Cheap Egg Crate Flats

[CezJr]

So I always love a good deal, really who doesn't, I've done some internet searching for Egg Crate Flats and good prices. I found a great place that I actually wasn't expecting to see.....ULINE. Here's the link:
http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-5189/Corrugated-Bins/Egg-Filler-Flats-Paper-12-x-12
140 flats for $46 shipped to your door. That works out to $.32/each. That's pretty cheap, and after one shipment you will be well off for some time.

 

[absolutbill]

Thanks! Another great place to get them is from your local restaurant - try family owned over chains, because they have a better chance of having the egg flats. After a Sunday morning service they should have quite a few they can set aside for you, and it's free (though I'd eat in the restaurant just to stay on their good side!)

 

[laurie]

Careful getting a restaurant to save them for you. My friend owns a restaurant and makes them save egg crates for me. I am so buried in egg crates it is crazy. I keep offering to send them out for the postage cost, but only one person has very taken advantage of it. But I am here if anyone needs them.

 

[Mike Fisher]

Careful getting a restaurant to save them for you. My friend owns a restaurant and makes them save egg crates for me. I am so buried in egg crates it is crazy.

Yes, and if you keep the extras stacked, any loose crickets will nest in them. More than a few times I ran out of crickets in the bin and then restocked it with crickets hiding in the "extra" crates.

 

[JHMills]

I'm a bargain shopper too lol. Here's another good one. 120 for $18.99 plus shipping which was only $8 for me.

www.randallburkey.com/Chicken-Egg-Trays-Pkg-120/productinfo/0202/#.VFLpu2K9KSM

 

[CezJr]

absolutbill - Good idea about getting a local restaurant to save some flats for you.

Mike Fisher + laurie - I will be checking my extra flats(when I get some) for crix often, lol

JHMills - Good find on the flats. These things drain your pocket after some time.

 

[Mike Fisher]

Mike Fisher + laurie - I will be checking my extra flats(when I get some) for crix often, lol

Your might be interested in this too:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-recapture-all-escaped-crickets-130502/

 

[junglefries]

Get in good with a Golden Coral employee. They have insane egg crates every sunday, especially the ones who have the omlette bars. Grocery stores have them also. Food & dairy department. Their bulk eggs come in big boxes with flats. They then separate themselves or give to breakfast department.

 

[Mike Fisher]

Get in good with a Golden Coral employee.

Never heard of that place. Must be a local thing. I get mine from Los Pollos Hermanos.

 

[junglefries]

Never heard of that place. Must be a local thing. I get mine from Los Pollos Hermanos.

You probably have a Western Sizzler then. Basically similar.

 

[Mike Fisher]

You probably have a Western Sizzler then. Basically similar.

We have Denny's and IHOP around here and a quite a few local pancake houses. We have Sizzler for steaks, never heard of "Western" Sizzler though. I never ask for the egg flats, there are always plenty out back by the trash dumpster.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Careful getting a restaurant to save them for you. My friend owns a restaurant and makes them save egg crates for me. I am so buried in egg crates it is crazy. I keep offering to send them out for the postage cost, but only one person has very taken advantage of it. But I am here if anyone needs them.

me too. I have a pile that's taller than me now thanks to the College cafeteria.
Anyone who lives near Victoria BC let me know if you need any!

 

[lisagr07]

Ha! My connection is from the cafeteria at the hospital where I work.... If i dont take them, they just throw them away.... Works out for me... Though they're always agast that I need them for my roaches and crickets!! ;-)

 

[nick barta]

We have Denny's and IHOP around here and a quite a few local pancake houses. We have Sizzler for steaks, never heard of "Western" Sizzler though. I never ask for the egg flats, there are always plenty out back by the trash dumpster.

Dumpster diving for your chams…..Priceless!

Nick

 

[Jonr78]

I have never used them but it says it ships free and the are lot to choose from at http://eggcrates.com

 

[Mike Fisher]

Dumpster diving for your chams…..Priceless!

Nick

You'd be surprised what you find in the dumpsters of certain places.

I built a thermoformer to make molded cage bottoms as well as a CNC machine from dumpster dive parts. The thermoformer was 100 percent repurposed parts, the CNC about 80 percent. Out of pocket on the CNC was under $500 for a machine with 24" X 48" cut area.

I've found commercial lighting fixtures custom made from brass and copper with an original price tag of $3500 ea! Glass store fronts that I used to make a zoo quality vivarium six feet deep by sixteen feet long. Totally nuts.