What do you guys think about this idea

[olusteebus]

I currently keep all my carboys in a big cabinet I built. Not pretty but I built it thinking it would keep the temp from fluctuating very much in my cellar (crawl space). Only afterwards did I find out my cellar never fluctuates any significant amount.



I keep my eight carboys in there, empty and full. I have to move them around and it is not real easy and I bang them around sometimes no matter how careful I am.

So, I am thinking of building a platform to the left of it about 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. That way I can push all the full carboys back on it and when I need to work on it (mostly racking to a bottling bucket), I can pull a carboy forward and slide it down to my box where I bottle and do other things.

I was thinking of putting linoleum flooring on the floor of the platform and putting the carboys on carpet to easily slide them around. I have also thought of making a carpet "jacket" for those carboys for safety purposes.

Or, I could build carboy "crates" and put carpet under them so that they would slide good.

I don't want to go with casters but I could I guess.

Anyone have plans for a carboy crate? I googled and found a crate in this forum I like.

Any suggestions are welcome.

 

[bakervinyard]

Olusteebus, I don't have a cabinet but I built a 2 level table for my bulk aging carboys. This table is in the old family room in the basement. I also built a cart appx. 18"w X 30"l with wheels and carpet on top to move the full carboys from the work area which has my laundry sink and a bench for my fermenting primarys. Works out pretty good for me. Bakervinyard

 

[garymc]

Iwould try to put the full carboy where it will need to be when you rack or bottle and not move it right before transfers.

 

[Norske]

Milk crates work great and can usually be found on craigslist. Also, using the all in one wine pump means no more moving/lifting carboys.

 

[Pumpkinman]

or you could get an all in one pump and you can rack and bottle without every moving the carboys

 

[olusteebus]

I use a pump (unfortunately not an all in one) to rack. I just cannot have all the full carboys close to where I bottle. So, I either have to move the carboy close to where I bottle or move a full bottle bucket (I don't bottle with a pump) close to where the carboy is at.