[TowerTalk] shipping large, heavy object

[TexasRF at aol.com]

Jim, standby for screwage! At that weight you will need a freight company  
and they have all kinds of single shipment, residential pick up and other  
minimum charges.
 
You might consider removing the motor and shipping in two cartons. Pallets  
are a no no for UPS and Fedex parcel services. My recollection is they have 
a  max weight of 150 pounds per carton. 
 
If that is too much hassle, you might try Freightquote.com for a quote.  
They will respond with quotes from several carriers and you can pick the one 
you  trust.
 
If you decide to ship in cartons, pack well with the required three or four 
 inches of padding on all six sides of the carton or damage claims will be  
denied.
 
73,
Gerald K5GW
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/20/2011 8:48:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
n1nk at cox.net writes:

I  purchased an electric winch, US Tower MDP-750 from a guy who was  close
enough to pick it up at his home.  After getting it home and  mulling over
the challenge ahead, I decided it would be too hard to  integrate this winch
(which has a complicated pull up/pull down design)  onto my crankup tower 
and
sold it.  The winch is pretty large and  heavy, 185 pounds according to the
US Tower catalog (and I believe  it).  



I am starting to work with the new buyer on  shipping.  And I need a 
starting
point.  I would guess it needs  to be strapped to a pallet.  Any suggestion
on a shipper?  Will  FedEx ground handle something like this?



I am getting real  tired of manually cranking the tower up and down but need
a simpler  approach.  Something like the MDP-75 is more in my  thought
process.   



Jim/N1NK

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