[Hallicrafters] How do you ship boatanchors?

[Guido E. Santacana]

The packaging suggested by Ed here is excellent and should do well. I
have used similar procedures to pack almost 30 BAs that I have sent to
the mainland via USPS Parcel Post. Nothing has been lost or damaged yet
so I use them exclusively when sending or receiving big gear. The three
R390As and nonAs that I have sent have gone in separate boxes just like
Ed suggests. I also sent a rare SX23 to the mainland without problem
through USPS Parcel. Only once did I use UPS and even though the radio
did not suffered, the box arrived well battered. I don't like it whe
they tell me to prepare a box for a 6 foot fall.

Best 73s to all!
Guido Santacana KP4FAR
San Juan, PR-USA

Ed Tanton wrote:
> 
> 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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