[Hallicrafters] How do you ship boatanchors?

[Ed Tanton]

UPS will ship it for an extra charge. I would get THEM to package it-if 
they will. Hard to complain about something they did to themselves-in case 
of a claim. THE way to do it is to package it inside an expanded foam 
shell. They put the unit inside a plastic bag. They then sort of hold it 
above the bottom of the shipping box, and fill in all the space with the 
foam (which itself is inside a bag within the box.) Peanuts are USELESS 
with an 80 lb package. You MUST double box it if you don't use the foam, 
with 4 inches foam-board-filler in each box.

Go to Home Depot and buy a couple of sheets of the hard foam stuff they use 
to insulate walls.
         1) Put the unit in a heavy-duty plastic bag;
         2) Take your inner box and add 4 inches of cut-to-match foam all 
around the unit-meaning there should be 4 inches of the stuff in any 
direction.        3) Seal that box.
         4) Do the same thing again with a second, preferably VERY 
Heavy-Duty box to enclose the 1st box.
         5) Seal that one.

Sometimes UPS won't insure something they haven't packed/or seen. You might 
check first... on the other hand, sometimes it's easier to be forgiven than 
to get permission. I worked it that way when I shipped my R-390 (in three 
pieces) to (mainland) China. See the story at: 
<http://www.qsl.net/n4xy/latest_news1.html> and even better: 
<http://www.qsl.net/n4xy/RCVR_Chinese_Army.html>. They (the USPS) didn't 
want to open up the great packaging job my shipping place did.

Make CERTAIN the addresses are indelible, and won't come off.

Good Luck.


73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy at earthlink.net>

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