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speedyandre · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 291 Location: Netherlands

Hi

I want to buy 3 Sony 09mfx3 tubes with LC housings on it.
The seller has packed them in a big box (60x60x60cm) but Ups won't ship a box this large.
So I think 2 or 3 boxes is the way to go and shipping from US to the Netherlands is affordable for me.
I think the tube necks are the most fragile part, how can the tubes be packed best?
The tube should not be able to shift and get the full weight on the neck ....

André

J Kildare · Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 164

When I got tubes the box had foam the exact dimensions of the box. The foam was cut in half, so you had a top and bottom half. It had the center cut out to fit the outline of the tube perfectly. All tubes arrived in good condition.

Jim

speedyandre · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 291 Location: Netherlands

Ok thanks, so the seller should find some foam and cut it to fit in the boxes.
With the foam I think the boxes won't collapse when other boxes are lying on them.

André

CIR Engineering · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject:

Expanding foam molded to the exact size of the box and tube is the best.

However, if he paces the tube inside a plastic bag, then just wraps the tubes in large bubble wrap a few times, and then sets that in a large box with Styrofoam peanuts, everything will work very well. You don't want to use just Styrofoam peanuts because the tube can settle over long shipments. If the tube is wrapped in bubble wrap as well, there is more surface area so the tube won't sink, but even if it does sink, the bubble wrap should still protect it. The plastic bag keeps little pieces of Styrofoam peanuts from making their way into every crevice of the tube.

craigr

speedyandre · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 291 Location: Netherlands

That's the way I sent some tubes with lc housings lately and they arrived in one piece.
The box has to be rigid.

André

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject:

Get him to double wall the box. I ship heavy stuff at work like that and I haven't lost a shipment yet.

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

speedyandre · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 291 Location: Netherlands

Oh I'm sorry for the mess, this box was really beat up Shocked

I hope the other box will survive the trip Rolling Eyes

André

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

CIR Engineering · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject:

Always double box anything that is fragile!

craigr

speedyandre · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 291 Location: Netherlands

I told that Ups wouldn't ship the big box but they will, however they charge more then the tubes are worth Confused

So Usps is the next to ship the 3 boxes, the seller is looking for foam and a double box Thumbs Up

The only thing I need now is that the $ will be worth half of what it is now Mr. Green

Maybe someone can tell the papers that another major bank is bankrupt Laughing

André

speedyandre · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 291 Location: Netherlands

Ok I've received the first box with 2 tubes in it.
It was covered with thick white foam along the sides and the tubes were bubble-wrapped.
The 1292 housings were sticking in the foam keeping them in place Thumbs Up

The tube necks were floating and that's a good thing because the weight is in the housings.
I couldn't have packed them better Mr. Green

André