23 Jun
2009
23 Jun
'09
8:20 p.m.
On Tuesday 23 June 2009, Fred Cisin wrote:
Just build yourself a crate out of 1/2" thick steel, and make sure you
put some foam padding inside of it.
With any luck, the forklift operator will crush the pallet behind it
instead.
I've actually had a shipper drive a forklift through the front of a 3420
tape drive, that I was shipping to NL. It wasn't pretty. :(
Pat
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> > For
that distance, I'd use Craters & Freighters. A
> > clotheswasher sized 11/03 cabinet is not going to be dinged up
> > by typical freight handling, just wrap and strap to a pallet
> > ought to be good enough.
>
> I wouldn't bet on it.
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Richard wrote:
I own one of these cabinets, so I would bet on
it. Of course
there's no guarantees. People can drive a forklift straight
through your shipment no matter how well crated it is.
Which machines are heavy enough to destroy the forklift instead of
your computer?