Originally Posted by PTahCha

While EWR TSA is one of the worst (e.g., my belt would set off alarm when it doesn't anywhere else, no one is staffed at the secondary check, etc.), I have not encountered hours of waiting in line in the PreCheck line. I guess this might be possible if you were flying out of Terminal B, where the PreCheck line shuts down after 5 or 6pm, and then it becomes a nightmare.

Perhaps OP should invest in CLEAR to alleviate the issue. Also, with the fragile box, OP might want to use the lanes where there is a bin requirement.