Animal Plastics Rack #3!!

[Nanci]

I put together my third AP rack today. Looks kind of barren without the bins being furnished. It took 20 minutes to do the rack itself, and about 15 minutes to do the heat tape. I have never seen anything so well-packaged for shipping! It takes almost as long to unpack it as it does to assemble it! You never have to worry about an AP rack being damaged in shipping...

This is the Animal Plastics Economy Plastic Rack, 5 shelf 66 quart model.

Helpful hints:

1. Vacuum your carpet before beginning, so everything on your floor dosn't static cling to the pretty black rack.

2. Buy a cordless power drill. I can't imagine assembling this without it. Putting together just one rack will be worth the price of the drill.

3. But a two-to-three prong electrical adaptor if you need to, for your thermostat.

4. Buy carpet sliders to put the rack on. Moving it to the perfect position will be so much easier on it.

5. Don't remove any stickers until you are completely finished.

Next to the rack is my 10 gallon "rack" for babies. Calli lives upstairs, Ruby lives downstairs. Ruby is ready to move to a rack. Calli has a bit of growing left to do. I think this rack will contain the kingsnakes Inez, Janine and Jewel, and Big Jake's feeding bin.

 

[Nanci]

These are racks one and two. I think they look better in pairs, and will probably buy rack number four soon.

 

[Tula_Montage]

Lovely setup Nanci, you're right, they look much better in pairs. What you going to get to fill the 4th rack?!

 

[measley]

They look great, Nanci!!! Your snakies are so lucky!!

 

[jenneses]

Awesome Nanci! I think I might get one or two of those when my hatchlings grow a little. I have the 12 qt/28 qt rack now, which is great for the small guys (can fit up to 12 bins).

 

[Nanci]

What you going to get to fill the 4th rack?!

I have to leave room for my opal, lavender, avalanche, fire and granite stripe babies that I produce some year!!

 

[Weebonilass]

Wow, those are some fancy looking set-ups... I might have to check into getting one of those

 

[a_god_s]

Lovely setup Nanci, you're right, they look much better in pairs. What you going to get to fill the 4th rack?!

My question exactly!

I have to leave room for my opal, lavender, avalanche, fire and granite stripe babies that I produce some year!!

And my answer!!! Thanks Nanci!! Good luck with them!!

Wow, those are some fancy looking set-ups... I might have to check into getting one of those

Recently, I got my first rack and I LOVE it!!! Now to spiff them up like Nanci's!! They look GREAT!!

 

[wax32]

Looks good! Are those the economy racks?

EDIT Duh, I re-read the first post.

 

[Drewby07]

Soooooooooooo jealous!!

 

[Nanci]

Thank you! All those containers with names up on top are feeding bins, if anyone wondered. Plus I have six small, one deli cup, one big round one, and Scout's extra-tall stuffed on a shelf under my kitchen table.

 

[Dave123]

Great looking AP rack, Nanci! I love mine! Thanks for getting me into them!

 

[sarcare]

Looks great Nanci!
I have a quick question--where do you stick the probe of you thermostat? The instructions say it should be permenently affixed--how and where do you do that?

 

[Starwild]

That looks awesome!

I've been thinking about getting a small (say, three or four-shelf) rack instead of trying to use aquariums, when I do purchase my first corn snake(s). Any tips or suggestions for someone considering making the switch?

If it works well, I might see about getting a second small rack for my ball python and future ball pythons that I can already tell I will probably be getting someday.