When I was farming, I used plastic bulb crates but then switched to single layer 10 lb cardboard tomato boxes. I could stack 2 of the boxes on top of each other and set those inside of a bulb crate, thus doubling my capacity for transport to markets. (My goal was to NEVER stack heirloom tomatoes on top of each other). The nice thing about this system was that I was using the same boxes for market and for my restaurant sales.
The nicest boxes that I ever purchased were from Temple-Inland, which was dis-banded a few years ago. These 10 lb tomato boxes were white as opposed to the black boxes that are more readily available. Now I need to purchase more boxes and cannot find these anywhere. I have found a few sources of similar boxes on the web (SoContainers, hydro-gardens) but they do not have local distribution sites. I am afraid of the shipping costs.
Bill
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