Moving lead ingots - ideas? Staying organized?

[Mal Paso]

I put about 150-200 pounds of ingots in each box.

That looks COOL! So Soft Lead is a workout.

[GregLaROCHE]

I mark mine with a sharpie, but spray paint sounds like a good idea.
I move my lead around in black buckets designed for cement work. They are meant to take more weight than normal plastic ones.
Watch your back! You only have one.

[FISH4BUGS]

I put about 150-200 pounds of ingots in each box.

I thought this site had rules against porn!

[Springfield]

I now just use the Castboolits moulds from Lakehouse and stamp them next to the cast in markings. I don't plan on moving them anytme soon, but if i did I could technically just dump them all in my pickup bed and re-sort them when I arrived at the new place. I like to find old metal boxes to store them in, like larger tool boxes, as they don't ever break down and dump my ingots on the floor.

[MrWolf]

Did any of you guys do a longer distance move? How did that work?

I moved from Jersey to West Virginia. Have about 2,000 lbs in corn bread ingots ( they will be recast into ingots) and used the stamps to mark them like NY Firefighter does. Word of caution. I used PODS. Will never use them again. The unit must have had a weak floor near edges as they busted through the floor with their fork trucks. New it was bad when they dropped it off and guy says you reload, huh. He hands me piles of my ingots that had fallen through the holes they made breaking the buckets they were in and loose stacked near walls. Not fun. Good luck.

[alamogunr]

I put about 150-200 pounds of ingots in each box.

I'm curious. How do you access the ingots? Do you always work out of the top box? My boxes(not as nice as yours), hold 100 lbs and I can only lift them to move them a very short distance. Granted, my age enters into that, but I think that 150-200 lbs would be beyond all except accomplished weight lifters.

[Cast_outlaw]

I bought 2 of the redneck gold ingot mold. They are great with alloy markings and, if I need any more Info I have a stamp set. as for moving, I use a milk create and, carry about 60lb at a time, as that is manageable For me. but hand carts work well to
And the stack well to

[alamogunr]

I hope that is a well supported floor!

[Cast_outlaw]

I hope that is a well supported floor!

It’s the basement floor so concrete on compact and it’s only about 1ton

[MT Gianni]

I use 5 gallon buckets with a drain hole in them if outside. Inside they are just as is unless you over fill them. Lat two moves were around a ton. Get a ramp and a good handtruck and it goes fairly easily.

[deltaenterprizes]

5 gallon buckets? by the time they have too much weight to lift the handle will pop off and they can be moved on hand cart easily nested into one another

Exactly what I do! Only fill half way to move the ingots then when you get where you’re going pour one half into the other half to save space and use the bucket for something else!

[jrayborn]

I'm curious. How do you access the ingots? Do you always work out of the top box? My boxes(not as nice as yours), hold 100 lbs and I can only lift them to move them a very short distance. Granted, my age enters into that, but I think that 150-200 lbs would be beyond all except accomplished weight lifters.

Those boxes are just what I have put away. I have about 600 pounds in my casting space. When I need some, I go open a box and get what I need. I'm not a big guy but moving the boxes short distances and stacking them are not really that difficult.

[dverna]

I am accumulating some lead and have the same issues. I mark with a good sharpie, so far, after several years, I can read them all so far.

I have some milk crates, they stack nice but you can't fill them so the space is wasted.

Same with plastic buckets. I have several in places I know I won't need to move them stacked to the top with lids. Lots of wasted space, plastic gets brittle, handles break, not the best.

Others have said this. A buddy made some wooden boxes. I have Lyman ingots and also muffin pans. They both fit fine in a 7" wide, 4" tall, and 14 1/2" box outside dimensions. Bottom is 3/4, sides are 3/4 and ends are 1/4". I am 66, lift weights and these are very manageable. As said, find some old pallets, they work if you can find wide enough boards.

I also have some ammo cans full and they work well, easy to move and they stack nice. Getting harder to find and costly.

One thing I would do differently is have different molds for different lead. Stamping is a pain, hard to see, sharpie may fade. Lyman mold = range scrap, muffin = COWW, angle iron or whatever = soft lead. That is close enough for me. I don't get as scientific as many on here. I am not that smart. Oh and use screws to make the wood boxes.

I like your thinking

[dverna]

I put about 150-200 pounds of ingots in each box.

Pretty useless....BUT IMPRESSIVE

Looks.....pretty
I am too old and weak to lift 150-200....useless.

[MrWolf]

I put about 150-200 pounds of ingots in each box.

Think that may be why the floor cracked looks good.

[RogerDat]

In those stacks of crates I'm seeing an excuse to get a front end set of forks for a small Kabuto, and the tractor if one isn't already on premises.
I can do a 50 cal. box of loaded ammo but a 30 caliber for cast boolits is a lot easier to manage. Would rather have two 30 caliber with labels like .38 #1 and .38 #2 so I can eventually recall what bullets for 38/357 are in which numbered box.

Milk crates don't waste as much space if you do this simple trick. Stack them 3 high loaded 1/3 of the way full with lead. Wait a few months. Then remove the top two crates which have blown through the bottom allowing the lead to all fall through to the bottom crate. Don't ask how I discovered this little space saving trick. I think plywood insert is pretty mandatory for milk crates.