18 May
2011
18 May
'11
7:02 p.m.
At 2:14 PM -0400 5/18/11, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
Part of the problem is that they were instructed to remove each
drawer, put padding in, and shrink wrap it. I gather they sort of
did this on 3 drawers of type. Things would have gone a lot better
*IF* they'd followed instructions. They basically totally
disregarded the instructions on how to pack everything.
Zane
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>>They
demolished the
>>units of drawers, and who knows how much type they lost as they moved the
>>stuff half way across country (I'm told that there was loose type in the
>>truck and on the ground when they unloaded).
I know it's easy to critique the craters mistakes but there is a point
To be learned and I think it's fundamental: High density objects that
May normally OK at rest in their usual low density containers, do
not travel well unless measures are taken to prevent them from
rattling around.
Type in drawers is one example, but a more relevant one for this group would
be big iron transformers on aluminum or steel sheet metal chassis.
That chassis may be
Perfectly fine at rest, but keep in mind that its
Very likely the transformer was originally shipped separate from the
chassis when
The unit was new, 30 or 40 or 50 years ago.
Every single instance I've seen where a supposedly professional packer/crater
Screwed up, it was a high density object that wasn't taken into
account that did
The damage. I was not so much angry to see the damage inflicted by
the transformer
Rattling around in the chassis, as I was sad.
Tim.