[Hallicrafters] Collecting

[Roger K8RI]

Duane,

Thank you from bringing this up as there have been a number of times I 
wanted to ship something and could not find the proper box. I had noted some 
of the smaller machine tools I have came in boxes similar to what you 
describe and thought that would be a great way to ship things if I could 
ever find such.

If anyone thinks $19 a heavy custom box is expensive they should go to one 
of the places that will "pack and ship" for you.  The cost would be several 
times that for just strong boxes.

73

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com


> Tom,
>
> Suggestion:
>
> Several years ago I needed a box capable of holding a R-390a safely and 
> securely. I found a local company that makes boxes. They made me boxes to 
> order, a minimum order of three per measurements.
>
> The burst strength is 275PSI, walls are double layered and 3/8 thick, 
> corregated and so forth. The price was $57 total, or $19 per box. Thsi may 
> soun dhigh, but the end result was a box more than capable of holding the 
> weight of the R-390a for shipping across the country, as well as being 
> capable of being saved and used again.
>
> The construction of these boxes was nothing like the kind you can purchase 
> at Staples or Office Max! This box was strong and durable in every sense 
> of the term. Absolutely no need to double box, as it was far stronger than 
> two boxes already!
>
> If you have heavy or high value objects to ship, I highly recommend this 
> approach! Anyone who spends hundreds of dollars to buy an item and then 
> complains about having to pay $25 for good packing materials to protect 
> the item, in my opinion, is foolish.
>
> It worked for me, hope it works for you also.
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "TC Dailey" <daileyservices at qwest.net>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:01 PM
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Collecting
>
>
>> If not for so-called hoarding, we never would have had the archival joy 
>> of
>> Chuck Dachis' collection... or perhaps even this reflector, itself.
>> Speaking of that - I do have a "Spare" SX-62A, if somebody's interested.
>> It's in Denver, and I have no box for it - hard enough to find one for an
>> SX-71 that's been promised to RivPapa for some time.
>>
>> Tom
>>
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