[TowerTalk] shipping large, heavy object

[K1TTT]

Find a UPS Store in your area and ask them about it.  It is surprising the
size of stuff they will pack and ship for you.  Check for other companies
that may pack and ship furniture or machinery also.


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Walker [mailto:jim at walkersdomain.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 13:59
> To: 'Jim Spears'; yccc at yccc.org; towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] shipping large, heavy object
> 
> 
> I highly recommend strapping it to a pallet with metal 
> banding.  Contact
> freight companies with terminals in your area and obtain 
> shipping costs to
> the buyer's destination.  If you can get the winch to the 
> chosen shipper via
> pickup truck, etc. it will save local transport charges.
> 
> If you can get it to the shippers terminal, if you have 
> loaded the pallet
> correctly they will be able to get a forklift under it to off load it.
> Then, it’s the buyer's responsibility to figure out how to 
> get it home on
> his end.
> 
> Jim
> KBØX
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Spears
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 8:48 AM
> To: yccc at yccc.org; towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] shipping large, heavy object
> 
> 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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