Method of packing a vehicle in a crate for shipment

A method of packing a vehicle in a crate for shipment, the vehicle having a full vehicle height greater than an internal height of the crate, the method comprising:

• placing the vehicle on a bottom side of the crate;
• compressing the vehicle into a packing configuration by compressing two front suspension assemblies of the vehicle and two rear suspension assemblies of the vehicle;
• and
• connecting a plurality of crate side walls and a top side of the crate to the crate bottom,
• the internal height being measured from a top surface of the bottom side of the crate to the top side of the crate,
• a distance from the top surface of the bottom side of the crate to a highest point of a roll cage of the vehicle is less than or equal to the internal height of the crate when the vehicle is in the packing configuration and is placed on the top surface of the bottom side of the crate, the roll cage and a plurality of tires being installed on the vehicle when the vehicle is in the packing configuration.