[Amps] Shipping Damage

[Colin Lamb]

"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