"Items should be packaged to survive a fall
of several feet from a conveyor. It happens."
That is the key. I assume that a package will be dropped 4 feet. If after
packing the unit you are shipping, you are not willing to drop it that
distance, there is a good chance it will be damaged in shipping.
I received an Eldico SSB-100F transmitter that was just placed in a box and
shipped with no packing material. Fortunately, only one corner was damaged. I
have heard of an SB-220 that was shipped wrapped only in a pair of old pants.
Most of the damaged stuff I have received is due to poor packing. When I
inform the seller, their response is that they have shipped that stuff before
with no problems.
I have a propellor that needs to be serviced and it has a very complicated and
expensive mechanism. I am going to just drive the 350 miles to the service
station rather than face building a wood shipping crate and foam packing for
it.
If it is valuable and heavy, convince your wife that both of you need to take a
vacation to see some tourist attraction close by. Then, make arrangements to
sneak the KW-1 aboard without your wife suspecting the trip was for the rig.
If you are good, you will arrive home without her even knowing about the KW-1,
and she will thank you for being such a considerate husband. You just happen
to have the large trailer along to pick up some family heirlooms you want to
save for your grandkids.
Now, getting the KW-1 into the house without her knowing about it is another
story, but I will save that for another post. My personal record is moving
14,000 tubes into the barn and basement without any comment for 3 weeks.
Colin K7FM
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