How is your Milk Crate Setup / Tricked Out?

[greeniguana]

Who said anything about large plastic bins?

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How is your Milk Crate Setup / Tricked Out?

I dive NE.. I have come to love a good milk crate. Huge fan of the slightly longer rectangle shaped ones. I have some ideas how I would like to to incorporate some bungee for fins on the outside and someone mentioned "all thread" inside to clip everything to.. might do that. Anyone else have...

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[JoeTPhilly]

Yea this exactly.

Found this from a couple charters ago:View attachment 798740
If you look at the lower left you can see the orange crate tilted and slid out. Once you're done getting or dropping gear it just slides right into place with a little lip keeping it secure.

Haha, I see the reason for the crates now. They are to carry the big f knife...

 

[mje113]

Haha, I see the reason for the crates now. They are to carry the big f knife...

Haha yeah the knives that get slung around here are no joke. The monofilament is bad though, I recently hung up in some and had to deploy my own big f knife.

 

[rob.mwpropane]

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How is your Milk Crate Setup / Tricked Out?

I dive NE.. I have come to love a good milk crate. Huge fan of the slightly longer rectangle shaped ones. I have some ideas how I would like to to incorporate some bungee for fins on the outside and someone mentioned "all thread" inside to clip everything to.. might do that. Anyone else have...

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Oh.. I see. I didn't view that as a "big plastic bin" (maybe the part with the wheels).

When you said big pastic bin I was thinking rubbermaid tubs or even roller suitcases which are too big imo.

@greeniguana there is a huge difference (as you can see in the pictures) between SW FL diving and NE diving. Heck I'd probably use a mesh bag in FL too, lol. We just have so much more crap to haul up here. Even people diving single tanks are scarce.

 

[mr_v]

We use these:

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They stack on each other, lock together, and you can get wheeled boxes for them too.

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Great modular system. Lots of ways to rig anchor points in them too...

^ That a million times over.

Rigid crate is narrower than the standard milk crate. It is also a bit longer and goes nicely under a bench on a boat. Stacking capabilities are priceless too. While I use Milwaukee for my tools, Rigid is what I'll take diving.

 

[Ulfhedinn]

I don't have a picture with me but if you cut the bottom of of one of the rectangle crates and then use heavy duty zip ties to attach it to the top of another crate you have a box that will hold everything but the tank. Just leave enough of the ridges on the bottom corners to keep it stable and remember to sand the cut areas.

Might give this a try for lake diving but wouldnt work on a boat obviously.

 

[rob.mwpropane]

Got around to snapping pics of my setup. I haven't done anything yet. Yesterday's boat dive I tried to clip stuff to the front and slide it in but as soon as someone walked by and brushed it everything popped off.

I also completely forget to get any good pictures of other crates on the boat. Was an awesome dive / day. So great that pictures just slipped my mind.

These pics are just my crates in the van. Nothing special.

 

[b1gcountry]

I keep the junk that goes on my wrists, pockets and head in the bucket for my wife and I. Most boats are cool with it.

Mask, hood, drygloves, computers, etc.
The PVC end cap is a nice shelf for holding mask defog, talc, dryglove tubes, and some sunscreen.

If the bucket isn't empty when I gear up, I notice.

 

[mje113]

I like the PVC end cap idea--lots of little things that are easy to get lost in my crate. I'll probably opt for something squarish but definitely going to add something like that.

 

[rob.mwpropane]

I keep the junk that goes on my wrists, pockets and head in the bucket for my wife and I. Most boats are cool with it.

Mask, hood, drygloves, computers, etc.
The PVC end cap is a nice shelf for holding mask defog, talc, dryglove tubes, and some sunscreen.

If the bucket isn't empty when I gear up, I notice.

Most boats would probably be ok with it, but not if everyone did it.. right?

It's awesome, just wouldn't work everywhere for everybody. I do like the PVC "bowl" though