[Hallicrafters] Re Foam Peanuts

[Barry Hauser]

Duane is so right on this, I have to guild the lily and second the motion
and add my 2 cents.

> If you use foam peanuts to ship any object with any amount of 
> weight, you invite a disaster. Use your heads here. The foam peanuts
shift very easily 
> and anything with weight, (A SX-28 is HEAVY!), will easily shift among
the foam 
> peanuts and  move to one of the six sides of the box.

Absolutely -- and peanuts are typically too soft.  They do nothing to
support the shape of the carton which, even if doublewalled (which they
should be) will get rounded corners very quickly and suffer what I call
the "beanbag syndrome".  How does one lift a large heavy carton -- by the
corners.  If they turn to mush, that invites dropping -- not to mention
rolling down and possibly off the conveyor belts.

>As displacement takes  place, the motion of the object increases as
well. Damage is almost certain to result 
> from the inner box slamming against solid objects contacting the
exterior of  the outside box.  

There's also a high correlation of failure to double box with peanut use.
 When the gear shifts to one side and the bottom of the carton, not only
is it subject to damage, but the package is way off balance and, hence,
prone to being dropped.  I once spent a couple of hours picking peanut
fragments out of an open chassis bottom.  

> 
> Foam peanuts are alright for something weighing five to ten pounds,  if
the object is properly wrapped and those foam peanuts compressed to
remove all possible travel area.         
>         
> Mailboxes Etc. pack like idiots most of the time. But when you do  
> not properly train employees you are paying minimum wage to, what else
should one 
> expect? I  received a 55 pound object they packed, guess what they
used? Foam 
> peanuts!  Fortunately for me, the shipper did a terrific job of packing
the 
> unit inside the interior box. It survived, but did sustain some
internal 
> concussion damage  from simple shock. All because MBE packed the box
with foam peanuts 
> and the object weighed 55 pounds. It shifted.         

You were, in fact, lucky.  All MBE knows from is flimsy cartons you can
easily tear, USED peanuts and bubble wrap.  I can tell an MBE carton
yards off -- bleeding peanuts from the lacerations.  They charge quite a
bit for these inferior materials too.

>         
> So if you are going to ship a candle or a bar of soap, use foam 
> peanuts. If you are going to ship underwear or plastic silverware, use
foam peanuts. 
> If you are  going to ship a radio, or anything else with weight toit,
do NOT use 
> foam peanuts.        

Amen

Barry

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