Harvest totes / bins at local auction

[Martin Vandepas]

Here are some used berry totes being auctioned in Arlington. The auction ends on Wednesday morning. The pallets for sale each have about 130-140 bins on them. I'm thinking of bidding on a pallet but Slow and Steady Farm would only need about 40. Would anyone be interested in buying some of the rest from me at cost? I don't know what the auction price will be but I'm hoping for under $3 each. I would pick up the pallet and bring it back to the island.

They sell new for about $6.83 each if you buy 360.

The bins are on the smaller side at 19" x 13.5" x 4.75" where a standard black bulb crate is 23.5" x 15.5" x 7"

I think they would be ideal harvest bins for crops that come out of the field clean like tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas, zucchini, etc. 

They nest in one direction for compact storage and if you flip it around they stack so they don't crush the contents. 

Let me know what you think!

Martin Vandepas

Slow and Steady Farm

[Deep Harvest]

Hi All,

We are in great need of a lot of crates/bins for winter squash. Anyone have a recommendation on where to source these, want to go in on an order, or have a bunch you'd like to offload on us?

Annie

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Annie and Nathaniel

Deep Harvest Farm

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