Source for "Water Cooler Bottle" crates ?

Or something of the like. A late 70's vintage Knudsen milk crate is just a bit too wide to fit nicely between the padeyes on my rear deck. So I'm looking for a heavy duty square crate. Anyone have some sugggetions? The ones I've seen at the various *-marts look pretty light duty. I've heard that the ones for the 5 gallon water bottles are reasonably well made - but where to find them ?

Regards,
Scott

Well, I'm walking down an alley between Bryant and Castro streets in Mountain View last night. And lo and behold - there are two milk crates. Just sitting there. Taunting me. Knowing they were safe because my wife was with me, and there were also plenty of witnesses  

Scott

wow....I found mine the same way  

You can certaqinly find them laying around but also if you find a resonable shop keeper they will usually sell them to you as long if you make it worth it for them. I think they pay a deposit on them or something.

About 4 years ago I was goofing around by putah creek in davis and found half a dozen milk crates in a circle under the overpass of highway 113.  There were also a bunch of empty beer cans around.  Since the convenient milk-crate seats were apearantly inspiring a litter problem I loaded them up in my van and have been using them for storage, saw horses, ect, ever since.   Just keep your eyes open.

At the time, as a graduate student, my GAF didn't go down because of milk crates as patio furnishings...  Funny that the GAF changed on it's head when it became WAF.

Hi Scott:

            I have a  11" x 11" x 13 deep Crate you may have for free, as long as you spread the love.  I live in Sunnyvale . The Crates will fit   Ocean Kayaks' Prowlers  but,  NOT the Scupper Pro.
                                                                                       Ernie

mendohead - thanks for the offer. If I can't come up with something soon by other means, I'd be more than happy to take you up on it.

Scott

Found square crates at Target for $2.99. Bada bing...