[GreenKeys] Shipping a Model 33 ASR across the pond...

[Doug Jackson]

DHL is great for large rare items.

Sadly FedEx will make it their business to turn it to dust.  Based on
personal experience.

Just my 2c worth.

Doug

On Tue, 26 Nov. 2019, 3:04 pm Thomas Moss, <mosst at sdf.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> It's my first post here, and after 15 years of dreaming, I'm branching
> out from the world of vintage computers and into the world of Teletypes.
>
> I've recently acquired a couple of 33 ASRs in their original boxes,
> with their shipping screws installed into a particle board base.
> The pedestals are included but aren't boxed, and have some extra
> electronics installed that I've not yet seen in another unit so am
> unfamiliar with.
>
> I'm planning on shipping them from the US to England, where I'll likely
> keep one and make the other available to a collector here.
>
> After looking though the archives I've seen that I should:
> - Ensure shipping screws are in place
> - Remove the ribbon
> - Tie the carriage fully returned to the top of the spacing sprocket
>    bracket (How important is this step? One of the units will not CR yet)
>
> Is there anything else I should do? I was thinking I should also:
> - Remove the paper rolls and pack them inside the pedestal
> - Tape down any loose plastics
> - Double box the original boxes with a few inches of padding each side
> - Affix a "Do not stack" cone to each box
>
> To anyone who's done this before, do you have any freight company
> recommendations? I hear that UPS should be avoided. How about DHL?
>
> Regards,
> -Tom
>
> mosst at sdf.lonestar.org
> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
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