How To Properly Package Heavy Items!

[massiveaudiocw]

I <3 the noodles, where did the foam sheets come from tho

The dollar store, they were with the pool noodles, i desided to stock up for winter. They were two for a dollar, so i got 15 bucks worth.

Corey

[massiveaudiocw]

Where can I even buy pool noodles this time of year? I looked all over town for some, and no one had any. I had to go to FedEx and get some large bubble wrap and use what noodles I had left.

I have got them quite a few places, walmart, biglots, and dollars stores. Usally just get them were there the cheapest. I did alot of stocking up before winter, but im not going to have enough to last till summer.

Corey

[95BlackGA]

I have got them quite a few places, walmart, biglots, and dollars stores. Usally just get them were there the cheapest. I did alot of stocking up before winter, but im not going to have enough to last till summer.

Corey

Yeah, I still thought I had quite some time left before the season was over, 'cause it was still 100+ degrees here when I went looking last time. I like the large bubble wrap though. I think it's like 150 square foot, and I got it for $20, so it's doing me well.

[Trancer]

IMHO never pack anything in a crate like that. My first heavy sub i shipped in a crate and boy was that a big mistake.

Corey

Yeah well it seemed sturdy to me at the time. At the time I did that, years ago by the way, I didnt know motors could shift and whatnot. I think I was like, 18 at the time and thought it was the best way I could package it.

I got two arsensals that were shipped to me in FUBR box crates that was similar to that. When I got them, they looked find, but didnt play. Shipped them back to the owner on the board and when he got them, the magnets were all shifted. Mechanical break down the first time shipped, cosmetic the second time shipped.

[lilmaniac2]

I bought all walmart had when they closed em out at $0.66

I still have ~30 in my garage woot

[kbkid]

Any tips on where to find boxes? Thats the hardest thing I'm having problems with.

[twisztdauthorit]

yeah all i have to work with a free ups and usps boxes that they will send you for free...
where can you get the really thick stuff for cheap?

[lilmaniac2]

hard to find the good boxes without paying out the butt for em, i got some recently at sams club

[hazardous0388]

dont let fedex pack ANYTHING

[tsenfw]

For those of you who can't find those pool floating thingies at walmart in the winter, i was browsing there and found an alternative.

Those foam pads you put under sleeping bags. Sorry I dont' have a pic of the packaging but I have pics of the sub packed up. It was like $6 and more than enough to pack a 12.

Pics (double boxed in first pic, inner box completely enclosed in foam + additional foam from original packing):

[97cavy]

uline.com is a good place for boxes, i just got 25 15x15x15 boxes for like $32 shipped, pretty thick stuff too

[standard235]

I can't recall where to get them, but when I shipped an entire mountainbike (Worth around $4k) I ended up with 3 compartments in the box and I used a combination of Armaflex and these little packing foam peanuts that expand to take up empty space. You can easily stop them from expanding with your hand, but they can triple in size. Amazing little bastards really. I'll mess around with my Lanzars I have in boxes here and see what I can do as far as packaging goes.

[yama168]

can this method also be used to ship kinetik batts ?. also should I double box the batts also ?.
thanks for the help...


Aloha

[lilmaniac2]

can this method also be used to ship kinetik batts ?. also should I double box the batts also ?.
thanks for the help...



Aloha

Yes i used the foam sheeting from lowes to ship mine before, double layer inside first box, 2nd box full of peanuts worked fine

[yama168]

Thanks for the help....

Aloha