Crates for sale

[loomisman]

Would any teams out there be interested if our team sold crates athat are extremely light and durable? By light i mean you wont pay overages again.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by loomisman

By light i mean you wont pay overages again.

Some would consider that an open challenge.

Can you provide more specifics? Weight? Durability? Price?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by loomisman

Would any teams out there be interested if our team sold crates athat are extremely light and durable? By light i mean you wont pay overages again.

I suspect many teams would be very interested in the plans for such a crate.

[santosh]

I think that 1002 would be interested. I think we got rid of our last crate becuase of overages.

[loomisman]

The crates are extremely durable much more durable than plywood because of the material that is used. They are very light with our bot our crate weighed about 260 lbs. I do not yet know about price or whether or not we will build them I wanted to see if there was any interest.

[Simon Strauss]

1155 would be very interested in learning more(ie price), our old crate weighs way too much, is extremely warped and we probably wont get around to building a new one until after ship date for next year.

[sanddrag]

I'm curious how much it is going to cost for how much you will be saving. Like, how will the great get from Michigan to oh, say, California? And how do I save when I already have a plywood crate that doesn't cost me anything (except the overage). To make this work, I believe the cost of the crate and getting it to me must be less than the cost of the overage. Otherwise, I see no real benefit.

[loomisman]

We have some specifics to work out yet but after a while of not having to pay overages the new crate has now payed for itself. We have yet to work out the shipping portion.

[KenWittlief]

wait a minute? is this new crate inflatable?

did you get this from a NASA/JPL surplus auction?

[wilshire]

Originally posted by Ken Wittlief
wait a minute? is this new crate inflatable?

lol i was going to say that too. are you guys going the route of the mars rover lander.

[Ethulin]

Originally Posted by loomisman

Would any teams out there be interested if our team sold crates athat are extremely light and durable? By light i mean you wont pay overages again.

So, I think this is how it sums up. Many people are interested, but you need to give A LOT more info before anyone with half a brain would commit, such as price, dimensions, weight, durability, etc.

- Erik

[loomisman]

Originally Posted by Ethulin

So, I think this is how it sums up. Many people are interested, but you need to give A LOT more info before anyone with half a brain would commit, such as price, dimensions, weight, durability, etc.

- Erik

They weigh roughly 80 pounds. They will be built to the max dimensions of 48x48x70. We estimate the cost to be $400-$500 but we have to figure out our costs first and figure out our final design. They are very durable. The material we build the sides out of is a honeycomb and is pretty much puncture proof.(For example we used it on our robot as guards last year.)I posted a pic to prove that it isnt inflatable and it is rigid.

[BRosser314]

what are the inside dimensions of the crate. i know u listed the max outside, but i was curious on the inside dimensions