In a message dated 7/26/99 12:02:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ware(a)xtal.pharm.nwu.edu writes: Heavy boxes and or crates are no problem to movers, just let them know of the weights so they can bring the right equipment to move them. Racks will usually require a forklift or a loading dock on both ends of the move. Use heavy doubleweight cardboard for 150 pound boxes. Consider a company that specializes in moving computer equipment. They use "air ride" trailers that are more shock absorbent and their drivers are trained in computer friendly driving. I have been able to ship equipment in racks with just a blanket thrown over it with these specialty movers. Request an "air ride trailer" anyway. Use padding and cardboard to protect front panels. Park all hard drives, check their mounting bolts and check their slide mounting bolts to the frame. It is especially important to check the rack mounting bolts and screws. We lost 30% of an Amdahl drive array when the drives shook loose of the frames due to a rough stretch of Interstate I-5. It tripped their shockwatches. This is where an "air ride " trailer would have been valuable. Two complete layers of large bubble wrap is sufficient for heavy plastic printers and terminals (i.e., TI 810s, Wyse 50s, etc.) when contained in a box. If you have a lot to ship consider buying a large roll of bubble wrap at a commercial packing supplier. I get a 48 inch wide roll of large bubble (about 5 feet in diameter) for $80 from a supplier of discount cardboard box supplier. I like the stuff that is perforated every 12 inches if they have it in stock. Put a stick through the core and hang it from the ceiling so it unrolls easy. If you just rent space in a trailer sit down with a pad of graph paper to sketch out your layout in advance. Measure all the racks, boxes and pieces so you can fit them on the floor of the trailer. Some people like to cut out the pieces to make the easier to rearrange. Make note of top-heavy racks. These will be need to be lashed to the side walls of the trailer. After rolling in any equipment on wheels, lower the adjustable levelers so they won't roll. Protect with cardboard and tie each to the walls. If you use commercial movers they will do all of this. You do need to tell them about top-heavy racks. Consider packing the workstation monitors upside down in a box with large bubble. Cut a collar of bubble wrap to fill the space between the base and the monitor in any case. If you have several consider packing them in a cardboard Gaylord. This is a heavy cardboard box the size of a pallet, approximately 40" X 42" X 4' to 6' height. These are usually available from the same place I get bubble wrap. Put the box on a pallet before you pack it. Strap it to the pallet after you fill it. Remember Force = Mass X Acceleration. Also that Mass wants to travel in a straight line. Both of these are germane to packing a trailer. Good luck Paxton