_DK
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jpmorris said:
I stand corrected!
I stand corrected!
_DK
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cjacek said:Thanks for posting my link DK
Since then I've slightly modified my thinking about this and would add that now I only recommend getting anything heavy shipped using a custom crate, forklifted and shipped via freight, truck etc ..... The packing showcase at that link would truthfully not protect 100% against a really long fall such as from 6 feet up. This is more for bracing and protecting the item from stuff falling onto it and placing that on a pallet. There really needs to be more "GIVE" in the packing, for shipping it via the typical way where a lot of conveyor belts and throwing and falling goes on. The item, in this case the heavy recorder, when dropped in its box, cannot just hit a brick wall. The packaging needs to give way and sag for a while before stopping the item in its tracks. That way it'll absorb the shock, the packing that is. If a recorder is packed in styrofoam only then not a lot of GIVE happens. Enough to minimize damage but still not good enough. The packaging example, even less would be fine, is for shipping on a pallet and / or crate and not really via the standard route.
What kind of packaging did Tascam use? Perhaps more firm material?
Have you tested it by dropping from 6 feet high? Just kidding
Crate would work best, but how much does it cost? Say, to get it from California to Ontario?
cjacek
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_DK said:
TASCAM / TEAC mostly used custom styrofoam. Same thing as you'd find in home depot but it was cut or molded to specifically fit a said recorder, mixer etc .... One thing many people don't know is that items of such nature, in their factory packing, were meant to be shipped on a pallet and not the typical way we all know by now. The factory packaging did infact protect from minor rough handling but it was mostly used to brace the fragile electronics item.
Have you tested it by dropping from 6 feet high? Just kidding
No, but I had it done for me!
I'm very familiar what goes in your typical shipping fascility and it's pretty surprising how much stuff gets damaged or even survives. "Handle with care" and "Fragile" stickers don't mean anything. Stuff gets on those conveyor belts and drops several feet, repeatedly, on hard concrete or on other boxes on any and every side. (By the way, those "keep this side up" arrows or stickers don't work either. People working at those fascilities are in it to meet deadlines and protect their bodies and not to handle those packages "with care". They toss them, drop them and generally play just short of frisbee with them.A crate for a typical TEAC / TASCAM recorder may cost about 150 bucks, more or less depending on the size. Figure another 150 for shipping, more or less. It's a rough estimate and at the same time, one has to get it PROPERLY crated and protected with some meterial inside the crate. Unless you know you're dealing with competent people, don't do it.
Here, I found this. THE FOLLOWING IS A MUST READ!!
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/packandship/
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=21161
Like I said before, that there ARE ways of packing without using a crate, which are very effective and I highly urge you to take a look at the above links. This is the way I'd like people selling on eBay to pack, to follow the above guidelines. You'd then have a much higher chance of everything arriving intact at your doorstep.
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pappy999
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I have shipped +150lb crt projectors in homemade crates without damage. I just make sure the frame is very strong and the item is attached to the crate in some way. Oh yeah...deal with a competent FREIGHT company, not UPS or USPS.
cjacek
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While certain oversized and really heavy items indeed must be crated and / or shipped on a pallet via truck, freight etc, for best protection, it's good to know much info exists on typical shipping as well.
cjacek
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Amen, pappy999! Amen .......