Shipping a Tek 4115

I have shipped Tek 4115s. Is it a two piece upright 4115 or the two piece 4115B? In both cases they are aluminum and not plastic, and probably have to go freight. The Upright I would wrap in large bubblewrap to protect the connectors, wrap the front and back of the monitor and wrap and box the keyboard and cables. Retract the keyboard table. I would remove the front plate covering the card cage and put pink anti stat large bubble over the cards and then put the front plate back on to hold the cards in place. I would tape or strap a band around the bottom where the card cage is. to hold it together. Put it on a normal pallet with cardboard underneath so the wheels won't roll. Or lay it on its back. Put the monitor flat on the pallet behind the stand if upright or beside if you lay the stand down.. If upright rest it on a couple of pieces of wood you can take all the pressure off the wheels which are actually quite fragile. Then protect it with double layer cardboard cut to fit the CPU/stand and and also the monitor (bubble in-between). Then make a double layer cardboard box around it, put corner protectors on the top and strap it tightly to the pallet with at least two or three bands. Do not leave the monitor on the stand. Even if it is shrink wrapped on it will move as it has lots of mass and becomes top heavy. They must be separated. If it is the two piece (my favorite) you need a different pallet as the pieces go side by side. I don't think I would put the tube face down as the mounts are aluminum and much stronger. I would also not box and ship by UPS, not sure you can because of size and weight. Again protect the cards with internal pink anti stat bubble and put the case back together. More bubble to protect the face of the tube and the connectors on both and cover with heavy cardboard. Wrap, with large bubble, the keyboard separately and box with the interconnect cables underneath. The front of the CPU box will pop out to display the 8 inch drives. Protect the front with bubble and cardboard and run a strap around the box to hold it together so it won't pop open. Place the CPU box on the pallet. Put cardboard under the wheels so it won't roll when you don't want it to. Place the Monitor on the pallet with the keyboard and cable box in-between. Wrap all in more double weight cardboard, put on corner protectors and strap to the pallet with two parallel straps. You can also use a short gaylord, a pallet size cardboard box usually used to hold bulk products. Protect each of the three pieces in it as mentioned above. Lock them in the gaylord with hard foam cut to fit so they won't move. Strap the box to the pallet. If you put an upright 4115 in a Gaylord you can lay the Card cage stand flat on its back. You should have already protected the connectors with bubble and heavy cardboard before you lay it down. You want to strap it tightly with the force pulling the units down. It should survive fine. In my storage container I have extra cards to ugrade one to a 4128 I think. Who is asking the big bucks? Reply privately, please, if you want to tell me. Or if you have specific questions. -- Paxton Hoag Astoria, OR USA