Balsa and Plywood storage and moving.

[Phillip Kenney]

I, like most have a collection of balsa and ply set aside for future building projects. What I would like is a convient way to store the wood and if the time comes be able to move it to another local. Biggest problem is the 48" sheets and sticks. Primarily looking for somehting that will hold the 48" sheets.
I figure with the end of the year approaching and remembering there being sales of containers somebody may have an idea where I could find a suitable container. Or what do you use?

[Randy Ryan]

I, like most have a collection of balsa and ply set aside for future building projects. What I would like is a convient way to store the wood and if the time comes be able to move it to another local. Biggest problem is the 48" sheets and sticks. Primarily looking for somehting that will hold the 48" sheets.
I figure with the end of the year approaching and remembering there being sales of containers somebody may have an idea where I could find a suitable container. Or what do you use?

Heck I'll keep it for ya!

[Phillip Kenney]

A truely generous offer but not quite what I had in mind. Looking for something a tad handier to the shop.

[Dan McEntee]

  If you have a local hobby shop that orders from SIG and they get the 48" balsa in, ask them for some of the boxes that their shipments come in. Balsa is best stored flat. if you have any kind of shelving in your shop, reserve the top shelf for balsa. Lay a 48" long piece of plywood down first, then stack the wood. Old school balsa racks from hobby shops were square pigeon holes for each size, but that  takes up room. If it is just for storage until a later date or for a move, get some 48" long boxes, even if you have to buy them new. Check your local U-Haul store, and flower shops get their flower stock in long boxes.
   just think out side the box (sorry!) and you'l figger it out!
   
     Dan McEntee

[Randy Ryan]

A truely generous offer but not quite what I had in mind. Looking for something a tad handier to the shop.

Shucks!

[Larry Fruits]

Phillip'
 Try Uline.   www.uline.com   1-800-295-5510

 They have all kinds of boxes at reasonable prices. I ordered one day and they were here the next day. Freaky fast...

 I use what they call "Tall Boxes". They come in different widths and lengths. I use the 5 x 5 x 50. I cut one end off for 36 and 48 inch wood. I stack them flat on a metal storage rack like a pigeon hole container.
 They come packaged in 25, 100, 250, etc. bundles. I paid $1.16 per box in 2009.
Works great for me.

 Larry

[Steve Helmick]

As a military kid, we moved often (I went to 3 highschools in 3 towns and two states). We always packed all our models in "wardrobe boxes" provided by the moving company. We wrapped whole models or removeable components in newspaper, and taped them to the walls of the box, added more wads of newspaper and more models, etc. We had very little damage to our planes, but we did put the box in the truck ourselves, up on top of all the heavy stuff. Alabama to WA, to CA, to WA, worked a treat.  Steve

[john e. holliday]

The boxes  that Lone Star sent balsa in is what I use.