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

[Barry Hauser]

Hi Les

That was a pretty good shipping rate ($20.67), but be aware that you will 
get charged "dimensional weight" rates for packages over a certain size.  If 
one times the length, plus the "girth" ( 2 times the sum of the height and 
width) comes to more than 108 inches, you'll be charged the 70 lb. 
dimensional weight rate, even though the empty carton weighs much less. 
There is another trip-wire somewhat below that -- 43 lb. equivalent.  You 
can fill in the empty weight, dimensions, from and to address on the 
UPS/Fedex web sites to see what it comes out to.

The trick might be a telescoping shipper, but then you need some props that 
ship flat on the way out and vertical -- supporting the top -- with the 
payload in it.  Otherwise the package won't protect the goods from the ton 
of stuff stacked on top.

Of course, the rate depends on zone difference.  Most of what I want is on 
the wrong coast. ;-(

Barry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Llgpt at aol.com>
To: <ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Info on Shipping R-390As via FedEx Ground


>
> 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.
>