[Heathkit] Packing an SB-221 for shipping

[rbethman]

Rick,

I don't remember how well or not the Xfmr was secured to the chassis.

It 'could' be blocked 'in-place' with some pieces of wood.

I would definitely remove the 3-500Zs!

Pack and ship them separately.  I absolutely would not ship them in 
place, even with bubble wrap all around them.

Not to mention that whomever gets it, may simply turn it on after 
unpacking, thereby duplicating an instance of a school teacher in 
Korea.  She shipped her SB-220, had bubble packed it.  It went by big 
crate by ship.

She forgot the bubble wrap, and spent days scraping the melted 
plastic/polyethylene off the 3-500Zs.

She nicknamed her amp Bubbles after that!

Bob - N0DGN

On 4/10/2012 1:57 PM, Rick Poole wrote:
> Some questions regarding packing an SB-221 for shipping via United
> Parcel Smashers...
>
> 1.  Is it pretty much required to remove the power transformer and
> ship it separately?
>
> 2.  How difficult is it to do (1) if it is necessary?
>
> 3.  Can the need to do (1) be mitigated by adding some additional
> cushioning material on top of the transformer and inside the cabinet?
>
> 4.  Is it pretty much required to remove the tubes and ship them separately?
>
> 5.  Can the need to do (4) be mitigated by wrapping the tubes in
> bubblewrap and leaving them in-place, and add some additional
> cushioning material (bubblewrap) above the tubes and between them and
> the top RF cage cover?
>
> I'm buying this amp from somebody 1300 miles away and am getting a
> pretty good deal on it, and my control over how it's packed and
> shipped is limited (e.g. I may not have the option of insisting on
> "anybody but UPS" i.e. Fedex), so I need to know what I should insist
> on and whether there are mitigations that the seller might be able to
> more easily live with.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Rick WA1RKT
>