At Wisconsin Lumber & Pallet, we specialize in designing and supplying high-quality custom wood crates engineered to your specific needs—at no additional cost. Our custom crates are often redesigned from solid OSB or plywood boxes to provide significant annual cost savings. Whether you need crates for industrial shipping, bulk materials, or international exports, we offer durable, economical, and compliant solutions to safeguard your products.
Why Choose Custom Wood Crates?
Custom wood crates offer versatility, strength and cost savings over “standard” crates and solid boxes. We’re so confident that we can save money with custom, here’s a link to standard shipping boxes on Uline if you’re looking for something standard and quick, but if you’re using more than one crate we will save you money with a free custom design. By choosing a custom solution, you ensure that your products are secured during transport, saving you from costly damages, inefficiencies, and compliance issues. Our crates are always designed to the specific application – that means we can add or remove boards, add reinforced banding, and/or shrink or grow the crate to fit your product(s) perfectly. This maximizes safety and minimizes cost.
Benefits of Custom Wood Crates
- Cost Savings: Redesigning from OSB or plywood to a hardwood or softwood slatted crate can usually lower costs.
- Waste Reduction: Eliminating material reduces cost. We don’t overdesign to be safe, we simply design appropriately to be safe and effective. This also means optimizing for best yield in design.
- Durability: Hardwood crates provide superior strength, especially with an added top and horizontal banding for burst strength.
- Customization: We adjust size, design, and materials to meet your specific application needs.
- Compliance: Our export crates can be heat treated to meet ISPM 15 regulations for export packaging.
Bulk Fill Crates
When dealing with loose materials, we can design a bulk fill crate with the appropriate sized side and base gaps to accommodate your exact needs. The larger the gaps, the lower the price—making this a highly cost-effective choice. Our vertical slat style hardwood crates are ideal for products such as loose castings, stone, rods, pistons, forgings, and other heavy, bulk items.
Key Features of Bulk Fill Crates
- Customizable Gap Sizes: Ranges from 1 to 12 inches to suit different materials.
- Reinforced Designs: Built to handle bulk and irregularly shaped items securely.
- Material Flexibility: Options include OSB, softwood lumber, or rough pine and hardwood.
Export Crates
If your products need to travel internationally, our export crates ensure compliance with ISPM 15 regulations. Our certification and compliance marks demonstrate to customs authorities that the wood packaging materials have been heat-treated to prevent the spread of invasive species. Our free consultation service helps you avoid costly fumigation or shipment refusals by guiding you through export requirements. Don’t hesitate to reach out with questions – we’re here to help.
Advantages of Our Export Crates
- Certified Compliance: Monthly inspections ensure our crates meet ISPM 15 standards.
- Durable & Reliable: Heat-treated wood minimizes the risk of infestation, which maintains crate integrity.
- Custom Solutions: We provide custom export packaging for pallets, boxes, and crates.
Specialty Crates
We also design specialty crates for unique applications, including:
Custom Designed Crates: Unique solutions for odd-shaped or expensive medical equipment or aerospace components.
- Nursery & Agricultural Crates: Large bare root tree crates designed for safe plant transportation.
- Industrial Equipment Crates: Heavy-duty crates for machinery and oversized products.
Custom Crate Design Process
Custom doesn’t mean more expensive. At Wisconsin Lumber & Pallet, our custom crate design process is free and straightforward. We collaborate with you to understand your requirements and create a design that offers the best balance of cost, durability, and functionality.
Our Process
- Delivery: Efficiently ship your custom crates directly to you or your contract manufacturer.
- Consultation: Discuss your needs and application specifics.
- Design & Proposal: Develop a crate design optimized for strength and economy.
- Drawing/Sample Approval: Supply a drawing or prototype (if necessary) to verify before full production.
- Production: Begin manufacturing for on-time delivery.
Industries We Serve
Our custom wood packaging is required by a wide range of industries, including:
- Manufacturing – Shipping components, machinery, and finished goods.
- Mining – Crates for heavy equipment, tools, and spare parts.
- Oil & Gas – Packaging for pipeline components, valves, and drilling equipment.
- Heavy Equipment Manufacturing – Safely shipping large and bulky machinery.
- Aerospace – Custom crates for delicate and high-value aircraft components.
- Defense & Military – Secure transport of equipment, machinery, and supplies.
- Machine Shops – Packaging for custom-machined parts and tools.
- Foundries – Bulk-fill crates for castings, forgings, and raw materials.
- Agriculture & Farming – Transporting bulk produce, tools, and machinery.
- Plant Nurseries – Shipping large bare root plants and bulk floral products.
- Food & Beverage – Wooden pallets for equipment and non-perishable goods.
- Logistics & Warehousing – Load securement and packaging for varied goods.
- Signs, Retail, & E-commerce – Crating for signs, displays, racks, and fixtures.
- Exporters & Importers – ISPM 15-compliant crates for international trade.
- Pharmaceuticals & Medical Equipment – Safely packaging high-value equipment.
- Renewable Energy (Solar & Wind) – Transporting turbines, panels, and components.
Request a Quote Today!
If you need reliable, durable, and custom-designed wood crates, Wisconsin Lumber & Pallet is here to help. Contact us today for a free consultation and discover how our custom crate solutions can protect your products and save you money.