A Heavy Crate Is Designed Around the Load Path, Not the Box.
When a machine weighs several tonnes, the crate stops being a container and becomes a load-bearing structure. The first question is the load path: how the machine's weight travels into the skid, how the lifting force travels from the fork pockets or sling points back into the structure, and how stacking and ship-motion forces are carried without racking the frame. Get the load path right and the timber sizes follow from it; get it wrong and a beautifully built case still fails at the first crane lift.
So BENZ engineers a heavy crate from the machine outward. The machine is bolted through its own mounting holes to a load-rated skid sized to its weight and centre of gravity. Bearers and headers are dimensioned to the lift method — forklift, crane or both. Bracing triangulates the frame against the sideways forces of a rolling ship. And only then is the case sheathed and the interior fitted with the corrosion and moisture protection the machine needs. The result carries its load safely and keeps the machine dry, which is what “heavy-duty crate” should actually mean.