C&K Box

09/30/2026

A closer look at what goes into a custom crate. 📦

It starts with your product—its size, weight, and how it needs to be handled.

Have something that needs custom packaging? Send C&K Box your dimensions and shipping requirements, and let’s talk through the options.

09/17/2026

Need the same custom crate for every shipment? We can build them in batches.

A custom size can be a repeat order. Once the crate
specifications are agreed, the same design can be built for
recurring shipments.

This is a full run of the same custom crate. Same spec, same
banding, same stamp, stacked and waiting on a release date.
If you’ve got a recurring shipment that’s never fit a standard
size, let’s talk about a crate built for it—and the quantities
you’ll need.

Tell us what your next run looks like. [email protected]

09/14/2026

Most people never see this part.

A heavy timber skid, built to a specific footprint, with
mounting hardware already set into it so the equipment can
bolt down to the base.

Where the weight sits matters. Two thousand pounds spread
over a pallet puts a different demand on the base than two
thousand pounds resting on four small mounting feet. The
support needs to match the way the machine carries its
weight.

This build shows what that looks like: a base with mounting
points positioned for the equipment it will carry.

Have equipment to ship? Tell us the dimensions, weight, and
mounting requirements. [email protected]

09/11/2026

Remembering September 11 with gratitude for the brave and compassion for all affected.

09/10/2026

“Minimum order is 500.” You needed six.

This is the call we get most often—a shipping manager who’s been told the job is too small to be worth the setup, holding something that still has to get somewhere in one piece.

Six is fine. So is one.

Some of our longest-running customers came to us with an order somebody else turned down, and stayed because the second one was easier.

We build standard. We’re built for custom.

517-784-1779 | [email protected]

09/09/2026

26 feet long. One custom crate.

This is what “it won’t fit in a standard crate” looks like once it’s on a truck.

Conveyor sections, press frames, fabricated assemblies—long shipments call for packaging built around their dimensions. Splitting a load into several crates can add handling, packaging, and coordination.

We build long. This 26-foot crate is one example of how C&K builds around the shipment.

What’s the longest thing you’ve had to ship? Tell us what you’re working with.

08/31/2026

Here's the ISPM-15 detail that catches people out.

Most shippers know the crate has to be heat treated and stamped. Fewer know the blocking and bracing inside it counts too.

Every piece of solid wood in that shipment falls under the same standard — dunnage, cleats, chocks, the scrap holding the machine still. One unstamped 2x4 inside an otherwise perfect crate is enough to get a container flagged at the destination port.

We heat treat and stamp in house, and what goes inside comes from the same certified stock. The whole build clears, not just the outside of it.

Shipping overseas this quarter? Worth a call before it's on a truck. 517-784-1779

07/01/2026

04/22/2026

In today’s logistics world, everything is optimized—routes, inventory, forecasting.

So why is packaging still treated like an afterthought?

At C&K Box, every custom pallet and crate is built using real inputs:

Product dimensions

Weight distribution

Handling conditions

Shipping environment

Because packaging shouldn’t be guessed—it should be engineered.

And when it is, everything downstream works better.

04/20/2026

Risk Management & Supply Chain Disruptions

The Most Overlooked Risk in Your Supply Chain

Companies spend millions managing supply chain risk—yet one of the biggest vulnerabilities is often ignored:

Packaging failure.

A single broken pallet or failed crate can lead to:

Delayed deliveries

Damaged goods

Lost customer trust

At C&K Box, we don’t just build packaging—we build risk mitigation into every shipment.

Because the strongest supply chains are the ones that eliminate failure points before they happen.