[Test-Equipment] Best way to ship a Tek 7904 mainframe?

[L. Mark Pilant]

Hi Jose.

Well, the only overseas shipping experience I had is the reason
I started doing my own packing.  The only reason the package
survived was because it was an R-390A and CV-591 (going to Finland).
I had specified double boxed and foam in place.  When it arrived in
Finland, I discovered it was single boxed using the foam "peanuts".
Fortunately everything arrived unharmed.

Anyway, from all the packing and shipping I have done since then
I have discovered that once a package gets to a certain size, it
gets bumped into the next weight class.  This can happen more
than once.  So a small heavy object can cost as much to ship as
a large light object.

Given this, and that FedEx uses air shipping to Europe, the
$295 sounds a bit high, but not really surprising to me.  You
might check out UPS, DHL, and some of the other international
shippers.  Although if it goes by air, I don't expect the cost
to be all that much different. :-(

Good luck.

73

- Mark  N1VQW