Sort of an odd question, but I'm not sure how to go about finding what I need. Essentially I'm looking for a plastic container of a specific size. Does anyone have an idea how I would go about searching for such a thing? It's probably crazy, but is there any place that will custom make containers?

I'm basically looking for a plastic/Rubbermade type material.

What size? The BBS can find anything, but it's not got ESP.

Well... I don't, anyway, but all bets are off with Bitt and Tony F.

Check US Plastic Corp. - they have all sorts of plastic stuff. I've dealt with them before and had no issues with online ordering and shipping.

Second that, I've purchased items from U.S. Plastics also, no problems.

Well, I should have said that there's one size I'm looking for in particular, but there may be some others I need.

The main one, though, is 14"D, 22"H, 22"L.

I've had to have custom shipping cases made in the past. The company I used was Cases Cases. Their cases were pretty rugged, lasting a lot longer than they should've based on the abuse they received. The only damage that occured to the cases was one handle became detached. This was after a couple years of stacking two of the cases on top of each other (for about 200lbs or so of combined weight) and using the one handle to pull the stack.

We just ordered some off-the-shelf cases a couple weeks ago for another program. I'll try to find out where we go those.

Thanks, but those are way more than I need I'm just looking for a very basic plastic container.

Aren't there any RubberMaid containers that fit your specs? At least roughly enough that you can use them?

In my town, we've got an awesome and addictive retail store called Storables that fills this niche. I don't know if there's one in your town.

I think you have just used a definition of 'awesome and addictive' I was previously unaware of

You've never been inside one? It truly is both of those things.

We have one of those, as well as a Container Store. I don't see anything in the online catalog that matches the size, though.

Thinking a bit more, unless you need a metric assload of these, I expect custom containers would be cost prohibitive. Generally, these sorts of containers are made via a molding process, so a custom job would require development of a new mold, which would likely be muchos dineros. If you're adventurous, you could try building a wooden form, and vacuum-forming what you need.

Anyone else interested in what ghoulish purpose Matt needs these containers for? It's not for storing human heads is it?

(Guiltily,) yes... particularly why they have to be plastic. Wood or even basketwork containers are much easier to make yourself in bespoke sizes...

Peter

Maybe it has something to do with hydrofluoric acid.

What kind of human head requires a box nearly 2'x2'x1.5' for storage? Maybe he's got Bigfoot heads?

The rest of the space is for the preservative and swimming room.

Yeah, you need a lot of neck juice if you want to keep a head alive.

Heh... an old office I worked at had one of these.

Lol! I wish it were as nefarious as you guys are surmising. Sadly I can attribute, at the very least, 5% of my entire life to the dealing with - and thinking up solutions for - our cats deciding to go to the bathroom anywhere BUT their litter boxes.

A while back, one of our cats decided that instead of the litter box, she'd just crap on the floor downstairs. So on the advice of, well, everyone, we added a second box downstairs. The problem is our downstairs is nothing but a kitchen and a living room. Rather than have a tray full of crap for all our guests to enjoy, I bought a large cabinet from IKEA (why do I feel I have to all-caps that name?) and created a hidden litter box.

But does that stop my adorable cats from driving me nuts? Is it enough that I shovel their waste twice a day? No, they decide that when they go in the hidden litter box, they need to piss over the side of the plastic bin I have the litter in. This is worse than the crap, as it gets into the MDF the cabinet is made of and pretty much will always smell.

What I was hoping to do was to get a plastic bin that would fill the entire cavity that the box is in. I'd then cut out the side where the entrance is, and there'd no longer be a way to piss over the edge.

I went to the Container Store today, and they had nothing even remotely close to the size I need. I don't think they even had a single container of any kind anywhere near the depth I was looking for. The tallest container I could find that wasn't a trash can was about 16" deep.

So as a temporary solution, I bought a large plastic shelf liner, trimmed it down with some scissors, and stuck it on the side of the box they pee over, and voilà, a splash-guard. It's good enough for now, though I'd still like to find what I'm looking for.


My secondary search is for some good food storage containers. I'd like to find tall square ones (this shape, basically) that I could use in the shelves in our fridge door. But that's not important.

It might end up serving double-duty as a kitty coffin. (Heh. "Duty".)

When I had a cat I had a box with a cover on it and a hole on the front for the cat to go in. This was a really large cat so either his head or butt stuck out. Amazingly the cat would go in and turn around so his head stuck out and go in the box but if I didn't clean it out before he went again he would go with his butt sticking out and go on the floor.

Take a look at the recycling boxes at Home Depot. At least around here they have some tall ones. They don't have a top, but that doesn't sound like it would be an issue since it's going to be stuffed in a cabinet anyway.

Other than that, consider getting a dog in the future.

Eventually we'd like a dog, but we're not quite ready yet Cats are cool and low maintenance. [yes, despite all this annoyance I'm going through]

Besides, cats are awesome. Don't diss cats man I like dogs too, but my childhood pet cat was pretty much the greatest pet in history

They might just not like your cat litter of choice. One of my friends tried switching their cat litter brands and one of the cats didn't like it. The cat let them know this by jumping up on the coffee table in front of them while they were watching TV and took a crap in front of them. No problems at all since switching back.

Other problems could be a bladder infection. The cats learn to associate the pain of going to the bathroom with the litterbox. There could be lots of reasons for them to avoid the litterbox.

It's not that they're avoiding it. It's that one out of 10-15 was over the side, which I've been reading is just what they do sometimes. There's still plenty of #1's that are inside the litter. And all #2's have been in the litter box since I built the hidden litter box.

And we definitely have a good litter that they seem to like. I can't go back to the old stuff, as the new stuff is 99% dust free, which is so much nicer than before.

Matt, what litter are you using? We find litter dust all over the house.

Ahhhh, gotcha. I have a (yes, get ready to laugh) Booda Dome litter box for my cats. The one time one of them used it while I had the lid off for cleaning, she 'missed'. The enclosed box really helps cut down on that.

I use "Dr Elsey's <sp?> Precious Cat" litter. It promises less tracking, which I guess is true, but also 99% dust free, which is absolutely true.

The only problem? Very expensive. I pay about $21 for a 40lb bag.