[Milsurplus] RAK RAL Shipping

[Nick England]

You can get tri-wall (double thickness) boxes from uline. They are indeed
really sturdy.
I use blue wall insulation foam sheets from Loews. It doesn’t crumble the
way the white staticky stuff does. It isn’t as soft as the white but still
provides good cushioning/protection I think. Sold in 4x8 sheets so take a
Stanley knife with you to whack ‘em down to a size you can fit in your
vehicle.
Note: carrying 4x8 foam sheets through the parking lot on a really windy
day can be an adventure.

I have received some heavy but delicate items sent with foam-in-place. Came
through fine. I think a number of shipping places offer that now. Worth
looking for.

Where is Railway Express when you need them? That’s how all those
boatanchors were originally shipped. No foam, just form-fitted in 1-2
layers of cardboard.

Cheers
Nick

On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 2:51 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Bill, you buy boxes from Uline ?  Are they REAL heavy duty?  When I was
> working, up to a couple years ago, we regularly received the big Uline
> catalogs. The boxes though, you had to order large numbers at one time,
> IIR.
> Styro sheets - do you find this stuff aggravating to work with? I mean,
> the stuff loves to make tiny pieces that are super staticky.
> A local store here has some soft flexible foam sheets, but it's a serious
> investment, around $20 a sheet, and you might need two or even three
> for a big item packed.
> The 'foam in place' offerings in the Uline catalog looked kind of
> intriguing. The local shipping place should offer that service.
>
> As for the markups by the local private shipping places, one post advised
> to "confront them" or some such. Good luck with that. They have their
> prices and it's not a Mexican village market where you bargain for the
> prices. Some of the smaller cities, like mine, don't have an actual FEDEX
> office, so you're kind of stuck, there is not an alternative.
> I wish there was a way to compare actual bare UPS or FEDEX rates to what
> the shipping & box businesses charge, like published rates. I imagine
> the private companies keep that information 'classified'.
> -Hue
>
> >Well said.  I restore boat anchors.  It takes an hour and a half to
> double box an r-390a so that it will arrive in one piece plus new boxes
> from uline and rigid styro from Staples cost $55.00 per radio. At least we
> are a UPS shipper and they pick up!  Just packed an HP curve tracer -  70
> pounds - 3 hours as had to cut out styro around front and back so knobs
> would not be damaged.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill, WA2DVU
> Cape May
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Nick England K4NYW
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