[Milsurplus] RAK RAL Shipping

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Yes, Uline is what you might call a wholesale supplier.  Their standard 
bundle for the smaller size boxes is 25.  The larger and/or heavier weight 
rated ones 20, 15 or 10.  Their standard boxes are 32 ECT.  They also have some 
sizes in 200#, 275# and 275# Double Wall construction.  If you are a fairly 
regular customer, you can usually call them and ask for a sample of a size 
that you only need one of.



In a message dated 12/27/2017 13:51:31 PM Central Standard Time, 
Kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
> 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

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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