[Boatanchors] Shipping damage

[Robert Nickels]

On 11/25/2018 4:59 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> This is why I've contended that
> anything weighing over 70 lbs probably should be in a crate lined with
> styrofoam slabs on all sides with the item immobilized.  Bubble wrap
> and a cardboard box won't cut it.   Personally, I think I'd rather
> haul my stuff to a hamfest.
Rob is exactly right, although hauling to hamfest seems to always end up 
with my hauling it back home again, so having a competency in proper 
packing and shipping techniques is pretty essential for the boatanchor 
enthusiast who wants to sell online.

We were fortunate for many of the early years of this hobby to have Dan 
"Hank" Arney KN6DI,  who in addition to arranging for manufacturing of 
replacement parts including new front panels, nametags,  and covers for 
R-390As, operated a pack and ship business in southern California.    
Hank knew how to do it right and tolerated no fools when it came to 
arguing that you could put a heavy radio in a cheap cardboard box, fill 
it with styro-peanuts and expect it to arrive looking anything like a 
radio on the other end.    His advice was spot-on and many of us 
benefited from it before he became SK.   Fortunately it is preserved in 
one of the "Pearls of Wisdom" documents curated by R-390 fans:

http://www.r-390a.net/Pearls/storage_shipping.pdf

Follow Hanks instructions and you will not only ship a 100 pound radio 
anywhere without damage, but you'll be able to re-use the same packaging 
to do it several more times.   I've done it.   But if you cut corners 
you will very likely pay for it a different way.

73, Bob W9RAN