[R-390] Info on Shipping R-390As via FedEx Ground

[Llgpt at aol.com]

Hank Arney has preached about this for years as have many others. It  doesn't 
pay to use cheap thin boxes. I have sucessfully shipped many, many  R-390, 
R-390A (see, that is how you do the Non A thing), SP-600's, etc. over the  years 
with no damage. Buy one of Hank's boxes, they will make multiple trips  with 
no damage. It doesn't make sense to spend a great deal of money on a  vintage 
receiver and ship it in a mailboxes etc. box. I recently shipped an  empty box 
to a person who sold me a RCA CR-88A, it cost $20.67 to ship the empty  box, 
but it paid off when it arrived back to me unscathed.
 
You get exactly what you pay for, so be careful when shipping the big heavy  
receivers, etc.
 
Les Locklear

Professional curmudgeon, equal opportunity  annoyer.
 
 
In a message dated 8/26/2005 2:00:48 PM Central Daylight Time,  
ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com writes:

I just  learned this today - a man at FedEx said all packages must be packed 
to  withstand a 4-foot fall. This is because the rail system they use to move 
 
packages in their warehouses is that high off the ground. I can also say I  
have 
seen the rail system in a UPS warehouse and it was also about 4 feet  off the 
ground. Anyone planning to ship an R-390A or similar receiver  please keep 
this 
in mind. Can the radio inside the box withstand a 4-foot  drop without the 
front panel getting bent or a corner of the chassis  getting crushed or bent? 
 If 
you don't think it will then you need to  rethink your packing methods. An 
inch 
of foam rubber around the radio or  throwing it into a single-wall box with 
some noodles ain't gonna do it. At  the bare minimum consider using a 
double-boxing method with double-wall  premium cardboard boxes with room for 
padding 
in-between the boxes and  plenty of stiff padding not foam rubber around the 
radio in 
the inner  box.  73 Todd  WD4NGG.
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