Two cents worth...
Problem with packaging design is weight. To sufficiently package a fender
or sheet metal object via courier, you have to use a rigid
double-corrugated box and foam that would isolate the contents from the
outside surface. All of this translates to weight - a major shipping cost
consideration.
The box jockeys will try to lift a large container, find out it's too heavy
and drop it. Remember, the boyz in brown move fast and don't like heavy
boxes.
The lighter the box, the better off you are. Most of all insure it!
Tom B. '57 Stepside 3200
-----Original Message-----
From: Perry Smith [SMTP:perigrinefalcon@netscape.net]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 11:18 AM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: [oletrucks] shipping front fender
If you want that fender to get there in one peice the I suggest not
shipping
with "busterbrown" or fed-x. I work in the auto parts distribution industry
(OEM parts to the european and some pacific rim dealers.). From listening
to
my client dealers and seeing the condition of the parts delivered by UPS or
fed-up I would not ship with them except for extreme desperation. Make
friends
with the shipping receiving clerk at your local BMW, Mercedes, dealers,
they
get their fenders and other parts in boxes that are suitable for what you
need
to do. Pack it well and tape it well. Check with the "LTL"(less than a
trailer
load) companies. Many of them have Minimum rates up to 100 or 200lbs also
check with Greyhound and see if they still carry parcels.
Best of luck
Falcon
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