Abstract: A container for a wire spool adapted to be stacked one on top of the other without damage thereto or to its contents. The container comprises a spool housing having a side wall, a bottom wall and an open top end. A cover is provided for the open top end and is engageable about an outer peripheral edge of the open top end. A cover having load transfer ribs converging into a ring which is formed therein and which extends within the housing. The load transfer ring rests on an upper end of a wire spool, when provided in the housing, whereby external loads on the cover will be transmitted to the bottom wall of the housing through the load transfer ring and a core of the spool.