The crates.. making them special... and what do yall do with your coats at comp?

[coreyjon]

Our crate, about as special as it gets is a quick stencil job with our logo on the sides about 3 hours before it has to go on the truck. We didn't have a lot of storage space in the past so after each season the crate gets destroyed, but somehow we manage to keep the one side that eevryone signs. This year we have a new shed at the school we can use to store stuff, and it will be finished before next season, so maybe as a pre season activity we can make a really awesome crate. I have a friend who has access to large screan printers, and he might be able to hook us up with some really cool screans to put on the crate. I like what some teams do with their crates, like turn them into mini-machine shops with there mini lathes and mills but we havnt really had the time to make anything like that. We always bring a table, and a large took chest plus lots of shelving to keep things organized along with our "tent" and extra lighting. The crate would simply take up too much space with all of our stuff. It is fun though to go around and check out how some teams use their crates.