Wooden Crates
A wooden crate has a self-supporting structure, with or without sheathing. For a wooden container to be a crate, all six of its sides must be put in place to result in the rated strength of the container. Crates are distinct from wooden boxes. The strength of a wooden box is rated based on the weight it can carry before the top (top, ends, and sides) is installed, whereas the strength of a crate is rated with the top in place. In general conversation, the term crate is sometimes used to denote a wooden box.
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Famous quotes containing the words wooden and/or crates:
“Upper and Lower Kingdom will declare
God’s in this wooden toy,
no less
than where
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—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
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