Shop Notes

Current lead time for Bootstrap Pickups branded pickups: Up to 7 weeks

Shop notes:

10/21/25 11:15 PM EDT: Hey Bootstrappers! Our lead times after 11:15 PM today are going to be our usual up to 7 weeks to ship based on the significant reopening volume. Orders placed before 11:15 PM today should ship a bit sooner than that, about 3-4 weeks.

10/21/25: Aaand we're back!

I'm not too sure what our lead times are going to be after our re-opening. There have been times when we've re-opened after a temporary closure to new orders and we filled up four weeks of order queue in a few hours, and there have been times we've re-opened and orders trickled in over the next few weeks. I'll update the lead times once we have a better idea of what to expect, but for now please assume that if you order today the order will ship no sooner than 3 weeks from the date the order is placed and no more than 7 weeks from the date the order is placed.

We do expect to have every order placed before 9/23/25 shipped within two weeks from today if your order has not already shipped, and all orders are still expected to ship within their stated 7 week lead time. 

10/13/25: Hey Bootstrappers! Just a quick mid-temporary-closure update that we are making our way through the order queue backlog. We're currently within our stated lead times, but please note that due to the federal holiday we were not able to ship today and will have a larger USPS collection tomorrow 10/14. 

9/23/25: Just another brief follow-up. We're now closed to new regular orders and plan to re-open on October 21, 2025 at 5:00PM EDT. During this time we should have a new Skookum set available each day that's ready to ship immediately with higher quality materials and in a cool engraved metal tin!

Please note: I raised the prices of Bootstrap Pickups branded sets across the board. This is not the new standard pricing. These prices are temporary while we are closed for new regular orders in case anyone wanted to order a set and have it ship immediately as a Skookum set. 

9/23/25 Hey Bootstrappers! We are closing to new orders today at 5:00PM EDT. This closure to new orders is temporary and we plan to re-open to new orders in 3 to 6 weeks. The plan is to get way ahead on our order queue so that we have a good chunk of time to do renovations on the house and shop sometime in November. Orders currently placed before 5:00PM-ish EDT today will continue to ship as normal during this time. We also plan to have have Skookum sets available daily during this time -- these Skookum sets will be ready to ship upon payment. Once we re-open in a few weeks, we should be back to business as usual. 

9/5/25 Hey Bootstrappers! Just a quick note that we are preparing for a few weeks closure to new orders while we both clear out our order queue and clear out a few weeks worth of lead time to do a deep clean/renovation on the shop and house. Orders currently placed prior to this temporary closure to new orders will continue to be fulfilled on our regular schedule. I'm not entirely sure what day the closure to new orders will start but I will update this page when I have a firmer date. Please note that there are a few orders that are currently a day or two behind our current lead times - very sorry about that - those should be ready to ship this weekend and we should be back on schedule by Monday evening. 

7/30/25 Hey Bootstrappers! We are currently within our stated lead times. Please note that we are working on replacing a number of our pickup parts with our own custom stamped and milled parts. For example, I anticipate that we'll be using steel baseplates custom cut for us for our T-bridges starting sometime in September. We're doing this to provide work for a local machine shop while offering a higher quality product that is cut to our specifications.