Best tubs for rack build?

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Is your measurement of roughly 6.6" height with the lid on? I know it doesn't add a lot but I see your lids are under the rack instead of on the tubs. I have planning on keeping lids on and drilling holes in sides for better heat/humidity retention. In the process of designing my rack for 2 BP's that I plan to be purchasing at the end of march at a show. I want to buy all the sizes I will need as they grow now and have them ready and have my rack fit all when I build it. Plan ahead and build once. I'm gonna order them and pick up later this week so I can measure then just thought I could get a jump on planning cuts and measurements. Laying out the rack in Fusion 360 (3D cad program) so I can bring a layout with me to Lowes and have them cut the wood for me.

BTW, there are 2 versions to that size of tub by Hefty shown there depending which store. Lowes sells them as 52qt with those white lids, but I think some other stores have a "Hi Rise" version (I think listed as a slightly higher volume than 52qt) and the lids stick up by about an extra 1-1.5 inches. The length/width and height of the clear plastic are all identical, so if you skip lids it wouldn't matter, but since you want to use them, just keep that in mind for your sizing.

If you use lids and want to offer the higher height for the snakes, you could deliberately go for the hi rise version. They make them with identical heights on hi rise versions of the smaller tubs for the sub-adult and juvenile sized tubs (foot print equivalents roughly to the 16qt and 28qt sterilite tubs, or slightly larger by dimensions). So you would just need to keep with one version or the other.

You may have to look around to see who carries all 3 sizes of either one because I never see the smallest normal height one at lowes or elsewhere and haven't noticed the hi rise version of the 52qt where I see the smaller 2 sizes.

Here's the 2 different versions of the sub-adult size tub:

Hi Rise, 40qt, ~17"x~24"x7.8"
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hefty-40-...ndles/49660487

34qt normal height, ~17"x~24"x6.6"
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hefty-34-...andle/29897826

Hope this helps some. Measurements above are the manufacturer's ones.

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