would be almost half a ton...

[Corey Balint]

1. Does your crate have a function besides being a crate? Containment zone for frosh.
2. Hidden codes all over it.
3. Something either very plain-or very fugly outside. But just durable, weight is not a problem.
4. No
5. 3 yearish.
6. 5 minutes before we ship.
7. Broke it up or reused it.
8. Everything imaginable-Pit-Scouting-Cheering stuff-anything.
9. Im pretty sure we went over-to what extent-not quite sure.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by dez250

Elgin does this include the base cost for your 2nd crate also, because otherwise the quick 10 second calulations shows the amount you were over weight would be almost half a ton...

No, we "lost" the paperwork for one of our crates I believe. At $1.25 or $1.50 a lb. for ~900 lbs. to ship it it turned out to be in the vicinity of $1200.00 to ship the thing back home. Like I said, we were lucky we found someone in the pits at the last hour who had an extra free shipping papers we used. (thanks to great neighbors.. lol)