17 Mar
2013
17 Mar
'13
7:51 p.m.
On 03/17/2013 07:21 PM, John Wilson wrote:
I haven't done this much, but when I have stuff
shipped by truck, bolted to
a pallet, it *always* arrives in totally pristine condition. My impression
is that they never touch it at any point in the trip except using a forklift
through the pallet itself. I'm picturing very wasteful packing of trucks
(unless there are shelves inside), and it's certainly not a good deal for
things that don't weigh much of anything, but it might not be such a bad
idea for an RX01/02. I've heard of a TU77 being shipped coast-to-cast
labeled as "scrap metal" for practically nothing and arriving in fine shape.
Received a tape drive last month packed in nothing but a form-fitting
(more or less) box with some Styrofoam on the bottom and bubble-wrap
around the sides and some "peanuts" on top. Arrived UPS ground without
a mark on it. That was, what, about 60 lbs.?
Sometimes you get lucky.
--Chuck